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• From Paris to Warsaw, leaders have been looking to boost defence spending in the face of US threats to withdraw its European security guarantees. The Verardo Group's Substack
• CloudFerro S.A. (Warsaw) - will provide ground segment services, including satellite data reception and delivery of processed data to end users via its Polish cloud infrastructure. SpaceNews
• Poland's dramatic military expansion comes as fears grow across Europe that U.S. President Donald Trump is aligning with the Kremlin and turning his back on America's traditional western alliances - a geopolitical shift that Warsaw regards as a potentially existential threat. Rima Regas' Blog #42
• Warsaw needs to stand by its European partners, knowing full well that a peace too favourable to Putin only risks a resurgence of the conflict in the future. Balkan Insight
• Warsaw has long viewed the influx of migrants along its border with Belarus - arguably history's first man-made migration crisis - as indistinguishable from the security threats it faces from Russian hybrid operations in its territory and the errant Russian missiles lobbed from Ukraine. UnHerd
• In 2025, Poland could further expand its defence budget which, if Warsaw spends the earmarked funds in 2024, could place Poland in 2024 above all other NATO member states in terms of spending as a share of GDP. Defense News
• With additional rail connections, the north-south Rail Baltica will connect the Baltic states with Warsaw, Poland and, eventually, Berlin - a key target of the Baltic governments. WTOP News
• Pratt & Whitney pushes 'low risk' F100 engine for potential Polish F-15EX order Integration and certification of the F100 would consist of a couple of flight tests and not have any schedule implications if Warsaw was to place a F-15EX order. Aerotech News & Review
• In 2023, Warsaw increased its defence spending to 3.9% of GDP - the highest among all NATO members, even ahead of the U.S. at 3.49% - and is projected to surpass 4% in 2024. Washington Examiner
• The Department of Defense has been testing the Q-UGV for several years, using its AI and data analysis capabilities to detect potential threats to military assets. Insider
• The Department of Defense (DoD) made progress on a pilot for AI that can find and address vulnerabilities in software used for national security and military purposes. The White House
• If Canada hopes to achieve a technologically cutting-edge military, there are a lot of capability gaps still to be filled, including new weaponry and planning for vastly increased data capabilities in the coming age of artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Centre for International Governance Innovation
• The use of artificial intelligence is not contrary to international law, but the way Israel is using it could amount to a war crime. Le Monde.fr
• The investment by Intel will give the United States a foothold in leading-edge logic chips - the kind of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence and military systems. NPR
• The British military's strategic adoption of AI underscores its recognition of the technology's potential to provide a competitive advantage and enhance operational efficiency. Army Recognition
• The United States has moved aggressively in recent months to halt shipments to China of more advanced AI chips, in its efforts to stop Beijing receiving cutting-edge U.S. technologies that could strengthen its military. investing.com
• No Tech for Apartheid alleges that the terms of the Nimbus contract could allow cloud technologies from the US companies, including artificial intelligence tools, to be used for military purposes. Wired
• The world's major military powers are all keen to develop drones for use in warfare, recognising the military potential of new technologies, and have all begun research and investment into next-generation weaponry and technologies such as artificial intelligence and uncrewed and autonomous systems. Drone Wars UK
• Last May, hundreds of leading figures in AI research and development signed a one-sentence statement declaring that mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• Israel's army has deployed artificial intelligence-enabled military technology in combat for the first time in Gaza, raising fears about the use of autonomous weapons in modern warfare. The Guardian
• The war in Ukraine offers a glimpse of AI's critical nature in current warfare and why the Pentagon will not pause its AI research and development. CovertAction Magazine
• AI could have a more direct impact on U.S. national security: the Department of Defense expects the technology to transform the very character of war by empowering autonomous weapons and improving strategic analysis. Council on Foreign Relations
• Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war, are odd words from hard-charging tech execs competing to get obviously flawed generative AI applications in the hands of the public. Computerworld

Last updated: 26 June 2025