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DTN 152: America's Battery Boom Redefines the Grid

Plus: Anthropic rejects Pentagon demands, tactical AI evades missiles, Google's $1B battery bet, 26-gram butterfly robot, nuclear waste becomes glass, and more.

27 Feb 2026 — 5 min read

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The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year

“The [solar industry] report predicts that the market could jump another 21 percent by the end of this year, increasing by an additional 70 gigawatt hours in 2026 alone. These are monster numbers compared to less than a decade ago, when there was about half a gigawatt of storage on the grid in total.”

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A YFQ-44A, part of the Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program, undergoes an undated captive carry test at a California test location. Credit: U.S. Air Force.

“In close partnership with the U.S. Air Force, we [Anduril] have begun a planned series of flight tests with YFQ-44A involving the captive carriage of inert training munitions. CCA is a critical part of a larger, integrated system-of-systems that will give our warfighters the overwhelming advantage.” (via Defense One)