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Opinion / Defence

Defence buyers are procuring autonomy like it's an airframe. It isn't.

Ten-year procurement cycles cannot govern software that retrains monthly. Until contracting reform catches up, allied militaries will keep buying obsolete autonomy at exquisite prices.

James Okonkwo18 Jul 20266 min

Opinion / Policy

The autonomy industry should stop asking for regulatory certainty

What innovators call certainty, incumbents use as a moat. The sandbox model — provisional permission, dense evidence, iterated rules — is serving the sector far better than a premature rulebook would.

Daniel Carter8 Jul 20266 min

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