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Russian Hybrid Warfare is Surging
Ken Hampshire with NODA AI joins Threat Status! Guy hosts the show while Ben is on leave, with National Security Correspondent John T. Seward joining to unpack the sudden resignation of U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and the rising tide of Russian hybrid warfare.
Then, Ken Hampshire, Chief Technology Officer at NODA AI, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the cutting edge and complex orchestration that will be needed if the U.S. military wants all of its autonomous systems to work together in modern combat.

Russian Hybrid Warfare is Surging
Ken Hampshire with NODA AI joins Threat Status! Guy hosts the show while Ben is on leave, with National Security Correspondent John T. Seward joining to unpack the sudden resignation of U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and the rising tide of Russian hybrid warfare.
Then, Ken Hampshire, Chief Technology Officer at NODA AI, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the cutting edge and complex orchestration that will be needed if the U.S. military wants all of its autonomous systems to work together in modern combat.
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Russian Hybrid Warfare is Surging
Ken Hampshire with NODA AI joins Threat Status! Guy hosts the show while Ben is on leave, with National Security Correspondent John T. Seward joining

NODA AI’s Contract Grows Tenfold as Pentagon Scales Autonomous Mission Command Software
A new challenge is emerging as autonomous systems spread across the battlefield: coordinating disparate platforms toward a single mission without constant human direction. Austin-based NODA

Command and Politics in the War Between Moscow and Kyiv
NODA AI CTO, Ken Hampshire, discusses the importance of Commander’s Intent for the evolution of drone warfare alongside Michael Kofman and Dara Massicot in a

NODA AI’s Phil Duong On Building Mission Command For Autonomous Forces
Phil Duong, CEO and Co-Founder of NODA AI, is building the mission command layer for autonomous forces that nobody else is focused on. His company

Department of War Awards NODA AI $100 Million to Scale Mission Command for Autonomous Forces Across the Joint Force
AUSTIN (August 17, 2026) — The Department of War (DoW) has awarded NODA AI a $100 million contract to scale autonomous mission command and software-defined

The Pentagon Is Building an Autonomous Arsenal. It Doesn’t Have Autonomous Command.
Ken Hampshire: In July, the Department of War reorganized unmanned and autonomous systems under a Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager (DRPM-UxS), consolidating disparate autonomy programs into

NODA AI Wins $10M for Orchestration across LUCAS and Other Unmanned Platforms
If you thought you’d heard the last of the LUCAS program, think again. Orchestration startup NODA AI announced that it’s won a $10M contract with

The Pentagon Is Finally Buying (Some) Weapons From Startups
“We’ve got a shot to disrupt this thing,” said Philong Duong, chief executive officer of startup NODA AI, which has a military contract selling software

Building a First Check Partnership
Phil Duong is the CEO and co-founder of NODA AI. The son of Vietnamese immigrants who arrived in the U.S. with little money and speaking

2026 NatSec100 Report
NODA AI was selected for the Silicon Valley Defense Group’s annual NatSec100, which highlights the top 100 venture/PE-backed American defense companies that are innovating, building,

What Does SOUTHCOM’s New Autonomous Warfare Command Herald?
Gen. Frank Donovan, commander of U.S. Southern Command, sat down with Ryan to discuss the vision behind the command’s new Autonomous Warfare Command and what

Booz Allen Expands Autonomy Ecosystem With NODA AI Investment
“We are laser-focused on operationalizing autonomy for DoW,” said Randy Yamada, a vice president within Booz Allen’s Defense Technology Group and leader of Booz Allen’s
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