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AI and the Iran war are two of the most disruptive forces affecting businesses in 2026. Bold, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that’s just emerged from stealth with $40 million in funding, is keenly familiar with both.The Tel Aviv-based startup has developed AI software to protect enterprise devices like laptops from…
There’s a new force that could push up inflation in the US once again: The Iran war. Loading audio narration… Oil prices passed $100 a barrel on Sunday after the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut off crude shipments from the Persian Gulf. While prices dropped to around…
For Brian Auer, the operations manager at Historic Ships in Baltimore, the video of a US Navy submarine sinking an Iranian warship this week looked strikingly familiar. Loading audio narration… “I saw the footage of that Iranian frigate getting torpedoed, and it looks like any picture I see from World…
The drones Iran is launching at US forces are the same ones Ukraine has fought for years. Ukrainian soldiers say their battlefield experience offers lessons that matter in this fight.Alex Eine, the commander of a small Ukrainian drone unit, said it was “surprising” to see reports out of the Middle…
In the opening hours of Operation Epic Fury, the US targeted Iranian combat assets with firepower that isn’t as visible as a missile but is devastatingly effective in modern warfare.The “first movers” were US space and cyber forces, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said Monday.…
A US Navy fast attack submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, marking the first time that an American submarine has sunk an enemy combat vessel since World War II.Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made the announcement during a Pentagon press conference Wednesday morning.”An American submarine sunk an…
Russian war bloggers are watching the US’ new LUCAS drones — and fretting about Starshield terminals
Washington’s war with Iran has cast a spotlight on a new American one-way attack drone, and Russia’s military bloggers are not liking what they see.The US military deployed the Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, for the first time in combat as part of major operations against Iran this…
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Learning from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US Army drone trainers are teaching soldiers to be ready for a threat many US troops haven’t faced in decades: a sky they don’t control.The US has had control of the air in its recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, allowing it to move…
A crewed US Air Force fighter and an uncrewed jet-powered aircraft flew together recently, communicating and showing how autonomous drones might fight in a future air war alongside human pilots.US defense firm General Atomics, a competitor in the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Program aimed at developing and fielding loyal wingman-type…















