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WHAT'S NEXT?: Donald Trump's surprise win in the Presidential election mean the world and America can expect prolonged uncertainty as new domestic policies are put in place, different international relationships formed and attitudes change towards current friends and rivals.

• [New] In the U.S., the FIDO Alliance Digital Credentials Working Group is taking on the workstream of developing a wallet certification program that will establish security, privacy, and interoperability criteria for wallets. National Institute of Standards and Technology
• [New] The U.S. debt collection software market size is calculated at USD 1.47 billion in 2025 and is expected to reach USD 3.80 billion in 2035, accelerating at a strong CAGR of 9.96% between 2026 and 2035. Precedence Research
• [New] The North America debt collection software market size is estimated at USD 1.96 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach approximately USD 5.04 billion by 2035, with a 9.9% CAGR from 2026 to 2035. Precedence Research
• [New] The operating assumption in US policy circles is that regulated private stablecoins - USDC, USDT via USAT, and bank-issued deposit tokens - will cover most digital dollar use cases. support
• [New] The U.S. Air Force is prioritizing modular, rapidly scalable base defence architecture capable of addressing persistent drone threats across multiple operational theaters without the cost and footprint of legacy air defence systems. Drone Warfare
• [New] The U.S. Army is converging on a mobile, maneuver-integrated counter-UAS solution that could reshape how ground formations defend against drone threats in large-scale combat operations. Drone Warfare
• [New] The U.S. Navy is moving toward a cost-asymmetric defence posture where directed energy replaces expensive interceptor missiles as the primary layer against drone threats, though full carrier integration remains in early stages. Drone Warfare
• [New] The U.S. Navy is actively pursuing directed-energy counter-UAS capability at the carrier strike group level, likely correlating with growing concern over drone threats in contested maritime environments. Drone Warfare
• [New] The US Navy is pursuing a cost-asymmetric approach to persistent anti-submarine surveillance that could meaningfully complicate adversary submarine operations in contested ocean corridors. Drone Warfare
• [New] The U.S. Navy is actively pursuing scalable, platform-agnostic counter-drone architectures that could extend fleet protection to smaller, lower-cost vessels previously lacking organic C-UAS capability. Drone Warfare
• [New] RTX's reconfiguration of the NGJ Mid-Band into a ground and naval variant suggests a deliberate pivot toward scalable, cost-competitive non-kinetic solutions that could reshape how US forces protect high-value assets across domains without expending kinetic munitions against low-cost threats. Drone Warfare
• [New] US public-safety agencies that currently rely on DJI platforms will likely begin issuing emergency procurement solicitations for alternative UAS vendors, as the authorization blockade on new DJI products extends beyond two quarters and operational gaps become operationally measurable. Drone Warfare
• [New] The U.S. Navy is accelerating efforts to field modular, AI-enabled C-UAS layers on uncrewed platforms, likely influenced by the demonstrated vulnerability of naval assets to low-cost drone threats in contested littoral environments. Drone Warfare
• [New] Predictive Analysis: The US Navy will likely issue a formal program-of-record evaluation or expanded fleet trial announcement for LOCUST, given the milestone nature of the carrier demonstration and existing directed-energy procurement momentum. Drone Warfare
• [New] The U.S. is attempting to solve the distributed lethality problem without proportional budget exposure, which could complicate adversary targeting calculus in contested maritime zones. Drone Warfare
• [New] The U.S. Navy is moving toward a distributed maritime kill chain that could place Tomahawk and SM-6 shooters far forward of manned battle groups at roughly one-fiftieth the cost of a destroyer. Drone Warfare
• [New] The US Navy could miss its 30-medium-USV Indo-Pacific deployment milestone by 2030 if industrial production rates for medium USVs do not scale beyond current testing volumes, a claim verifiable against future Navy budget justification documents and fleet readiness reports. Drone Warfare
• [New] Iran's demonstrated ability to destroy high-value U.S. radar assets validates a cost-exchange strategy that does not require spectrum parity, only the capacity to exploit the gap between expensive legacy platforms and the adaptive threats they were not optimized to defeat. Drone Warfare
• [New] Predictive Analysis: The US Navy will likely conduct at least one publicly disclosed large-scale USV swarm exercise in the Western Pacific, involving carrier strike group integration, as a visible demonstration intended to influence Chinese operational planning ahead of the 2030 fielding target. Drone Warfare
• [New] The explicit GPS-denied and frequency-hopping requirements signal that the Marine Corps has already war-gamed electronic warfare countermeasures into the design baseline, suggesting U.S. planners do not expect uncontested electromagnetic spectrum access. Drone Warfare
• [New] The US Navy could deploy additional Counter-UAS surface combatants or directed-energy assets to the Strait of Hormuz theater, as current force posture appears insufficient to deter sustained Iranian drone campaign operations. Drone Warfare
• [New] Battlefield lessons from Ukraine and the Middle East have fundamentally restructured American ground force procurement priorities away from legacy air defence toward proliferated small-drone threats. Drone Warfare
• [New] The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects an 8% growth in compliance officer roles from 2022 to 2032, but regional differences mean job growth and competition will not be uniform. Research.com

Last updated: 29 April 2026