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    "disclaimer": "A source record supports only its bounded supports statement. Manufacturer and official self-descriptions are not independent performance verification.",
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        {
            "id": "dod-3000",
            "title": "DoD Directive 3000.09: Autonomy in Weapon Systems",
            "publisher": "U.S. Department of Defense",
            "date": "2023-01-25",
            "url": "https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jan/25/2003149928/-1/-1/0/DOD-DIRECTIVE-3000.09-AUTONOMY-IN-WEAPON-SYSTEMS.PDF",
            "type": "Official policy",
            "supports": "Human judgment, testing, safety, cybersecurity, interfaces, legal compliance, and senior review."
        },
        {
            "id": "cdao-maven",
            "title": "Maven Smart System program description",
            "publisher": "U.S. Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office",
            "date": "2026-07-23",
            "url": "https://www.ai.mil/Initiatives/About/Organization-V2/",
            "type": "Official program description",
            "supports": "Sensor-data fusion, object detection, tracking, and decision support."
        },
        {
            "id": "diu-replicator",
            "title": "Implementing the Department of Defense Replicator Initiative",
            "publisher": "Defense Innovation Unit",
            "date": "2024",
            "url": "https://www.diu.mil/latest/implementing-the-department-of-defense-replicator-initiative-to-accelerate",
            "type": "Official program description",
            "supports": "Fielding attritable autonomous systems at scale; not a claim of unrestricted lethal autonomy."
        },
        {
            "id": "nato-ai",
            "title": "Summary of NATO’s Revised Artificial Intelligence Strategy",
            "publisher": "NATO",
            "date": "2024-07-10",
            "url": "https://www.nato.int/en/about-us/official-texts-and-resources/official-texts/2024/07/10/summary-of-natos-revised-artificial-intelligence-ai-strategy",
            "type": "Official alliance policy",
            "supports": "Lawfulness, responsibility and accountability, explainability and traceability, reliability, governability, and bias mitigation."
        },
        {
            "id": "nvidia-ai-chain",
            "title": "Modeling Attacks on AI-Powered Apps with the AI Kill Chain Framework",
            "publisher": "NVIDIA Developer",
            "date": "2025",
            "url": "https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/modeling-attacks-on-ai-powered-apps-with-the-ai-kill-chain-framework/",
            "type": "Framework publication",
            "supports": "Recon, Poison, Hijack, Persist, Impact, and the Iterate/Pivot branch."
        },
        {
            "id": "mitre-atlas",
            "title": "MITRE ATLAS",
            "publisher": "MITRE",
            "date": "Living knowledge base",
            "url": "https://atlas.mitre.org/",
            "type": "Threat knowledge base",
            "supports": "AI-system adversary tactics, techniques, mitigations, and case studies."
        },
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            "id": "nist-aml",
            "title": "Adversarial Machine Learning: A Taxonomy and Terminology of Attacks and Mitigations",
            "publisher": "National Institute of Standards and Technology",
            "date": "2024",
            "url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/ai/100/2/e2023/final",
            "type": "Standards-oriented taxonomy",
            "supports": "Lifecycle, attacker knowledge, access, capability, objectives, and mitigation terminology."
        },
        {
            "id": "nist-ssdf-ai",
            "title": "NIST SP 800-218A: Secure Software Development Practices for Generative AI and Dual-Use Foundation Models",
            "publisher": "National Institute of Standards and Technology",
            "date": "2024",
            "url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/218/a/final",
            "type": "Official technical guidance",
            "supports": "AI-specific secure development, provenance, supply-chain, and lifecycle controls."
        },
        {
            "id": "owasp-llm",
            "title": "OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications",
            "publisher": "OWASP Foundation",
            "date": "2025 edition",
            "url": "https://genai.owasp.org/llm-top-10/",
            "type": "Open security standard",
            "supports": "Prompt injection, excessive agency, data and embedding weaknesses, and related application risks."
        },
        {
            "id": "w3c-webxr",
            "title": "WebXR Device API",
            "publisher": "World Wide Web Consortium",
            "date": "2026-06-09 Candidate Recommendation Draft",
            "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/webxr/",
            "type": "Web standard",
            "supports": "Browser interfaces for virtual- and augmented-reality devices, poses, views, and input."
        },
        {
            "id": "three-r185",
            "title": "three.js r185",
            "publisher": "three.js project",
            "date": "2026-07-01",
            "url": "https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/releases/tag/r185",
            "type": "Open-source release",
            "supports": "Pinned WebGL/WebXR rendering line used by the simulation."
        },
        {
            "id": "php-supported",
            "title": "PHP Supported Versions",
            "publisher": "The PHP Group",
            "date": "Current",
            "url": "https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php",
            "type": "Official runtime documentation",
            "supports": "Supported PHP branches and security maintenance status."
        },
        {
            "id": "iai-harpy",
            "title": "HARPY product description",
            "publisher": "Israel Aerospace Industries",
            "date": "Current product page",
            "url": "https://www.iai.co.il/product/harpy/",
            "type": "Manufacturer claim",
            "supports": "Manufacturer-described autonomous search and attack against emitting radar targets."
        },
        {
            "id": "iai-harop",
            "title": "HAROP product description",
            "publisher": "Israel Aerospace Industries",
            "date": "Current product page",
            "url": "https://www.iai.co.il/product/harop/",
            "type": "Manufacturer claim",
            "supports": "Detection, recognition, acquisition, and attack; separate IAI material describes man-in-the-loop employment."
        },
        {
            "id": "rafael-spice",
            "title": "SPICE 250 product description",
            "publisher": "Rafael Advanced Defense Systems",
            "date": "Current product page",
            "url": "https://www.rafael.co.il/system/spice-250/",
            "type": "Manufacturer claim",
            "supports": "Automatic target acquisition/recognition, autonomous functions, data-link updates, human-in-the-loop, and mission abort."
        },
        {
            "id": "kongsberg-nsm",
            "title": "Naval Strike Missile product description",
            "publisher": "Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace",
            "date": "Current product page",
            "url": "https://www.kongsberg.com/what-we-do/defence-and-security/missile-systems/nsm-naval-strike-missile/",
            "type": "Manufacturer claim",
            "supports": "Imaging-infrared seeker and autonomous target recognition; public operator information."
        },
        {
            "id": "milrem-themis",
            "title": "THeMIS combat UGV demonstration",
            "publisher": "Milrem Robotics",
            "date": "2022-06-14",
            "url": "https://milremrobotics.com/milrem-robotics-and-fn-herstal-demonstrate-intelligent-combat-ugv-at-eurosatory/",
            "type": "Manufacturer statement",
            "supports": "Autonomous functions limited to mobility and weapon control retained by a human operator."
        },
        {
            "id": "rheinmetall-mission-master",
            "title": "Mission Master SP demonstration",
            "publisher": "Rheinmetall",
            "date": "2021-08-10",
            "url": "https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/media/news-watch/news/2021/2021-08-10_rheinmetall-and-escribano-demonstrate-new-modules-for-the-mission-master-sp-a-ugv",
            "type": "Manufacturer statement",
            "supports": "Autonomous navigation and cueing with a stated human-in-the-loop requirement for kinetic decisions."
        },
        {
            "id": "zala-lancet",
            "title": "Lancet system article describing intelligent targeting and recognition",
            "publisher": "ZALA Aero",
            "date": "2026-07-23",
            "url": "https://zala-aero.com/en/news/bronemashina-vsu-unichtozhena-raschetom-ruk-zala-%C2%ABlanczet%C2%BB-v-dnr/",
            "type": "Manufacturer / belligerent claim",
            "supports": "Claimed intelligent targeting and recognition; not independent verification of control mode or performance."
        },
        {
            "id": "csis-russia",
            "title": "How Russia Is Building a Sovereign Drone Ecosystem for AI-Driven Autonomy",
            "publisher": "Center for Strategic and International Studies",
            "date": "2026",
            "url": "https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-russia-building-sovereign-drone-ecosystem-ai-driven-autonomy",
            "type": "Independent analysis",
            "supports": "Public evidence and uncertainty concerning Russian drone autonomy development."
        },
        {
            "id": "ukraine-saker",
            "title": "Ukraine’s Armed Forces will use SAKER SCOUT drones with AI",
            "publisher": "Ukrainska Pravda",
            "date": "2023-09-04",
            "url": "https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/09/04/7418331/",
            "type": "Public reporting",
            "supports": "Reported approval and use of AI-enabled detection on the Saker Scout system."
        },
        {
            "id": "rand-pla-ai",
            "title": "The People’s Liberation Army’s Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence",
            "publisher": "RAND Corporation",
            "date": "2025",
            "url": "https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA4574-1.html",
            "type": "Independent research",
            "supports": "PLA writings and the emphasis on integration, intelligentization, and decision advantage."
        },
        {
            "id": "ndu-pla-ai",
            "title": "Is the PLA Overestimating the Potential of Artificial Intelligence?",
            "publisher": "National Defense University Press",
            "date": "2025",
            "url": "https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/4042798/is-the-pla-overestimating-the-potential-of-artificial-intelligence/",
            "type": "Government research analysis",
            "supports": "Analysis of PLA intelligentization ambitions and uncertainty about maturity."
        },
        {
            "id": "cna-prc-kill-web",
            "title": "Exploring PRC Research on Kill Chains and Kill Webs",
            "publisher": "CNA",
            "date": "2026-07",
            "url": "https://www.cna.org/analyses/2026/07/exploring-prc-research-on-kill-chains-and-kill-webs",
            "type": "Independent research",
            "supports": "Public PRC research concepts; not direct confirmation of operational deployment."
        },
        {
            "id": "icrc-autonomous-weapons",
            "title": "ICRC position on autonomous weapon systems",
            "publisher": "International Committee of the Red Cross",
            "date": "Current position",
            "url": "https://www.icrc.org/en/document/icrc-position-autonomous-weapon-systems",
            "type": "Institutional legal position",
            "supports": "Proposed prohibitions and restrictions, target type, predictability, time, area, scale, supervision, and deactivation."
        },
        {
            "id": "un-autonomous-weapons",
            "title": "Autonomous weapons systems — United Nations disarmament work",
            "publisher": "United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs",
            "date": "Current",
            "url": "https://disarmament.unoda.org/the-convention-on-certain-conventional-weapons/background-on-laws-in-the-ccw/",
            "type": "Official multilateral process",
            "supports": "CCW discussions and the unsettled international governance process."
        },
        {
            "id": "lockheed-cyber-chain",
            "title": "Intelligence-Driven Computer Network Defense Informed by Analysis of Adversary Campaigns and Intrusion Kill Chains",
            "publisher": "Lockheed Martin",
            "date": "2011",
            "url": "https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/rms/documents/cyber/LM-White-Paper-Intel-Driven-Defense.pdf",
            "type": "Foundational framework paper",
            "supports": "Seven-stage Cyber Kill Chain and the premise of interrupting adversary progression."
        },
        {
            "id": "usn-phalanx",
            "title": "MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System fact file",
            "publisher": "U.S. Navy",
            "date": "Current fact file",
            "url": "https://www.navy.mil/resources/fact-files/display-factfiles/article/2167831/mk-15-phalanx-close-in-weapon-system-ciws/",
            "type": "Official program description",
            "supports": "Automated search, detection, evaluation, tracking, engagement, and kill assessment for bounded close-in defense."
        },
        {
            "id": "usn-searam",
            "title": "SeaRAM Close-In Weapon System fact file",
            "publisher": "U.S. Navy",
            "date": "Current fact file",
            "url": "https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2167555/searam-close-in-weapon-system-ciws-anti-ship-missile-defense-system/",
            "type": "Official program description",
            "supports": "Self-contained close-in defense combining autonomous search and track functions with a guided interceptor launcher."
        },
        {
            "id": "rafael-iron-dome",
            "title": "Iron Dome product and system description",
            "publisher": "Rafael Advanced Defense Systems",
            "date": "Current product page",
            "url": "https://www.rafael.co.il/system/iron-dome/",
            "type": "Manufacturer description",
            "supports": "Radar, battle management, launchers, interceptors, selective defense, and multi-target operation."
        },
        {
            "id": "usaf-cca-control",
            "title": "Collaborative Combat Aircraft program progresses through deliberate weapons integration",
            "publisher": "U.S. Air Force",
            "date": "2026-02-23",
            "url": "https://www.af.mil/news/article-display/article/4412705/collaborative-combat-aircraft-program-progresses-through-deliberate-weapons-int/",
            "type": "Official operator statement",
            "supports": "Developmental weapons integration and explicit human retention of weapons-release authority in the described testing context."
        },
        {
            "id": "army-titan",
            "title": "Army Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node prototype award",
            "publisher": "U.S. Army PEO IEW&S",
            "date": "2024-03-06",
            "url": "https://cpeisw.army.mil/2024/03/06/army-tactical-intelligence-targeting-access-node-titan-ground-station-prototype-award/",
            "type": "Official program description",
            "supports": "AI/ML-enabled processing of space, high-altitude, aerial, and terrestrial sensor data for operational decision support."
        },
        {
            "id": "sda-tracking",
            "title": "Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tracking Layer",
            "publisher": "Space Development Agency",
            "date": "Current architecture page",
            "url": "https://www.sda.mil/tracking/",
            "type": "Official program description",
            "supports": "Sensing, algorithms, processing, data fusion, missile warning and tracking, and tactical data products."
        },
        {
            "id": "army-ibcs",
            "title": "IBCS and the future of offensive and defensive integrated fires",
            "publisher": "U.S. Army",
            "date": "2026",
            "url": "https://www.army.mil/article/290087/ibcs_and_the_future_of_offensive_and_defensive_integrated_fires",
            "type": "Official program description",
            "supports": "Integrated sensors, command-and-control nodes, and effectors; not a universal claim of machine-learning use or autonomous firing."
        },
        {
            "id": "darpa-ace",
            "title": "Air Combat Evolution program",
            "publisher": "Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency",
            "date": "Current program page",
            "url": "https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/air-combat-evolution",
            "type": "Official research-program description",
            "supports": "The shift from single-platform operator toward mission commander of multiple autonomous aircraft."
        },
        {
            "id": "darpa-mosaic",
            "title": "Building cross-domain kill webs",
            "publisher": "Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency",
            "date": "2020",
            "url": "https://www.darpa.mil/news/2020/cross-domain-kill-webs",
            "type": "Official research-program description",
            "supports": "Composing distributed sensors, command nodes, and effects into adaptable cross-domain networks."
        },
        {
            "id": "darpa-lrasm",
            "title": "Long Range Anti-Ship Missile program",
            "publisher": "Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency",
            "date": "Historical program description",
            "url": "https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/long-range-anti-ship-missile",
            "type": "Official program description",
            "supports": "Semi-autonomous operation and reduced reliance on external networks in contested environments."
        },
        {
            "id": "navair-lrasm",
            "title": "Long Range Anti-Ship Missile product page",
            "publisher": "Naval Air Systems Command",
            "date": "Current product page",
            "url": "https://www.navair.navy.mil/product/Long-Range-Anti-Ship-Missile-LRASM",
            "type": "Official operator/program description",
            "supports": "Fielded long-range anti-ship capability with onboard sensing and terminal guidance; detailed authority boundaries remain nonpublic."
        },
        {
            "id": "mitre-attack",
            "title": "MITRE ATT&CK",
            "publisher": "MITRE",
            "date": "Living knowledge base",
            "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/",
            "type": "Threat knowledge base",
            "supports": "Behavior-level tactics and techniques that complement, rather than duplicate, a linear kill-chain narrative."
        }
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}