Ghost Shark Uncrewed Submarine Shown Launching Aerial Drones For The First Time
October 29th, 2026"Ghost Shark has teeth now." – @PatConroy1, Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry.
The @ausgov and @Australian_Navy confirmed the payloads that our Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous submarine carries: sea mines, logistics caches, and air-launched effects for ISR and strike.
Ghost Sharks are rolling off the production line. Payload testing is active.
— Anduril Industries (@anduriltech) October 21, 2026
Via: The War Zone:
New footage of Australia’s Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle (XL-AUV) provides the first look at how the vehicle launches aerial drones, while also revealing a pair of deployable masts not previously seen on the platform.
The U.S. Added a Record 20.2 GWh of Battery Storage in Just 3 Months
October 29th, 2026Via: Electrek:
The US battery storage market just posted its biggest quarter ever, adding 20.2 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new capacity in Q2 2026.
The record quarter brought total battery storage installations for the first half of 2026 to 30.8 GWh – up 23% year over year – according to the new “US Energy Storage Market Outlook” from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
Nearly all the growth came from large grid batteries. Utility-scale projects accounted for about 18 GWh of Q2 installations, supported by seven gigawatt-hour-scale projects – four in Arizona, two in California, and one in Utah.
Continuity of Government: Pentagon Revamping Doomsday Scenario Plans
October 29th, 2026I’m tired, boss.
Via: Fox:
U.S. Air Marshals: Quiet Skies Program
October 28th, 2026Via: Canam Missing Project:
Warhound: Genetically Engineered War Dogs Wearing Anduril Gear
October 28th, 2026Via: TechCrunch:
Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey had an idea to genetically engineer war dogs for the U.S. military, law enforcement, and other emergency response teams. On Thursday, that idea came out of stealth as Warhound, backed by $200 million in funding from investors including Sequoia, 8VC, Corner Ventures, and In-Q-Tel, a venture firm backed by the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies. The round values the company at $1.2 billion.
Warhound’s dogs, which do not exist yet, will take on tasks that are dangerous for humans or difficult for machines, such as bomb detection, searches, and other specialized operations. In its launch announcement, the company said that more than 80% of the U.S. military’s working dogs come from Europe, and less than half of them are fit for service.
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Anduril, meanwhile, will provide software and hardware, such as protection vests and goggles, to assist the dogs and their handlers with situational awareness and coordination. Lamm said to imagine, for example, bulletproof vests with data sensors that send information back to the handlers so they can better understand what is happening.
BlueChip: Anduril Will Manufacture Computers in the U.S., Eventually from U.S. Materials and Components
October 28th, 2026These could be interesting if the BIOS/UEFI firmware is open source.
Via: Tech Crunch:
Anduril founder Palmer Luckey is vowing to bring computer manufacturing back to the U.S. And by that, he doesn’t just mean assembly but the production of every individual component, some of which are exclusively made in China today.
Anduril is partnering with Qualcomm to achieve that mission with a new computer called BlueChip, the companies announced Tuesday. BlueChip will be available for preorder in 2027.
While technical details are scant — Anduril hasn’t even finished contracting with all its component suppliers yet, according to Luckey — this first product will be a hardened laptop. It will be designed to withstand the most grueling physical environments and meet the security-conscious needs of the military, government, first responders, and law enforcement.
For the first generation, about 90% of its components will be made in the U.S. or in allied countries, Anduril says, most notably its CPU. BlueChip will run on a Snapdragon X Series built at TSMC’s massive new facility in Arizona. The CPU uses the same architecture that powers other laptops, including the Microsoft Surface, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said during the press conference.
“As of right now, the laptop’s bill of materials is about 90% U.S. and allied [ally countries], and we have a technical roadmap to get to 100% domestic over time,” Luckey said. “The intent in the long run is to have an option that is made entirely in the United States, 100% domestic. And I mean everything. I mean the displays. I mean the metallics. I mean the magnetics. All of it.”
Right now, for instance, Luckey says he’s found an American supplier for the glass that covers the display, but the display itself is one of several components he says are only manufactured in China.
Robot-Dog Walkers Wanted, $20 an Hour
October 27th, 2026Via: Digital Trends:
San Francisco startup Dimensional advertised for people to walk robot dogs through city streets. The New York Times reported that the job could include carrying a roughly 33-pound robot back to the office if it overheated. A lift home is an awkward requirement for a labor-saving machine.
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The now-deleted ad described four to six hours of walking, with no previous experience required. The dogs used in the experiment were $2,000 machines from Chinese manufacturer Unitree, controllable through a handheld remote or mobile app.
The walkers steer while the robots’ cameras and sensors record the journey. Those demonstrations give Dimensional examples of human navigation to help improve its autonomous systems. The babysitting serves a purpose, even if the trainee occasionally needs carrying.
BBC Caught Pushing Extreme Open Borders Propaganda To Kids
October 26th, 2026I’m shocked.
Via: Modernity:
The BBC has been forced to strip large sections of its Bitesize education website after an investigation revealed it was feeding extreme left-wing views on mass migration and Net Zero to 1.7 million schoolchildren every week.
The platform, recommended by nearly every state school in the UK and used by almost half of all children aged four to 16, treated open borders as a high-scoring policy choice and labelled concerns that migrants take jobs from locals as “prejudice.”
Material began disappearing early last week after senior bosses ordered a review, replaced by a bland message that the content was “currently under review” to stay “up to date and in line with the curriculum.”
The FORTRESS Initiative: “The Pentagon’s Doomsday Plan to Keep America Fighting if Global War Erupts”
October 25th, 2026Via: Fox:
The Pentagon is preparing U.S. military bases to keep operating for at least 90 days without outside support as it prepares for the possibility of a major war that could cripple power grids, disrupt supply chains and threaten critical infrastructure on American soil.
The new requirement is part of FORTRESS, a broader military initiative aimed at ensuring American forces can continue fighting even if the civilian systems they depend on are disrupted, according to documents reviewed by Fox News Digital.
“We don’t want to rely on standard civilian municipal infrastructure to run our national defense. We just simply can’t. It’s an intolerable risk,” Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell told Fox News Digital.
SpaceX Attempting to Solve Shortage of Gas Turbine Components
October 25th, 2026Via: Farzad:
