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Senate confirms nominees for Pentagon comptroller, space acquisition, and NRO chief, ending an 18-month vacancy for the comptroller.
EU plans an $18B satellite constellation with a Spanish firm in a key role; first launches targeted for 2029.
Epoch AI’s MirrorCode benchmark shows AI can reimplement entire programs end-to-end under long-horizon, sandboxed conditions, with multi-day runs and thousands of dollars in cost, achieving partial to strong success on a 30-task, multi-language leaderboard.
Rhode Island lawmakers preserve energy-efficiency funding and modestly loosen renewables targets, signaling regulatory stability on efficiency while allowing partial use of existing resources and delaying full decarbonization timelines.
The Pentagon plans a $250 million spend to evaluate options and move toward initial deals for a Ground-Based Affordable Mass program, with a November demo of ground-launched precision strike weapons, aligned with an autonomy czar’s shop.
APFIT's next cohort will prioritize cheaply-produced-at-scale technologies, with funding for expansion uncertain amid congressional deadlock; program has already awarded over $2B to 100+ small businesses and features LUCAS drones.
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