'Sandy' A-10s the Air Force Says It No Longer Needs Flew 'Close-In Gunfights' In High-Risk Iran Rescues
The U.S. Air Force deployed A-10 Warthogs in a "Sandy" role to shield a rescue mission for a downed F-15E pilot over Iran, engaging enemy fire at low altitude. One A-10 was hit, its pilot ejected and was later recovered. The operation highlighted the aircraft's unique close‑air‑support capabilities even as the service pushes to retire the fleet. Congressional pressure currently keeps roughly 160 Warthogs in service despite plans to phase them out.
Anthropic Rolls Out Cyber AI Model Days After Source Code Leak
Anthropic has launched Claude Cyber, a new AI model built specifically for cybersecurity tasks, just days after a leak of its source code raised concerns about model safety. The model is designed to identify threats, parse security logs, and suggest...
Apple, Google, and Microsoft Join Anthropic's Project Glasswing to Defend World's Most Critical Software
A coalition of tech giants—including Apple, Google, Microsoft, AWS, Nvidia, Cisco, and others—has launched Project Glasswing with Anthropic to defend the world’s most critical software. The initiative will deploy Anthropic’s unreleased Claude Mythos Preview AI model, which has already identified thousands of...
Tech Giants Launch AI-Powered ‘Project Glasswing’ to Identify Critical Software Vulnerabilities
Anthropic unveiled Project Glasswing, a coalition of Amazon, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft and Palo Alto Networks that will use the unreleased Claude Mythos Preview AI model to hunt for hidden software flaws. In early testing the...
Anthropic Is Worried Hackers Could Abuse Its Claude Mythos AI Model – so It's Asking Big Tech Partners to Test...
Anthropic has launched Project Glasswing, a collaborative effort with Amazon, Apple, Broadcom, Microsoft, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and the Linux Foundation to test its new AI security model Claude Mythos. The model, offered as Mythos Preview, has already identified thousands of zero‑day...
Anthropic Debuts Preview of Powerful New AI Model Mythos in New Cybersecurity Initiative
Anthropic unveiled a preview of its new frontier AI model, Mythos, under a cybersecurity initiative called Project Glasswing. The model, described as one of the company’s most powerful, is being tested by more than 40 partner organizations—including Amazon, Microsoft, Apple,...
Iranian Hackers Launching Disruptive Attacks at U.S. Energy, Water Targets, Feds Warn
U.S. federal agencies have issued a joint alert that Iranian‑affiliated advanced persistent threat actors are exploiting internet‑facing operational technology, specifically programmable logic controllers (PLCs) from Rockwell Automation/Allen‑Bradley. The attacks have disrupted PLC functions across energy, water, and government sectors, manipulating...
Fed Agencies See Cyberthreats as Key Barrier to Tech Improvements
Federal leaders are making cybersecurity a top priority as they map out 2026 technology‑modernization plans, according to EY's latest survey. Fifty‑six percent of respondents listed cyber defense among their highest priorities, and roughly one‑third said escalating threats impede modernization goals....
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace Awarded $270 Million AFCENT Contract to Accelerate Deployment of K1000ULE
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace secured a $270 million single‑source IDIQ contract from U.S. Air Forces Central to fast‑track deployment of its K1000ULE unmanned aerial system. The electric, modular UAS offers the longest endurance in its class, two‑person logistics, and secure SATCOM for...
APEC 2026: Menlo Micro Brings MEMS-Based Power Switching on the Strength of Navy Program Milestone
Menlo Micro showcased its Ideal Switch MEMS power‑switching technology at APEC 2026, highlighting a Navy‑backed milestone that completed Task 4 of the U.S. Navy’s 10 MW Advanced Circuit Breaker Development Program. The demonstration featured a 1,000 V, 500 A panel delivering 0.5 MW, built...
Budget Pressure Is Simplifying Federal Procurement, and Separating Winners From Losers
Federal agencies facing compressed budgets and staffing shortages are simplifying procurement by favoring two streamlined evaluation methods—Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) and Highest Technically Rated Offeror (HTRO). The shift is reinforced by reduced protest exposure through GWACs and multi‑award IDIQs...
AI-Driven Brute Force: Why Traditional Rate Limiting Is Dead in 2026
AI‑driven brute‑force attacks have surged, rising 89% year‑over‑year to roughly 11,000 attempts per second in early 2026. Traditional rate‑limiting, which blocks traffic based on per‑IP or per‑session thresholds, is increasingly ineffective as AI‑powered botnets distribute low‑rate, human‑like requests across millions...
UK Signals It Will Not Let US Use British Bases to Attack Iran’s Civilian Infrastructure
The United Kingdom has announced it will not permit the United States to use British military bases for strikes against Iran’s civilian infrastructure. The statement follows heightened regional tensions after Iran’s recent attacks on Israel and U.S. considerations of retaliatory...
GAO Details Why KBR Lost $1.8B NASA Spaceflight Contract
The Government Accountability Office upheld NASA’s decision to award the $1.8 billion COSMOS contract to the Ascend Aerospace‑Technology joint venture, ending KBR’s protests. GAO found Ascend’s small‑business status satisfied solicitation requirements and that NASA’s removal of the word “greatly” was a...
Frontline Watch: Terrorist Cartels, Cocaine Networks, and Rising Hybrid Threats
Frontline Watch’s latest edition warns that Mexican cartels, now formally designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, are employing insurgent‑style tactics—drones, IEDs, and heavy‑caliber weapons—to project power across borders. The report also notes the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a symbolic...
Ukrainian War Robots, Drones Hit Front Lines, Testing Russia’s Firepower
Ukraine has rapidly integrated low‑cost unmanned ground vehicles and drones into frontline operations, with UGVs now handling roughly 90% of logistics and completing 7,000 missions in January alone. These machines can operate up to eight hours, carry heavy payloads and...
Iran War: Russia and China Veto UN Resolution to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, after the draft was watered down to avoid their opposition. The vote was 11‑2, with Pakistan and Colombia abstaining, following President Trump’s threat to...
Why Energy Has Become a Foreign-Policy Weapon
The article argues that energy has re‑emerged as a potent foreign‑policy weapon, highlighted by Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz which removes roughly 10 million barrels of oil and 20% of global LNG capacity from the market. Prices have surged—oil...
Max Severity Flowise RCE Vulnerability Now Exploited in Attacks
A critical remote code execution flaw, CVE‑2025‑59528, has been confirmed in Flowise, the open‑source low‑code platform for building LLM‑driven applications. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript through the CustomMCP node, leading to full command execution and file‑system access....
Russian Military Hackers Reroute British Internet Users’ Traffic
Russian military hackers linked to the GRU executed a BGP hijack that rerouted traffic from British internet users to malicious servers. The intrusion affected multiple UK ISPs, exposing users to potential data interception and malware. Network monitoring tools eventually detected...
The New Rules of Engagement: Matching Agentic Attack Speed
AI‑enabled cyberwarfare has moved from theory to reality, highlighted by Anthropic's September 2025 disclosure of an autonomous attack that operated with minimal human input. A 2026 Armis report shows 64% of U.S. IT decision‑makers already suffered AI‑generated attacks, while 92%...
US-Iran Talks Continuing, But Strikes on Saudi Arabia May Derail Effort, Say Sources
U.S. and Iran are engaged in high‑stakes talks mediated by Pakistan, but Tehran’s overnight strike on Saudi Arabia’s Jubail petrochemical complex threatens to derail the negotiations. President Trump has given Iran a deadline of 8 p.m. Washington time to lift its...
Trump Budget Boosts Military Shipbuilding by 242% to $65.8 Billion
President Trump’s FY2027 budget proposes a $65.8 billion allocation for military shipbuilding, a 242 percent increase over prior levels. The plan calls for constructing 18 battle‑force ships and 16 non‑battle ships, forming a “Golden Fleet” of battleships, frigates, amphibious vessels, and submarines....
GA-ASI YFQ-42A CCA Prototype Crashes During California Test Flight
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA‑ASI) reported that its YFQ‑42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype crashed shortly after takeoff on April 6, 2026, at a company‑owned airport in the California desert. The incident marks the first known flight mishap for the U.S....
The Philippine’s Strategic Dilemma in the Shadow of Middle East Conflict
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a national energy emergency as the U.S.-Iran war disrupted oil supplies, leaving the country with roughly 50 days of fuel reserves. Manila secured preferential access to Iranian crude and sought U.S. waivers to import...
Rates Spark: A Gift From Pakistan
A two‑week ceasefire proposal from Pakistan aims to defuse the escalating Iran‑US confrontation ahead of an 8 pm deadline that threatens a global recession. The article highlights rising inflation break‑even rates of 3‑5 % and a steepening Treasury curve, signaling heightened bond...
National Security Veterans Warn Against Delays in FISA 702 Reauthorization
A coalition of roughly 50 former national‑security officials sent a letter to Congress urging a clean, uninterrupted renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before it expires on April 20. The group, which includes former DNI James Clapper and former...
Israel Approves Major Expansion of Arrow Interceptor Production
Israel’s Ministry of Defence secured approval to dramatically accelerate production of Arrow interceptor missiles, boosting both output rates and stockpiles. The initiative, driven by Defence Minister Israel Katz and Director General Amir Baram, expands manufacturing across IAI, ELTA, Elbit, Rafael...
Iran Attack Hits an Oracle Data Center in Dubai, Causes Limited Damage
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed a drone strike on Oracle's data center in Dubai on April 2, causing only minor shrapnel damage to the building façade and no injuries. Dubai authorities initially dismissed the report as fake news, then confirmed...
Container Vessel Reports Being Hit Off Iran
A fourth containership was struck about 25 nautical miles off Kish Island, near the northwestern entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, marking a rapid escalation of attacks in the Persian Gulf. The vessel sustained damage above the waterline but the...
Trump Is Attacking Iranians, Not Just Iran
President Donald Trump’s threats to “send Iran back to the Stone Ages” have materialized in a U.S.–Israel air campaign that targets not only military sites but also civilian water, power, and transport infrastructure. The strikes have killed civilians, crippled desalination...
GKN Aerospace Delivers First Upgraded Gripen C/D Engine to Sweden
GKN Aerospace handed over the first upgraded RM12EP engine to Sweden on 24 March, marking a milestone in the Gripen C/D Enhanced Performance programme. The SEK 400 million (≈ $40 million) contract upgrades the GE‑derived RM12 with stronger turbine components and new digital control software,...
Authorities Disrupt Router DNS Hijacks Used to Steal Microsoft 365 Logins
Law enforcement and private‑sector partners have dismantled the FrostArmada operation, an APT28‑run campaign that hijacked DNS settings on MikroTik and TP‑Link routers to intercept Microsoft 365 credentials. At its peak in December 2025, the malware infected roughly 18,000 devices across...
Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur-4 Rocket Launches Three Payloads for War Department
Northrop Grumman successfully launched its Minotaur-4 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, delivering three experimental payloads for the Navy’s Naval Research Laboratory. The payloads—LARADO, GOSAS, and GARI-1C—focus on space‑debris tracking, advanced GPS‑type navigation for military use, and gamma‑ray detection for...
EdgeRunner Wins U.S. Space Force Contract for AI Agents
EdgeRunner AI has been awarded a firm‑fixed price contract by the U.S. Space Force to deliver domain‑specific artificial‑intelligence agents for Guardians. Over the next six months the startup will deploy its on‑device platform into the Space Force’s IL‑5 classified environment,...
Inside the Army’s FUZE Model for Rapid Tech Deployment
The U.S. Army launched the FUZE innovation engine last fall to accelerate the discovery, development, and fielding of emerging technologies. FUZE consolidates previously fragmented Army innovation efforts and overlays them with a venture‑capital‑style investment model. By making multiple small, calculated...
Preventing an Iranian Bomb Is Only Getting Harder
The ongoing war has left Iran’s nuclear program largely intact, with more than 400 kg of highly enriched uranium still hidden underground. After the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, his son Mojtaba Khamenei, a hard‑line figure backed by the IRGC, assumed...
Weekly Review
Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon on Easter killed at least 11 and injured 39, while Israel forced Shiite evacuations near the southern border. In the United States, the Trump administration extended its ultimatum to Iran over the Strait of Hormuz and...
MGI Engineering Completes First Flights of TigerShark Strike Platform
MGI Engineering announced the TigerShark, an autonomous deep‑strike UAV, completed its first flight on April 1, marking the first European system of this class tested in over a decade. The subsonic, one‑way platform can carry a 300 kg payload, has a cruise...
Kharg Struck as Trump Threatens to Wipe Out Iranian Civilization
U.S. forces launched strikes on Iran's Kharg Island, the nation’s primary oil export hub, while President Donald Trump warned he would wipe out the Iranian civilization if Tehran failed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his 8 p.m. ET deadline....
The War to Break Iran’s Economy
An unprecedented economic campaign against Iran is intensifying, as the United States, European Union and regional allies expand sanctions targeting oil exports, banking links and advanced technology. The measures have slashed Iran’s oil revenues by roughly half and forced the...
Russian Cyber Spies Targeting Consumer, Soho Routers
The UK National Cyber Security Centre and Microsoft have uncovered a large‑scale DNS hijacking operation run by Russian APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, targeting vulnerable consumer and small‑office routers. The campaign, active since August 2025, has compromised over 200 organisations and...
Desalination Plants in the Middle East Are Increasingly Vulnerable
Escalating conflict in the Persian Gulf has turned desalination plants into strategic targets, with Iran, Bahrain and Kuwait reporting damage and the United States denying involvement. Former President Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Iran's facilities, heightening the risk of...
Israel’s Buffer-Zone Fallacy
The article argues that protective buffer zones are obsolete in an era of precision missiles, drones, and long‑range projectiles. It cites Israel’s justification for occupying southern Lebanon as a prime example of a flawed buffer‑zone rationale. The piece also references...
The Criticality of Public-Private Partnerships for National Security
The Department of Homeland Security scrapped the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council in March 2025, removing the primary forum for structured public‑private dialogue on critical infrastructure. Simultaneously, CISA faces staffing cuts and shifting priorities, further straining coordination across the 16...
Iran Threatens ‘Annihilation’ of OpenAI’s $30B Stargate Data Center in Abu Dhabi
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps released a video threatening to annihilate OpenAI’s $30 billion Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi if the United States proceeds with threats to bomb Iranian power plants. The Stargate campus, part of a $500 billion joint venture...
Russia Loses Momentum as Ukraine Regains Large Swaths of Territories — What’s Behind Kyiv’s Success?
Ukraine is reclaiming large swaths of territory, markedly slowing Russia's offensive momentum. Enhanced Ukrainian drone capabilities—AI‑driven vision, resilient navigation, and improved counter‑drone tactics—are neutralizing Russian kamikaze attacks. Western‑supplied long‑range missiles such as ATACMS and Storm Shadow are enabling deep strikes...
Human vs AI: Debates Shape RSAC 2026 Cybersecurity Trends
The RSAC 2026 conference opened with AI taking center stage, as vendors aggressively promote AI‑driven security solutions, including ambitious agentic AI that could augment or replace traditional security‑operations centers. Executives debated the scalability of the "human‑in‑the‑loop" model, with Vodafone’s CISO Emma Smith...
The Hormuz War Will End
The near‑closure of the Strait of Hormuz has removed roughly 9‑10 million barrels of crude, 5 million barrels of refined products and 20% of global LNG from markets, creating the worst energy shock since the 1973 Arab oil embargo. Existing bypass pipelines...
The War Will End With a Hormuz Toll Booth
After months of conflict, Iran has begun operating a de‑facto toll booth in the Strait of Hormuz, collecting fees from vessels, some in yuan. Tehran is pushing a formal Iran‑Oman transit authority that would levy a modest $500,000 fee per...