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US May Not Be Leading in Autonomous Air Platforms Despite Largest Air Force, Says Merlin Labs CEO
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US May Not Be Leading in Autonomous Air Platforms Despite Largest Air Force, Says Merlin Labs CEO

Matt George, CEO of autonomous aircraft developer Merlin Labs, says the US may not be leading in autonomous air platforms despite having the world's largest air force. Speaking at CNBC's CONVERGE LIVE, he noted that small and medium autonomous drones have dominated conflicts in Iran and Ukraine, being cheaper and faster to deploy than traditional weapons. The cost disparity is stark: a $4 million PAC-3 interceptor missile versus a $50,000 Iranian Shahed-136 drone. The US defense budget allocates $75 billion for autonomous platforms, with the DAWG budget jumping to $54.6 billion from $225.9 million.

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‘Got. Got. Need!’ The boyhood autographs that remind me of Coventry’s Premier League heydays
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4/20/2026

‘Got. Got. Need!’ The boyhood autographs that remind me of Coventry’s Premier League heydays

From Dion Dublin to Eric Cantona, the signatures I collected with my dad in the 1990s record a time when the Sky Blues seemed almost invincibleJohn Barnes: got. David Beckham: got. Ruud Gullit: got. Andrei Kanchelskis: got. Matthew Le Tissier: got. Alan Shearer: got.Looking back through the football autographs I collected as a teenager in the early 1990s feels delightful and discomfiting. The Merlin sticker albums, Pro Set cards and Shoot annuals chronicle a youth spent travelling the country with my dad, watching Coventry City take on the great and the good of the top flight at the dawn of the Premier League. We would hunt for the visiting teams at local hotels before each game, aiming to bag a handful of signatures when the players went for their mid-morning walk, then sneak around the back of Highfield Road after the match – darting past security, through the executive suites, to the players’ exit – where we would complete our haul as the players boarded the team buses. Continue reading...

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