The Pew Center for the People and the Press has released results of a new survey—coinciding with the third anniversary of the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom—that finds the American view of the war has turned more negative than just a few months ago. Since last July, consistent majorities of Americans said they believed the US could succeed in building a stable democratic government (55 percent last month, according to the survey). Now, the percent believing success is probable has dropped below half to 49 percent.
Shield AI has entered the increasingly crowded field of Collaborative Combat Aircraft, this week announcing its “X-BAT” vehicle that stands out from others by having both vertical takeoff and landing capability and supersonic speed.

