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Power Lines, Part 1: The Cloud on the Ground

Oct 30, 2026

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5 min read

Power Lines, Part 1: The Cloud on the Ground

Every AI model, satellite image, and targeting tool runs in a building somewhere, plugged into a grid. In March 2026, one of those buildings became a target.

Sam Armstrong
Sam Armstrong

Communications

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Starlink Speed Limits

Oct 23, 2026

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5 min read

Starlink Speed Limits

For about a day last week, Ukraine's interceptor drones were slower than the drones they were chasing. A week later, nobody will say who made that call.

Sam Armstrong
Sam Armstrong

United States

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America's Tungsten Problem

Oct 9, 2026

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5 min read

America's Tungsten Problem

The Pentagon bought into a Maine company that used to make lightbulb filaments. Here's why, and what it says about where the real bottleneck sits.

Sam Armstrong
Sam Armstrong

Maritime

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Port Alpha: Saronic's Push for America to Build Ships Again

Oct 2, 2026

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5 min read

Port Alpha: Saronic's Push for America to Build Ships Again

A four-year-old drone boat company just broke ground on a $3 billion yard in South Texas. Here's what Port Alpha is, and what it would take to work.

Sam Armstrong
Sam Armstrong

Aviation

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Microwaving Drones

Sep 25, 2026

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6 min read

Microwaving Drones

How high-power microwave weapons have become a leading answer to the drone swarm dilemma.

Sam Armstrong
Sam Armstrong

Aviation

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Skydio. America's Drone Giant

Sep 11, 2026

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6 min read

Skydio. America's Drone Giant

America’s largest drone maker walked away from retail consumers, got adopted by the US Army, and made an enemy of the world’s biggest drone maker along the way

Sam Armstrong
Sam Armstrong

Communications

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Communication Breakdown? Operation Jailbreak and the Army’s Push to Make Systems Talk

Jul 14, 2026

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8 min read

Communication Breakdown? Operation Jailbreak and the Army’s Push to Make Systems Talk

For decades, the US military has bought powerful systems that often struggle to work together. Operation Jailbreak is an attempt to make interoperability a battlefield requirement, not an afterthought.

Sam Armstrong
Sam Armstrong

Autonomy

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Divergent and the Programmable Factory

Jul 6, 2026

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9 min read

Divergent and the Programmable Factory

The startup behind a 3D-printed supercar is now printing Tomahawk structures. The pitch is a software-defined factory that can build almost anything.

Sam Armstrong
Sam Armstrong

Aviation

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Climbing the Aviation Food Chain With Shield AI

Jun 4, 2026

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11 min read

Climbing the Aviation Food Chain With Shield AI

Convincing the Air Force Secretary to climb into a jet with no human pilot.

Sam Armstrong
Sam Armstrong

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