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506 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 7 of 9.

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Project KilbyUS2.67 GW co-located gas power plant in West Texas, built by Chevron's Energy Forge One for Microsoft under a 20-year PPA; the largest single dedicated-generation deal for a data centre in 2026.
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PyPIUSPython Package Index; a 1.1-million-download package distributed infostealer malware in April 2026.
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Q-Slam 40ESSpanish Arquimea loitering munition with a 25km range and 40mm-class warhead.
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Quiz PartyBuzzFeed Branch Office app; real-time social quiz engagement with AI-generated questions.
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R-360 NeptuneUAUkrainian anti-ship cruise missile adapted to strike land targets.
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Razones de CubaCUA Cuban state television programme that aired a discrediting segment against Otero Alcantara on 23 July.
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RBOBUSUS benchmark gasoline futures (NYMEX); key signal for transatlantic gasoline arb and US driving-season demand.
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RCV-PioneerGBPearson Engineering vehicle-mounted mine plough and lane-marking system carried by the DOK-ING MV-8 Komodo uncrewed mine-breaching vehicle.
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RedroneNLElbit Systems' multi-layered counter-drone system, bought by the Dutch armed forces in 2023.
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REMUS 600USHII (Huntington Ingalls Industries) 600-series Remote Environmental Monitoring Unit System; a torpedo-tube-launched autonomous underwater vehicle used for mine countermeasures and ISR.
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RFA Lyme BayGBRoyal Fleet Auxiliary landing ship, mothership for the UK's Hormuz autonomous mine-clearance force.
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Rich StarryCNUS-sanctioned Chinese tanker; first vessel through Hormuz after CENTCOM blockade began, carrying 250k barrels.
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RISE GLORYIRRISE GLORY (also known as SOLAN, IMO 9155808) is an Iran-flagged crude oil tanker linked to the MEHDI GROUP, designated by OFAC under the SDGT/EO13224 counter-terrorism programme on 28 May 2026.
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RMS TitanicGBBritish liner lost in April 1912
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RNMB AriadneGBRoyal Navy's 12-metre uncrewed minehunter, fitted with Thales TSAM sonar, in the Anglo-French MMCM programme.
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Robostral NavigateFRMistral's first embodied-navigation AI model, released 8 July 2026.
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ROMULUS 151USHII ROMULUS 151-class large displacement uncrewed underwater vehicle showcased at CNE 2026 for Royal Navy interest.
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RouterOSMikroTik's operating system for its routers.
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RQ-102KKRSouth Korean army fixed-wing divisional reconnaissance drone.
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RS-25USReusable Space Shuttle main engine repurposed for SLS; four fly on each Artemis core stage.
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RUBIILGATE Technologies' family of electronic safe-and-arm devices for missiles, rockets and loitering munitions.
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Rudolf SamoylovichRURussian Arc7 LNG icebreaker carrier; due summer 2026 dry-dock with EU yards barred under 20th sanctions package.
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RufusAmazon's AI shopping assistant; integrated into Amazon.com; conversational product discovery.
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Russian LNGRULNG from Russian facilities; EU short-term contract ban took effect 25 April 2026.
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Rys ProUAModular Ukrainian-German uncrewed ground vehicle for evacuation, resupply, mine-laying and combat.
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Saab Gripen ESESwedish-built multirole fighter jet exported to allied air forces.
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Safesea NehaUSUS-flagged bulk carrier struck by Iranian forces near Doha on 10 May 2026.
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Safran PatrollerFRFrench tactical surveillance drone cancelled April 2026; €600M redirected to small tactical systems.
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Safran VIGY 4FRSafran electro-optical/infrared surveillance camera system.
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Saildrone SurveyorUSSaildrone's 20m uncrewed surface vessel class
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Saildrone VoyagerUSSaildrone 10m uncrewed surface vessel class for patrol and survey
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SANC Counter-UAS EcosystemUSLockheed Martin's integrated commercial counter-UAS product line combining detection, control, identification and mitigation in a single stack, built on Fortem Technologies investment.
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Sanmar HeraldIndian VLCC fired on by IRGC in Hormuz on 18 April 2026, despite prior Iranian clearance.
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Sargan-3000UAUkrainian armed uncrewed surface vessel with a 12.7mm remote weapon station.
Sea Owl IRU228-metre shadow fleet tanker seized by Sweden while running falsified documents for Russia.
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Sea VenomGBMBDA anti-ship missile for helicopters, now being adapted for surface launch.
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Seedance 2.0CNByteDance video-generation AI; halted globally after MPA cease-and-desist for IP infringement.
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Senegal ProsperityKRLiberian-flagged tanker chartered then sub-chartered by South Korea's Sinokor.
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Serv-UUSSolarWinds Serv-U is a managed file-transfer and FTP server product whose CVE-2026-28318 denial-of-service flaw in versions up to 15.5.4 was patched in Hotfix 1.
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SEVANLPG tanker, IMO 9177806, seized by CENTCOM in the Arabian Sea on 25 April 2026.
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Shrike 10 FiberUASkyFall's fibre-optic FPV drone; scored 99.3/100 in the Pentagon's Drone Dominance Gauntlet.
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Sikorsky MH-60R SeahawkUSSikorsky and Lockheed Martin's naval helicopter for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, called 'Romeo'.
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SimpleHelpGBRemote monitoring and management tool; CVEs 2024-57726/57728 used by DragonForce as ransomware initial access.
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SiriusFRFrench Navy's uncrewed MMCM minehunter, first deployed alongside UK's Ariadne aboard RFA Lyme Bay.
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SiteGuard Server EditionJPHost-based web application firewall from EG Secure Solutions.
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Skydio X10USSkydio's compact quadcopter drone for military and public-safety reconnaissance, introduced in September 2023.
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SkyeGBAI maths tutoring platform by Third Space Learning serving 196,000 UK pupils across 4,200+ schools.
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SkyhammerGBBritish subsonic turbojet interceptor with 30km range, designed to defeat Shahed-class drones at standoff distance.
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SkymakerCAMDA Space's commercial robotic arm product line, adapting Canadarm3 technology for deployment on commercial space stations and lunar surface vehicles.
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SkymasterDERheinmetall's air-defence command-and-weapons system for networked sensors and effectors.
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SkynexDERheinmetall's gun-based short-range air-defence system, firing 35mm rounds at drones and missiles.
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SmartConsoleCheck Point's GUI application for managing security policies and devices.
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SmyrtosCMCameroon-flagged crude tanker seized by Royal Marines in the English Channel on 14 June 2026 after departing Ust-Luga carrying Russian-origin oil; Britain's first such interdiction.
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SoftEtherJPOpen-source VPN software developed at Japan's University of Tsukuba.
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Sonangol NamibeBSBahamas-flagged crude oil tanker operated by Angola's state oil company Sonangol. Struck approximately 30 nautical miles southeast of Kuwait during the 2026 Iran conflict, causing the first confirmed cargo oil spill.
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SoraUSOpenAI's text-to-video product; launched 2024; discontinued 26 April 2026 for robotics reallocation.
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Sparus IIESLightweight hovering underwater vehicle from Iqua Robotics of Girona, Spain.
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Splunk EnterpriseUSSplunk's on-premises log-analytics and SIEM platform used by enterprise security operations centres.
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StarlabUSProposed commercial successor to the International Space Station being developed by Voyager Space and Airbus.
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StarshieldUSMilitary version of SpaceX's Starlink satellite service.