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The $800 Billion Realignment: How Anduril, Shield AI, and Palantir Are Displacing Legacy Defense Contractors

Venture-backed defense startups are capturing multi-billion-dollar Pentagon contracts as the U.S. pivots from platform procurement to AI-enabled autonomous systems—restructuring the defense industrial base on a scale unseen since the Cold War's end.

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L3Harris and Shield AI demonstrate autonomous electronic warfare at machine speed, compressing military decision cycles below human intervention thresholds

March demonstration marks inflection point where tactical AI operates faster than policy frameworks can adapt, raising escalation risks in contested electromagnetic environments.

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