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How many small boat shops are there in Canada that work in aluminum, plastics, carbonfibre and resins? From what I can see of the USV market those are the dominant materials for making craft that will stay afloat in rough weather for a long time. Electronics don't get seasick.

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-weighs-arming-grain-ships-with-machine-guns-and-missile-launchers-21142 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/6422b77781f4c613 The increasing cost of lawlessness.

Robomule contest https://thedefensepost.com/2026/07/27/us-army-autonomous-platforms/amp/ "AM General, American Rheinmetall, Carnegie Robotics, HDT Robotics, and Stratom will develop prototypes to automate battlefield logistics. "Under Project Sustainment, the US Army’s Capability Program...

https://www.defensenews.com/news/2026/07/27/pentagon-calls-for-cheaper-long-range-strike-weapons-with-testing-in-just-3-months/ Related - a need to extract the digit. " the Pentagon is in a hurry. The Iran war has exposed the problem of relying on costly long-range missiles such as the...

Fair enough, but there seemed to be an awful lot of fuel there (flammables generally and not fuel in partcular). It just seemed like an extraordinary amount of stuff was burning.

Brit Paras at BATUS - shoot and scoot on E-Bikes https://www.army.mod.uk/news/paratroopers-fight-on-two-wheels/ "During a 96-hour simulated battle, drones and electronic warfare sensors searched the vast plains of British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) to find targets for ATk Pl. The...

We are a bit behind.... https://unn.ua/en/news/the-united-states-significantly-lags-behind-ukraine-in-the-production-of-combat-drones-pentagon "Travis Metz, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit....emphasized that Ukraine currently produces up to...

This images of Wildberries on fire struck me strange. The amount of smoke suggested a lot more hydrocarbons than I would have expected from something like Walmart.

Not yet a Canadian CCA but a step along the path? https://calgaryherald.com/business/alberta-drone-outfit-inks-deal-with-aviation-giant-airbus Another win for The Hat.

And in BC the Roberts Bank Pipeline is starting to look a little firmer: https://www.biv.com/news/resources-agriculture/bc-set-to-enter-another-energy-mega-project-boom-12569661 Positive press Eby sidelined Tsawassen First Nation asking what is on offer. The TFN is not anti-development...

A maritime PNT emitter currently deployed on exercises - a buoy about the size of a sonobuoy that can be dispersed in numbers. I wonder if it is accessible by subsurface craft...

Further to.... https://www.kyivpost.com/post/81144 The UK seems to be getting major benefits from its association with Ukraine which are putting it at the forefront of the drone evolution. Necessity is a mother. The lack of money means that invention is a necessity to the UK as well as...

And copper https://www.fastcompany.com/91577473/copper-is-the-new-oil

Changes - lithium galore Lithium for nuclear power ..... https://defence-blog.com/u-s-army-pays-80-million-to-build-drone-motors-on-u-s-soil/?amp https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Chinas-Rare-Earth-Strategy-Is-Forcing-a-US-Manufacturing-Revolution.amp.html...

https://defence-blog.com/royal-navy-tests-a-robotic-boat-that-flies-its-own-drone/?fbclid=IwcGRvZgRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwyNTYyODEwNDA1NTgAAR778ciLk7OaB9Yd5Nb4uyVeNfdCnaZvOYgN5koKuSnKDfSDXU5PmtutlYADNg_aem_AI8uY3icNecTaYKfCZkt7A&amp "An unmanned boat has launched a drone into the air...

Does this suggest a stepping away from an unmanned fighter towards the brilliant cruise missile end of the spectrum? "The U.S. Department of the Air Force published a market research notice this week seeking companies capable of designing, developing, prototyping, manufacturing and fielding...

https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en/educational-resources/canadas-extended-continental-shelf-program/survey-logistics/surveys-autonomous-underwater-vehicles-auvs

Physical comms network? UUVs as runners? Rapidly relocating between nodes with messages onboard? Longer lag time but near real time if the legs are short enough. ... Edit - I note that the Turkish boat runs a schnorkel/mast. Effectively a semi-submersible? It could loiter quietly just...

Extending the picket to the edge of the littoral with uncrewed "submarines" capable of launching Mk 48s and NSMs? https://www.autonocion.com/us/pentagon-submarine-turkey-drone-torpedoes/ "While the Pentagon’s 80-ton drone submarine, the size of a subway car, is still officially a minelayer...

The other thing about Ukraine is that they haven't left it up to the experts. Everybody is slinging. More freeform wargames.