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Matt Berman

New York

Managing Editor at NOTUS

Hello! I'm a managing editor with @notusreports and the Allbritton Journalism Institute. You can email me: [email protected]

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Articles

  • This Badass American Ship Once Ruled the Arctic. Can the U.S. Build New Icebreakers Before a Russian Takeover?

    1 month ago | popularmechanics.com | Matt Berman

    A longtime powerhouse in the U.S. Coast Guard fleet, the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea (WAGB-11) is a 399-foot vessel weighing more than 10,000 tons and engineered to tackle some of the harshest environments on Earth. She was commissioned in 1978 specifically to support Operation Deep Freeze, the U.S. military mission meant to ensure an American presence and conduct scientific research in Antarctica.

  • Russia Has Unlocked the Secret to Hypersonic Missiles—And That’s a Direct Threat to America

    2 months ago | popularmechanics.com | Matt Berman

    Hypersonic missiles are capable of traveling more than 3,800 miles per hour and striking targets over 1,700 miles away. While America has yet to deploy a hypersonic missile system amid multiple delays, its adversaries, particularly China and Russia, have already raced ahead. Their weapons may have nuclear payload capabilities that can cross oceans, worrying some American officials about the status of comparable U.S. weapons for defense and deterrence.

  • The ‘Space Laser’ Wars Have Begun—And America Wants to Be First to Develop the High-Powered Weapons

    Mar 20, 2025 | popularmechanics.com | Matt Berman

    DARPA, the U.S. military’s advanced research agency, is funding space laser projects amid simmering concerns that America’s strategic adversaries are already developing this satellite-disabling technology. Space Force General B. Chance Saltzman announced at the Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium earlier this month that he wants to strengthen U.S. national security satellites.

  • The U.S. Is Already Fighting the World’s First AI War—And China Is Winning | Flipboard

    Mar 11, 2025 | flipboard.com | Matt Berman

    1 day agoEU governments are in talks with four European satellite firms about providing a back-up service for Starlink in Ukraine, as the region pushes to boost tech sovereignty amid mounting transatlantic tensions. Starlink has provided a vital communications system to Ukraine’s military since Russia’s …

  • The U.S. Is Already Fighting the World’s First AI War—And China Is Winning

    Mar 11, 2025 | popularmechanics.com | Matt Berman

    In February 2024, Google officially dropped its commitment not to develop AI for weapons. The shift is a signal that private companies are now seeing this technology as inevitable for military applications—and this decision could allow the U.S. to accelerate its AI weapons programs. However, America and China are locked in a global arms race when it comes to artificial intelligence supremacy in warfare, and by many measures, China is pulling ahead.

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