“UK boss brags about improving UK military ‘kill chain’”

by Joe Glenton in The Canary

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“The British military finds itself in dubious company once again. Relying on Anduril’s technology ties the UK deeper into the US-Israeli colonial security framework. The firm claims it isn’t using fully autonomous killing systems yet, but has made clear that capacity exists. These rapid developments are outstripping international law’s ability to catch up — with dangerous implications for everyone”

https://www.thecanary.co/uncategorized-en/2026/04/27/uk-military-adopts-anduril-lethal-ai-tech/

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Palantir Goes Mask-Off For Fascism. It Won’t End Well.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/20/palantir-goes-mask-off-for-fascism-it-wont-end-well/

the company seems to be betting that Trumpist-flavored authoritarianism is a permanent feature of the American political landscape — and that going all-in on it will never, ever have any long-term consequences.…

#Palantir #MaskOff #Fascism #AllIn #Consequences #GlobalSurveillance #KillChain

« The US Air Force and […] partners are fielding new mission capabilities on airframes and command-and-control nodes to compress the #KillChain. The find, fix, track, target, engage, assess process requires ubiquitous access to data […]

Red Hat Device Edge embeds […] data sets in a manner that positions the warfighter to use AI and ML to increase the accuracy of airborne targeting and mission-guidance systems »

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› https://web.archive.org/web/20260402155236/https://www.redhat.com/rhdc/managed-files/ve-compress-the-kill-cycle-detail-693397pr-202402-en_3.pdf

“Compress the kill cycle with Red Hat Device Edge”

https://piefed.social/c/linux/p/1993826/compress-the-kill-cycle-with-red-hat-device-edge

France’s evolving battlefield doctrine increasingly reflects a network-centric warfare model, where platforms like a Hornet-class reconnaissance drone act as a forward ISR node, feeding real-time data into a broader #KillChain. In such a setup, the Hornet performs #Targeting and #TargetDesignation, rapidly identifying and geo-locating threats at the tactical edge.

This data is transmitted through #C2 systems, enabling assets like the #MQ9Reaper to assume control of the engagement cycle. The Reaper conducts #ISR, confirms the target (PID), and executes a #PrecisionStrike using #AGM114 #Hellfire missiles with #LaserGuidance.

The integration of low-level reconnaissance drones with high-end strike platforms significantly compresses the #SensorToShooter loop, enhancing #SituationalAwareness and reducing response time. This architecture enables efficient #CloseAirSupport, persistent surveillance, and immediate #BDA, making it a cornerstone of #ModernWarfare and #DroneWarfare.

'A machine can shoot, Manson reports, up to “ten times faster than an assassin.” This gives the “autonomy hawks” something like an erotic frisson: one source says that “there’s really nothing quite like seeing a machine aim,” explaining their sense of “an alien aspect, some otherworld[ly] feeling, I don’t want to say ‘religious,’ that’s not the right word.”'

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-project-maven-put-ai-into-the-kill-chain

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