🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Friday

• A federal judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon from designating Anthropic a “supply-chain risk,” signaling potential limits on DoD authority to restrict access to frontier AI tools amid rising civil-military tech tensions.
• The U.S. Navy canceled its MASC program and unveiled a new Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel “marketplace” aimed at fielding production-ready autonomous platforms by 2027 under its Golden Fleet push.
• The Space Development Agency expects to activate laser inter-satellite links within six months after addressing Tranche 1 issues, a key step toward operationalizing resilient, proliferated space-based data transport and missile tracking.

Sources:

1) Washington Post — https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/26/pentagon-anthropic-national-security-risk-order-blocked/
2) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/03/navy-nixes-masc-program-unveils-new-musv-marketplace-amid-golden-fleet-push/
3) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/03/sda-hopes-to-bring-satellite-laser-links-into-use-within-next-6-months/

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