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As autonomous systems move from demonstration toward procurement at scale, assured PNT is becoming an integration and fielding problem. Zeus Research and Technology is addressing the practical integration challenge: getting trusted navigation onto the platforms that must operate through the fight. The defense autonomy market has spent years proving that unmanned systems can fly farther, sense more, collaborate and take on increasingly complex missions. The next phase is harder. Now they have to be fielded.

Here’s your NYT Strands hint for today, plus the spangram and all of today’s Strands answers for puzzle No. 959 on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. Today’s Strands theme was tricky. It helps to be a runner. Read on for all the answers.

A supply-chain attack involving ConnectWise’s cloud services has exposed Microsoft 365 customers to unauthorized application access, with researchers reporting successful sign-ins across 173 partner and customer tenants. The incident centres on credentials associated with ConnectWise Cloud Backup, formerly SkyKick, and raises concerns about attackers exploiting permissions already entrusted to business software. ConnectWise has confirmed unauthorized access to application identities within its Cloud Backup environment. In an October 17 update on its service-status page, the company said it was shutting off application access, interrupting customer backups while investigation and remediation continued.