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DOD weapons buyer nominee wants to focus on new tech
The White House’s pick to be the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer on Thursday laid out plans to zoom in on regulations and other “barriers” that keep companies and private capital from entering the defense business and stall production—while…
Space Force may use SpaceX satellites instead of developing its own, senator says
The Air Force may cancel the development of hundreds of Space Development Agency satellites and give the work to SpaceX, one senator said Thursday—a move that would shut out other companies hoping to bid. The satellites in question are…
The D Brief: ‘Counterintelligence nightmare’; Spy sats eye the border; Orbital ‘satellite carrier’;…
New: Reporters for Germany’s Der Spiegel found private phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords for Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi…
Intelligence officials remain defensive about Yemen-bombing group chat
Questions about the infamous Yemen-bombing group chat displaced scheduled testimony on worldwide threats for a second day on Capitol Hill as members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence grilled U.S. intelligence leaders…
New Army tech sips fuel, reduces generator run-time
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – As the Army has been taking new technology to the field for on-the-fly feedback and upgrades, the sustainment community has been taking lessons and thinking about the kind of technology they’ll need to equip and fuel…
ULA’s Vulcan cleared for national-security launches
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Space Force plans to put a multisatellite ‘carrier’ into orbit
What’s better than being able to launch satellites quickly to orbit? Having them there already—or so goes the thinking behind a new $60 million Space Force contract to develop an “orbital carrier.”Gravitics received a Strategic Funding…
Shipbuilders swarm Capitol Hill to lobby for aircraft carrier funding
Shipbuilders went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to plead for $600 million in advanced funding to keep aircraft carrier suppliers in production—an ask that comes amid delays, uncertain funding, worries of an aging fleet and recent Pentagon…
How a beatdown at sea turned Russia’s navy into China’s junior partner
Away from the grueling land battles and devastating airstrikes, the Ukraine war has from its outset had a naval element. Soon after the February 2022 invasion, Russia imposed a de facto naval blockade on Ukraine, only to see…
The D Brief: More Yemen-chat details released; Troops patrolling border; Ukraine ceasefire…
Yemen OPSEC fail, cont.After a day of repeated denials in sworn testimony, top White House intelligence officials are back on Capitol Hill for a hearing on worldwide threats before House lawmakers on the intelligence committee. CIA Director…
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