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A new Space Force agreement with SpaceX aims to put an early space-based airborne target-tracking capability in orbit by 2028, years ahead of earlier expectations.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to accelerate the first capability for space-based airborne moving target indication.

Some U.S. cities are covering Flock license plate reader cameras with trash bags as they try to exit surveillance arrangements they can’t easily shut down on demand.

A new Army contracting notice shows the service wants more commercial high-altitude balloon systems and sensors to support persistent surveillance and other missions in the Indo-Pacific.

A University of Washington research plan involving teacher-worn cameras in preschool classrooms has raised concerns about consent, privacy, and how AI training data is gathered in sensitive settings.

Procurement records reviewed by 404 Media indicate the FBI wants nationwide access to automated license plate reader systems, a move that could significantly expand federal vehicle-tracking capacity and intensify privacy

A 404 Media podcast episode ties together several flashpoints in the AI debate, from commencement-speech backlash to questionable training-data ideas, highlighting a wider cultural resistance to elite enthusiasm for AI.

A controversy in Dunwoody, Georgia, over Flock employees accessing sensitive camera feeds for sales demonstrations is becoming a case study in how expansive local surveillance systems can become.

The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request puts more than $8 billion behind space-based moving target indicator systems, signaling a major expansion of the Space Force’s role in tracking vehicles, aircraft and miss

A negotiated House bill would extend Section 702 for three years while adding oversight language that critics say does not change the FBI’s underlying ability to search Americans’ communications without a warrant.

A Nature Medicine brief communication says a newly classified H5N1 reassortant, D1.1, spread rapidly through wild birds across North America during the 2024 fall migration, displacing earlier A(H5) genotypes in several fl

With Section 702 set to expire on April 20, lawmakers are split between a clean extension and sweeping reforms aimed at limiting warrantless searches of Americans’ communications and data.

Rest of World reports that Grupo Seguritech has grown from a home alarm seller into a sprawling security contractor operating command centers, surveillance systems, and related infrastructure across Mexico, with an eye.և

The Department of the Air Force has started the first operational competition for space-based airborne moving target indication, signaling that officials now see the technology as proven enough to buy at scale.

The U.S. Navy has confirmed that an MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone crashed on April 9 in a location withheld for operational security, formalizing what had been widely suspected after the aircraft disappeared from live-

Fresh videos of the stealthy aircraft widely referred to as the RQ-180 are offering new clues about its design and sensor package after repeated sightings around Larissa Air Base in Greece.

A Trans Day of Visibility event in New York mixed music, social gathering, and operational security training as attendees searched for exposed personal information and worked to remove it from the internet.

Rest of World reports that Grupo Seguritech has built a major surveillance business in Mexico and is now expanding its footprint across Latin America and toward the U.S. border.

Interesting Engineering reports that a new compact launcher from UK-based ISS Aerospace is designed to deploy 10 drones rapidly for battlefield surveillance, pointing to continued demand for faster, denser small-UAS use.

Fresh imagery from Greece has revived questions about the shadowy RQ-180 and why a long-endurance stealth surveillance drone may matter so much in the current conflict with Iran.