Skip to content
Welcome, thoughtbot's Giant Robots listeners!Start here

Products

506 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 5 of 9.

K
KF-21KRKAI-built South Korean fighter; first production jet delivered to the air force September 2026.
K
KikuOil tanker struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, 27 June 2026.
K
KingfishUSUS Navy mine-hunting underwater vehicle, a REMUS 600 derivative built by Hydroid.
K
KinzhalRURussian air-launched hypersonic ballistic missile; fired against Ukraine alongside 324 Shahed drones post-truce.
KızılelmaTRBaykar low-observable carrier-capable UCAV (eight-tonne class), first exported to Indonesia in May 2026.
K
KlingCNKuaishou generative AI video model.
KP
Kongsberg ProtectorNOKongsberg's PROTECTOR remote weapon stations, which take optional counter-drone software.
KO
Konyk OneUATrinity Robotics 460kg logistics and casualty-evacuation UGV with a 300kg payload.
K
KOSPIKRSouth Korea's benchmark stock index, listing all Korea Exchange common stocks since 1980.
KC
K-STER CFRExail expendable underwater vehicle that destroys mines with a shaped charge.
K
KunpengRU138,200 cbm LNG carrier from Russia's Portovaya; rejected at India's Dahej terminal, May 2026.
K
KuRFSUSRaytheon Ku-band radar that detects drones for the US Army's LIDS; first exported 2026.
KUS-FSKRSouth Korea's first medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) drone; introduced to operational service in 2026 for sovereign ISR against North Korean threats.
LAMDKRSouth Korea's Low Altitude Missile Defence system, equivalent to Israel's Iron Dome; accelerated to 2029 deployment to counter North Korean artillery and drone threats.
LancetRURussian loitering munition by ZALA Aero; $50,000 per unit, AI targeting upgrade via Nvidia Jetson.
L1
Land 156AUAustralian Defence Force battle management network programme into which ASCA Mission Syracuse counter-drone systems will integrate.
L
LangflowUSOpen-source visual builder for assembling large-language-model agent pipelines; it aggregates API tokens for every downstream SaaS it connects, making it a high-value credential target.
L
LanyueCNChina's crewed lunar lander, scheduled for first test flight in 2027.
L
LaylaSASaudi tanker the Houthis claim to have hit 22 July; unconfirmed by Riyadh.
LC
Le Chat EnterpriseFRMistral AI's enterprise AI product including Mistral Medium 3.5, Codestral, Devstral 2 and Vibe; launched 29 April 2026 with GDPR data-residency guarantees.
L
LenoreSanctioned crude tanker, IMO 9259367, seized by US forces off Sri Lanka
LA
Leonidas AGVUSEpirus's autonomous ground vehicle integrating high-power microwave counter-drone defeat, unveiled March 2026.
L
LericiITItalian lead minehunter class; same class as Rimini and Crotone deployed to Hormuz coalition, May 2026.
LS
Liberty shipUSStandard US cargo ship mass-produced in the Second World War
L
LiteLLMUSOpen-source gateway for routing AI model requests; CVE-2026-42208 (pre-authentication SQL injection) under active exploitation as of April 2026.
LC
LiteSpeed cPanel pluginUSLiteSpeed Technologies' plugin for cPanel web hosting control panels; CVE-2026-48172 is a privilege-escalation flaw added to KEV on 26 May 2026.
LC
Littoral Combat ShipUSUS Navy shallow-water warship programme built by Lockheed Martin and Austal
LS
Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS)Windows core process managing authentication; crash causes domain controller failure.
LX
LOCUST X3USAeroVironment's third-generation directed-energy weapon; defeats drones for roughly $5 per shot.
LS
Low, Slow, Small-Unmanned Aircraft Integrated Defeat SystemUSUS Army counter-drone system pairing KuRFS radar and Coyote interceptors; bought by Qatar and Jordan.
L
LUCASUSUS loitering munition; first American-made combat drone to see confirmed action, February 2026.
LS
Lumen SovereignGBOn-premises AI model built by Cosine for regulated UK industries, training on Isambard-AI with SAIU compute, targeting deployment by end-2026.
LL
LUNA LUSTERIRVessel designated on OFAC SDN list 19 May 2026 as an Iran-linked oil shipping shell.
LT
Lunar Terrain VehicleUSNASA's planned pressurised lunar rover for Artemis surface operations, allowing crew to travel beyond walking distance from the landing site.
L9
LVKV 90SESwedish self-propelled anti-aircraft cannon deployed to Latvia as a counter-drone stopgap in 2026.
M
MagentoDominant open-source PHP e-commerce platform, owned by Adobe; paid enterprise edition is Adobe Commerce.
M
MagicropWSC Sports' AI tool that auto-crops sports highlights into vertical, captioned clips.
MV
Magura V5UAUkrainian autonomous naval drone that struck Russian ships in the Black Sea and Mediterranean.
M
MaiaFRMistral-powered enterprise AI assistant launched by CMA CGM for internal use across its global workforce.
MX
Majestic XSanctioned crude tanker, IMO 9198317, registered as Phonix, seized by US forces
M
MakoUSStryker's robotic-arm system for orthopaedic surgery.
M
MARLINTRTurkish armed uncrewed surface vessel built by Sefine Shipyard and Aselsan.
M
MaxUSWarner Bros. Discovery's global streaming platform, formerly HBO Max, rebranded 2023.
M
MayaMXMexican heavy sour export crude grade.
M
MB310GBMicrobiotica's ulcerative colitis treatment candidate.
M3
MD 3.0SE340hp inline-six diesel purpose-built for uncrewed surface vessels; on sale August 2026.
M
MeluXina-AILUAI-optimised EuroHPC supercomputer being built in Luxembourg by E4 Computer Engineering under an €80m contract.
M
MengzhouCNChina's crewed lunar capsule, with robotic test flight scheduled for 2026.
MS
Mercer StreetOil tanker hit by a drone off Oman in July 2021, killing two crew.
M
MicroLogixRockwell Automation's MicroLogix programmable logic controller line, including the 1100 and 1400 models.
M3
Microsoft 365USMicrosoft's cloud productivity and email suite.
ME
Microsoft Entra IdentityUSMicrosoft's cloud identity platform whose Enterprise App scopes were abused by UNC5221 for mail access without deploying malware.
ME
Microsoft Exchange ServerUSMicrosoft's on-premises enterprise mail server; CVE-2026-42897 became the first KEV-listed Exchange flaw patched sixteen days after its federal deadline.
MS
Microsoft SharePointUSMicrosoft's collaboration platform; a second KEV-listed flaw, CVE-2026-45659, hit federal deadline 4 July 2026.
M
MIDASIRVessel designated on OFAC SDN list 19 May 2026 as an Iran-linked oil export shipping shell.
MS
Mission Specialist Defender Mk IVUSThe Mission Specialist Defender Mk IV is a US-built remotely operated underwater vehicle named as a platform in the AUKUS Pillar II Signature Project.
MO
Mitsui OSK Sohar LNGJPJapanese-flagged MOL LNG carrier; placed on Trump's toll-interdiction list on 12 April 2026, triggering Japan's flag-state protest.
ML
Mobile Launcher 1USNASA's 380-foot launch tower; rolled from Pad 39B to the VAB on 16 April for Artemis III repairs.
M
Molniya-2RURussian approx. $300 loitering munition; low-cost attritable strike drone in Ukraine.
ME
Moment EngineGBGenius Sports AI product triggering digital ads within seconds of live in-game moments.