🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Sunday

• The U.S. Army awarded Rune Technologies a $99M contract for edge-first battlefield logistics software designed to sustain supply chains in GPS- and comms-denied environments, signaling continued investment in resilient, distributed mission systems.
• The U.S. Navy’s top science official unveiled a new strategy for its $3B annual R&D portfolio aimed at cutting bureaucracy and avoiding duplication with commercially funded tech, a notable shift in how the service prioritizes internal research.
• A Booz Allen report warns that certain Chinese AI models generate more vulnerable code for U.S. government users, raising supply chain and model assurance concerns as agencies accelerate generative AI adoption.

Sources:

1) Interesting Engineering — https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/us-army-selects-edge-first-software
2) Defence Blog — https://defence-blog.com/u-s-navy-research-chief-stop-copying-what-industry-builds/
3) Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chinese-ai-models-raise-sleeper-agent-fears-after-report-finds-more-vulnerable-code-us-users

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