Global for Thursday, August 8, 2024

• Army’s successful hypersonic missile test puts fielding on horizon
• Pentagon begins awarding contracts for next round of Replicator
• Cheap first-person-view drones now hunting larger prey in Ukraine
• Pentagon chief technologist argues case for rapid experimentation fund
• US Marines and Japanese military put new radar on Taiwan’s doorstep
• With the world on edge, defense stocks soar
• Anduril to open software-based manufacturing hub to scale production