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To China, DeepSeek is more than an app—it’s a strategic turning point
During this year’s Lunar New Year celebrations, a remote village in China’s Guangdong province became an unexpected center of attention. Crowds of visitors flocked to the hometown of DeepSeek’s founder, Liang Wenfeng, eager to glimpse the…
Defense Department prepares for mass civilian firings within days
Updated: Feb. 20, 9:55 p.m.The Defense Department is preparing for mass firings of civilian employees, according to several current employees and internal communications, bringing the Trump administration’s federal-workforce-reduction…
Pentagon may break up tech offices in acquisition-policy shift
As part of a broader shift in acquisition philosophy, the Pentagon may combine parts of several innovation-fostering offices into a new one focused on buying cutting-edge products from companies, a senior defense official tells…
Lawmakers to DOGE: Use a scalpel, not a sledgehammer at the Pentagon
WAIKIKI, Hawaii—As DOGE focuses its attention on the Pentagon, two members of the House Armed Services committee are urging caution. “I welcome the audit. I welcome the transparency,” Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., said in Feb. 14 remarks at…
Ukraine’s ‘super soldiers’ bust stereotypes of what ‘lethal’ looks like
Ukraine’s military has grown fourfold since Russia’s full-scale invasion began three years ago, holding off a much bigger force with soldiers who have gone from civilian to battle-ready in just weeks.Their success on the battlefield, where…
Musk is helping remove ‘constraints’ to speed up Air Force One delivery: Boeing CEO
Boeing is working with Elon Musk to speed up the delivery of new Air Force One jets after President Trump expressed ire over the delays of the highly specialized aircraft, the company’s CEO said. “Elon Musk is actually helping us a lot…
The D Brief: SecDef seeks $8B shift; Trump’s Ukraine plans, decried; Quantum chip breakthrough?;…
SecDef’s funding switch Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has directed Pentagon officials to redirect about $50 billion—about 8% of the expected total of roughly $850 billion—in the Biden administration’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal, Defense…
Hegseth seeks to shift $50 billion in FY26 budget proposal
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed Pentagon officials to find about $50 billion in the Biden administration’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal that can be redirected to new priorities, according to a late-Wednesday statement by his…
Microsoft-DARPA collaboration yields possible quantum chip breakthrough
Researchers at Microsoft, with support from DARPA, say they’ve designed a quantum computer chip that could lead to artificial-intelligence tools that use far fewer computer resources and energy. According to a Microsoft blog on the…
This robot-ship startup wants to bet ‘billions’ on a new kind of shipyard
Robot-shipbuilder Saronic wants to use the $600 million from its latest funding round to build a shipyard for medium and large uncrewed surface vessels—even as the Navy reconsiders its investment in large USVs and naval shipbuilding faces a…
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