How drone warfare fares in the 2026 budget
The Pentagon wants to spend more than 20 percent more next year to research, develop, test and evaluate new technologies—but that increase would come from
Evening Brief: Trump Warns Israeli Strike on Iran ‘Could Very Well Happen,’ Urges Diplomacy; Ukraine Says Russian Casualties Top 1 Million as Fighting Intensifies Along Front
Wrap up your Thursday with SOFREP’s Evening Brief, delivering the top stories in defense and global affairs for June 12, 2025. Egypt detained over 200
Hegseth says chief of naval operations nomination is coming ‘in due time’
It’s been nearly four months since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the chief of naval operations and several other military officials, and only one position—the
U.S. Naval Research Lab Tracked a Solar Eruption That Sent a Shockwave Toward Earth, Threatening Power and Satellites
A powerful reminder of the potentially devastating effects of severe space weather arrived on May 31, 2025, when a coronal
Vanta’s AI agent wants to run your compliance program — and it just might
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My Journey from Navy Search and Rescue (SAR) Swimmer to Navy SEAL
The Recruiter, the Placement Test, and Petty Officer Rosales Back in the summer of 1992, fresh out of my high
How drone warfare fares in the 2026 budget
The Pentagon wants to spend more than 20 percent more next year to research, develop, test and evaluate new technologies—but
James Webb Space Telescope Spots Source of ‘Extreme’ Redshift 7 Ultraviolet Light Powering Cosmic Reionization
Scientists studying data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope believe they have identified extremely bright galaxy clusters formed in the redshift 7 phase of the galaxy’s development as the source of extreme levels of ultraviolet light that powered a period of cosmic renovation known as reionization. The mysterious origins of this reionization process have long baffled astronomers and cosmologists. The new research says these small, yet powerful galaxies underwent extreme star formation events called starbursts that were able to generate sufficient ultraviolet light to clear a path through the universe’s early interstellar galactic clouds, resulting in reionization. “When it comes to producing ultraviolet light,
James Webb Space Telescope Spots Source of ‘Extreme’ Redshift 7 Ultraviolet Light Powering Cosmic Reionization
Scientists studying data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope believe they have identified extremely bright galaxy clusters formed in the redshift 7 phase of
U.S. Naval Research Lab Tracked a Solar Eruption That Sent a Shockwave Toward Earth, Threatening Power and Satellites
A powerful reminder of the potentially devastating effects of severe space weather arrived on May 31, 2025, when a coronal mass ejection (CME) from Earth’s
Astronomers Have Spotted a Giant Exoplanet Forming in Distant Star System
A newly formed exoplanet may have been discovered by astronomers after University of Galway researchers identified what appears to be a gas giant significantly larger
Experimental retina implants give mice infrared vision
Finally, the tellurium meshes, especially the infrared vision capability they offered, were tested on healthy macaques, an animal model that’s much closer to humans than
“People Thought This Couldn’t Be Done”: Ground-Based Telescopes Detect Echoes of “Cosmic Dawn” by Peering 13 Billion Years Back in Time
Astronomers report the first successful use of Earth-bound telescopes to peer over 13 billion years back in time to observe conditions in our universe shortly
Look What NASA’s Mars Odyssey Orbiter Just Spotted Peeking Through an Odd Martian Cloud Formation
A Martian volcano, Arsia Mons, rises above the clouds in a stunning newly-released panoramic image captured by the Mars Odyssey Orbiter, revealing a peak higher
How drone warfare fares in the 2026 budget
The Pentagon wants to spend more than 20 percent more next year to research, develop, test and evaluate new technologies—but that increase would come from
Lawmakers rip into defense secretary over flat Pentagon budget
Two big oddities infused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s testimony as he made the rounds on Capitol Hill this week to
Evening Brief: Trump Warns Israeli Strike on Iran ‘Could Very Well Happen,’ Urges Diplomacy; Ukraine Says Russian Casualties Top 1 Million as Fighting Intensifies Along Front
Wrap up your Thursday with SOFREP’s Evening Brief, delivering the top stories in defense and global affairs for June 12,
James Webb Space Telescope Spots Source of ‘Extreme’ Redshift 7 Ultraviolet Light Powering Cosmic Reionization
Scientists studying data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope believe they have identified extremely bright galaxy clusters formed in the redshift 7 phase of
U.S. Naval Research Lab Tracked a Solar Eruption That Sent a Shockwave Toward Earth, Threatening Power and Satellites
A powerful reminder of the potentially devastating effects of severe space weather arrived on May 31, 2025, when a coronal mass ejection (CME) from Earth’s
Astronomers Have Spotted a Giant Exoplanet Forming in Distant Star System
A newly formed exoplanet may have been discovered by astronomers after University of Galway researchers identified what appears to be a gas giant significantly larger
“People Thought This Couldn’t Be Done”: Ground-Based Telescopes Detect Echoes of “Cosmic Dawn” by Peering 13 Billion Years Back in Time
Astronomers report the first successful use of Earth-bound telescopes to peer over 13 billion years back in time to observe conditions in our universe shortly
Look What NASA’s Mars Odyssey Orbiter Just Spotted Peeking Through an Odd Martian Cloud Formation
A Martian volcano, Arsia Mons, rises above the clouds in a stunning newly-released panoramic image captured by the Mars Odyssey Orbiter, revealing a peak higher
TEMPS (Transportable Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator) Final Reports, 1973
The two volumes of the TEMPS (Transportable Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator) Final Report, dated August 1973 and prepared for the Defense Nuclear Agency by Physics International
Roundtables: Inside OpenAI’s Empire with Karen Hao
Available only for MIT Alumni and subscribers. Monday, June 30, 2025 AI journalist Karen Hao’s newly released book, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI, tells the
These new batteries are finding a niche
Lithium-ion batteries have some emerging competition: Sodium-based alternatives are starting to make inroads. Sodium is more abundant on Earth than lithium, and batteries that use the material could be cheaper
The AI execution gap: Why 80% of projects don’t reach production
Enterprise artificial intelligence investment is unprecedented, with IDC projecting global spending on AI and GenAI to double to $631 billion by 2028. Yet beneath the impressive budget allocations and boardroom
Microsoft-backed Mistral launches European AI cloud to compete with AWS and Azure
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‘Generative AI helps us bend time’: CrowdStrike, Nvidia embed real-time LLM defense, changing how enterprises secure AI
Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Generative AI adoption has surged by 187%
Wandercraft raises $75M for acceleration of AI-powered humanoid robotics and exoskeletons
Wandercraft, a maker of self-balancing robotic mobility systems, has secured $75 million in funding to accelerate AI-powered robotics. This influx of capital arrives during a time of rapid growth, increased