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Noah Smith

Washington, D.C.
Noah Smith
X-energy

X-energy

X‑energy develops advanced high‑temperature gas‑cooled pebble‑bed reactors (Xe‑100) and TRISO fuel. Founded in 2009 by Kam Ghaffarian and led by CEO Clay Sell, the Rockville, MD company has secured DOE and DoD funding for its modular reactors.
Groq

Groq

Groq builds application-specific AI accelerators called Language Processing Units to deliver fast inference. Founded in 2016 by former Google engineer Jonathan Ross, the Mountain View company became a unicorn after raising a $300M Series C.
Snorkel AI
defense startups

Snorkel AI

Snorkel AI commercializes programmatic data labeling and data-centric AI. Founded in 2019 by Stanford researchers, Redwood City-based Snorkel helps enterprises quickly create training data and has raised ~$135M.
Autonomous Agri Solutions
defense startups

Autonomous Agri Solutions

Autonomous Agri Solutions serves as the UK agent for Agrointelli's Robotti autonomous tractor, offering robot-as-a-service to bring autonomous farming to British growers.
Russia Flexes Naval Muscle
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russia

Russia Flexes Naval Muscle

The future Maritime OE does not offer acccess and is a highway of robots and things like a future flying car metropolis scene
The FY-2026 NDAA: A broad reset for the Pentagon
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policy

The FY-2026 NDAA: A broad reset for the Pentagon

Senate’s FY‑2026 defense bill focuses on AI, cyber, space, software, and sea power.
Glock 47 MOS: Engineering Design & Modular Architecture
weapons

Glock 47 MOS: Engineering Design & Modular Architecture

Origins & Engineering Mandate Gave Birth To A Modular Glock Pistol
When I was an advisor in Iraq in 2012, I was implementing a fairy tale policy while Iraq was drifting toward civil war
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essays

When I was an advisor in Iraq in 2012, I was implementing a fairy tale policy while Iraq was drifting toward civil war

Future of ADVANA data platform unclear as Pentagon halts AI contract

Future of ADVANA data platform unclear as Pentagon halts AI contract

Another ID/IQ bites the dust as contracting teams are sparse in the DOD
Lawmakers Press Pentagon to Prove It Can Buy Weapons at ‘the Speed of Relevance’
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congress

Lawmakers Press Pentagon to Prove It Can Buy Weapons at ‘the Speed of Relevance’

A rare bipartisan hearing put defense acquisition culture—and a $833 billion budget—under the microscope.
Front Lines: Explosions Rock Moscow; Uneasy Ceasefire in Syria
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armed conflict

Front Lines: Explosions Rock Moscow; Uneasy Ceasefire in Syria

Massive explosions rocked Moscow as Ukrainian drones were intercepted and flights temporarily halted, while a U.S.-brokered ceasefire brought a tenuous calm to Syria's Sweida province after deadly sectarian clashes and airstrikes.
ABL Space Systems → Long Wall
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RESEARCH

ABL Space Systems → Long Wall