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Exclusive: Emails reveal Palmer Luckey’s political fundraising as his company wins sole-source contracts
By Aram Roston in Washington

Co-founder of defense firm Anduril has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/exclusive-palmer-luckey-political-fundraising

#USnationalsecurity #Republicans #Weaponstechnology #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #KevinMcCarthy #TedCruz #PeterThiel #Palantir #Dronesmilitary #Virtualreality #Surveillance #USmilitary #Technology #California #USpolitics #USnews #WestCoast #TheGuardian #AramRostoninWashington

Exclusive: Emails reveal Palmer Luckey’s political fundraising as his company wins sole-source contracts
By Aram Roston in Washington

Co-founder of defense firm Anduril has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/exclusive-palmer-luckey-political-fundraising

#USnationalsecurity #Republicans #Weaponstechnology #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #KevinMcCarthy #TedCruz #PeterThiel #Palantir #Dronesmilitary #Virtualreality #Surveillance #USmilitary #Technology #California #USpolitics #USnews #WestCoast #TheGuardian #AramRostoninWashington

Exclusive: Emails reveal Palmer Luckey’s political fundraising as his company wins sole-source contracts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/exclusive-palmer-luckey-political-fundraising #UsNationalSecurity #Republicans #WeaponsTechnology #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #KevinMccarthy #TedCruz #PeterThiel #Palantir #DronesMilitary #VirtualReality #Surveillance #UsMilitary #Technology #California #UsPolitics #UsNews #WestCoast

Exclusive: Emails reveal Palmer Luckey’s political fundraising as his company wins sole-source contracts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/exclusive-palmer-luckey-political-fundraising #UsNationalSecurity #Republicans #WeaponsTechnology #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #KevinMccarthy #TedCruz #PeterThiel #Palantir #DronesMilitary #VirtualReality #Surveillance #UsMilitary #Technology #California #UsPolitics #UsNews #WestCoast

Profits boost for defence firms as governments beef up spending https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/30/profits-boost-defence-firms-governments-spending #Rollsroyce #BaeSystems #WeaponsTechnology #ManufacturingSector #Business #UkNews

Profits boost for defence firms as governments beef up spending https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/30/profits-boost-defence-firms-governments-spending #Rollsroyce #BaeSystems #WeaponsTechnology #ManufacturingSector #Business #UkNews

Profits boost for defence firms as governments beef up spending
By Jasper Jolly

Shares in Rolls-Royce jump by 5.5% after it lifts earnings guidance, while BAE Systems also upgrades profit forecasts

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/30/profits-boost-defence-firms-governments-spending

#RollsRoyce #BAESystems #Weaponstechnology #Manufacturingsector #Business #UKnews #TheGuardian #JasperJolly

AI can fuel biological weapons. We must harness its power for defense | Annie Jacobsen
By Annie Jacobsen

The offensive potential is no longer theoretical. We need to develop systems to strengthen public health as quickly as AI is accelerating biological design

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/27/ai-biological-weapons-defense

#AIartificialintelligence #Biology #Weaponstechnology #Technology #Science #Computing #Health #TheGuardian #AnnieJacobsen

AI can fuel biological weapons. We must harness its power for defense | Annie Jacobsen
By Annie Jacobsen

The offensive potential is no longer theoretical. We need to develop systems to strengthen public health as quickly as AI is accelerating biological design

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/27/ai-biological-weapons-defense

#AIartificialintelligence #Biology #Weaponstechnology #Technology #Science #Computing #Health #TheGuardian #AnnieJacobsen

AI can fuel biological weapons. We must harness its power for defense | Annie Jacobsen https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/27/ai-biological-weapons-defense #AiArtificialIntelligence #Biology #WeaponsTechnology #Technology #Science #Computing #Health

AI can fuel biological weapons. We must harness its power for defense | Annie Jacobsen https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/27/ai-biological-weapons-defense #AiArtificialIntelligence #Biology #WeaponsTechnology #Technology #Science #Computing #Health

Edge of Armageddon: why does one of the world’s top thinkers believe we’re nearing nuclear apocalypse? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/25/armageddon-physicist-carlo-rovelli-nuclear-apocalypse #Books #Science #NuclearWeapons #Physics #WeaponsTechnology #Culture

Edge of Armageddon: why does one of the world’s top thinkers believe we’re nearing nuclear apocalypse? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/25/armageddon-physicist-carlo-rovelli-nuclear-apocalypse #Books #Science #NuclearWeapons #Physics #WeaponsTechnology #Culture

Weapons are one thing, but if war breaks out, Europe’s best resource is its people | Elisabeth Braw https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/02/weapons-europe-war-people-scandinavia-baltic-citizens-non-combatants #Nato #Europe #Sweden #WorldNews #Volunteering #Society #Poland #WeaponsTechnology

Weapons are one thing, but if war breaks out, Europe’s best resource is its people | Elisabeth Braw https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/02/weapons-europe-war-people-scandinavia-baltic-citizens-non-combatants #Nato #Europe #Sweden #WorldNews #Volunteering #Society #Poland #WeaponsTechnology

Lockheed Martin CEO sees Trump’s Pentagon as ‘golden opportunity’ for growth https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/23/lockheed-martin-earnings-call-trump-pentagon-opportunity #Business #TrumpAdministration #UsisraelWarOnIran #UsNews #UsPolitics #Iran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WeaponsTechnology

Lockheed Martin CEO sees Trump’s Pentagon as ‘golden opportunity’ for growth https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/23/lockheed-martin-earnings-call-trump-pentagon-opportunity #Business #TrumpAdministration #UsisraelWarOnIran #UsNews #UsPolitics #Iran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WeaponsTechnology

Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/pentagon-asks-for-54bn-in-pivot-towards-ai-powered-war #UsMilitary #AiArtificialIntelligence #WeaponsTechnology #Technology #UsNews

Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/pentagon-asks-for-54bn-in-pivot-towards-ai-powered-war #UsMilitary #AiArtificialIntelligence #WeaponsTechnology #Technology #UsNews

‘The frontline is like Terminator’: fighting robots give Ukraine hope in war with Russia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/04/fighting-robots-give-ukraine-hope-in-war-with-russia #Ukraine #Russia #WeaponsTechnology #Technology #Europe #WorldNews #DronesMilitary

‘The frontline is like Terminator’: fighting robots give Ukraine hope in war with Russia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/04/fighting-robots-give-ukraine-hope-in-war-with-russia #Ukraine #Russia #WeaponsTechnology #Technology #Europe #WorldNews #DronesMilitary

Middle East war could be decided by who runs out of missiles or interceptors first, analysts say https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/middle-east-war-decided-interceptors-missiles #UsisraelWarOnIran #WorldNews #Iran #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #WeaponsTechnology #Israel #UnitedArabEmirates #DronesMilitary #UsMilitary #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Technology

Middle East war could be decided by who runs out of missiles or interceptors first, analysts say https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/middle-east-war-decided-interceptors-missiles #UsisraelWarOnIran #WorldNews #Iran #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #WeaponsTechnology #Israel #UnitedArabEmirates #DronesMilitary #UsMilitary #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Technology

Boss of BAE Systems urges ministers to publish delayed military spending plan https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/18/bae-systems-urges-ministers-to-publish-delayed-military-spending-defence-investment-plan #DefencePolicy #BaeSystems #Business #Military #UkNews #WeaponsTechnology #ManufacturingSector #EconomicPolicy

Boss of BAE Systems urges ministers to publish delayed military spending plan https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/18/bae-systems-urges-ministers-to-publish-delayed-military-spending-defence-investment-plan #DefencePolicy #BaeSystems #Business #Military #UkNews #WeaponsTechnology #ManufacturingSector #EconomicPolicy

Welsh munitions factory seen as crucial to boosting stockpiles is still yet to open https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/15/welsh-munitions-factory-delay-bae-systems-glascoed-delay-shells-ukraine #BritishArmy #BaeSystems #ArmsTrade #WeaponsTechnology #ManufacturingSector #Wales #UkNews #Business #Military #DefencePolicy #Ukraine #Politics

‘Keep on dreaming’: could Europe really defend itself without the US? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/31/european-defence-disarray-future-nato-trump #Europe #Nato #TrumpAdministration #EuropeanUnion #UsForeignPolicy #AerospaceIndustry #NuclearWeapons #Russia #ArmsTrade #MarkRutte #DonaldTrump #WeaponsTechnology

Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/22/mind-altering-brain-weapons-no-longer-only-science-fiction-say-researchers #Weaponstechnology #Chemicalweapons #Neuroscience #Worldnews #Science #UKnews

Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/22/mind-altering-brain-weapons-no-longer-only-science-fiction-say-researchers #Weaponstechnology #Chemicalweapons #Neuroscience #Worldnews #Science #UKnews

Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/14/aukus-australian-submarines-vulnerable-new-technology #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Australianforeignpolicy #Australianmilitary #Australianpolitics #Weaponstechnology #Australianews #RichardMarles #Nuclearpower #Surveillance #Environment #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Computing #Science #Oceans #Aukus #China

Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/14/aukus-australian-submarines-vulnerable-new-technology #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Australianforeignpolicy #Australianmilitary #Australianpolitics #Weaponstechnology #Australianews #RichardMarles #Nuclearpower #Surveillance #Environment #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Computing #Science #Oceans #Aukus #China

Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/14/aukus-australian-submarines-vulnerable-new-technology #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Australianforeignpolicy #Australianmilitary #Australianpolitics #Weaponstechnology #Australianews #RichardMarles #Nuclearpower #Surveillance #Environment #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Computing #Science #Oceans #Aukus #China

Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/14/aukus-australian-submarines-vulnerable-new-technology #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Australianforeignpolicy #Australianmilitary #Australianpolitics #Weaponstechnology #Australianews #RichardMarles #Nuclearpower #Surveillance #Environment #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Computing #Science #Oceans #Aukus #China

Trump expected to announce resumption of weapons deliveries to Ukraine through Nato allies https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/11/trump-russia-ukraine-weapons #Trumpadministration #Weaponstechnology #VladimirPutin #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Armstrade #Worldnews #Ukraine #Russia #USnews #Europe #Nato

Trump expected to announce resumption of weapons deliveries to Ukraine through Nato allies https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/11/trump-russia-ukraine-weapons #Trumpadministration #Weaponstechnology #VladimirPutin #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Armstrade #Worldnews #Ukraine #Russia #USnews #Europe #Nato

‘You don’t brag about wiping out 60‑70,000 people’: the men who dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/22/atomic-bomb-hiroshima-nagasaki-author-stephen-walker #Weaponstechnology #Nuclearweapons #Secondworldwar #Historybooks #AsiaPacific #USmilitary #Culture #Science #Japan #Books

‘You don’t brag about wiping out 60‑70,000 people’: the men who dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/22/atomic-bomb-hiroshima-nagasaki-author-stephen-walker #Weaponstechnology #Nuclearweapons #Secondworldwar #Historybooks #AsiaPacific #USmilitary #Culture #Science #Japan #Books

Israeli stands at Paris airshow are shut down ‘by order of French government’ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/16/israeli-stands-paris-airshow-shut-down-french-government #Weaponstechnology #Aerospaceindustry #Business #Israel #France #Europe #Paris

Israeli stands at Paris airshow are shut down ‘by order of French government’ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/16/israeli-stands-paris-airshow-shut-down-french-government #Weaponstechnology #Aerospaceindustry #Business #Israel #France #Europe #Paris

Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/05/google-owner-drops-promise-not-to-use-ai-for-weapons #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Weaponstechnology #Technologysector #Surveillance #Technology #Worldnews #Alphabet #Business #Google #USnews

Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/05/google-owner-drops-promise-not-to-use-ai-for-weapons #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Weaponstechnology #Technologysector #Surveillance #Technology #Worldnews #Alphabet #Business #Google #USnews

AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: autonomous weapons enter the battlefield https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/14/ais-oppenheimer-moment-autonomous-weapons-enter-the-battlefield #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Weaponstechnology #Drones(military) #USmilitary #Technology #Computing #Worldnews #USnews

AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: autonomous weapons enter the battlefield https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/14/ais-oppenheimer-moment-autonomous-weapons-enter-the-battlefield #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Weaponstechnology #Drones(military) #USmilitary #Technology #Computing #Worldnews #USnews

Moscow angered by US plan to site long-range missiles in Germany https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/11/moscow-angered-by-us-plan-to-site-long-range-missiles-in-germany #Weaponstechnology #OlafScholz #Worldnews #Germany #USnews #Russia #Europe #Nato

Moscow angered by US plan to site long-range missiles in Germany https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/11/moscow-angered-by-us-plan-to-site-long-range-missiles-in-germany #Weaponstechnology #OlafScholz #Worldnews #Germany #USnews #Russia #Europe #Nato

Meet the Chinese army’s latest weapon: the gun-toting dog https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/30/chinese-armys-latest-weapon-gun-toting-dog #Weaponstechnology #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Science #China

Meet the Chinese army’s latest weapon: the gun-toting dog https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/30/chinese-armys-latest-weapon-gun-toting-dog #Weaponstechnology #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Science #China

Meet the Chinese army’s latest weapon: the gun-toting dog https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/30/chinese-armys-latest-weapon-gun-toting-dog #Weaponstechnology #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Science #China

Meet the Chinese army’s latest weapon: the gun-toting dog https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/30/chinese-armys-latest-weapon-gun-toting-dog #Weaponstechnology #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Science #China

Does Israel need more US arms for a Rafah offensive? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/does-israel-need-more-us-arms-for-a-rafah-offensive #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestinianterritories #Weaponstechnology #Israel-Gazawar #USCongress #Armstrade #Worldnews #JoeBiden #USnews #Israel #Hamas #Gaza

Does Israel need more US arms for a Rafah offensive? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/does-israel-need-more-us-arms-for-a-rafah-offensive #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestinianterritories #Weaponstechnology #Israel-Gazawar #USCongress #Armstrade #Worldnews #JoeBiden #USnews #Israel #Hamas #Gaza

The Guardian view on the new drone wars: as prices fall, casualties mount | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/13/the-guardian-view-on-the-new-drone-wars-as-prices-fall-casualties-mount #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Weaponstechnology #Drones(military) #IslamicState #Technology #USmilitary #Military #Myanmar #Ukraine #Houthis #Russia #UKnews #Yemen

The Guardian view on the new drone wars: as prices fall, casualties mount | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/13/the-guardian-view-on-the-new-drone-wars-as-prices-fall-casualties-mount #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Weaponstechnology #Drones(military) #IslamicState #Technology #USmilitary #Military #Myanmar #Ukraine #Houthis #Russia #UKnews #Yemen