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LOS ANGELES—Even as satellites have proliferated, their buses—the main body and structural components—have generally remained bespoke affairs. Now a California startup aims to manufacture a line of buses that takes just a few weeks to…

The U.S. government should be more like China when it comes to regulating space launches, the president and chief operating officer of SpaceX said Tuesday. “I do think we need to rethink very quickly the regulatory regime for space…

Dollar General is testing same-day delivery to customers’ homes as the deep-discounter tries to fend off fiercer competition with Walmart. What do you think? “But Dollar General is where you go to be seen.” Theo Fulcher, Juice…

The growing relationship between Silicon Valley and the defense industry opened a new chapter on Wednesday when Anduril announced a partnership with generative AI leader and ChatGPT maker OpenAI. The arrangement—financial terms were…

President-elect Donald Trump posted Monday on Truth Social that he opposes the sale of U.S. Steel to Japan-based Nippon Steel Corporation and said he will use a “series of tax incentives and tariffs” to make U.S. Steel strong. “I am totally…

F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin is preparing for defense-spending changes under the incoming Trump administration, the company’s top financial officer said Tuesday.“I would expect, over time, that there will be different priorities in…

The Middle East’s share of U.S. arms imports has declined in the past decade, thanks in large part to the U.S. policy of ensuring Israel’s qualitative military edge. From the five-year periods 2014-18 and 2019-23, the Middle…

If NATO’s European members are to fully harness commercial-space offerings, the alliance must lower bureaucratic and financial barriers, industry executives say.Several execs spoke to Defense One about the findings of a recent survey by…

Walmart has a history of racist employee training under the guise of “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” But when conservative activist Robby Starbuck confronted them about this and other issues, the company agreed to changes that promise…

More than 120 corporate giants have just issued a joint letter putting themselves squarely on the side of patent infringers and against America’s smaller innovative companies. They present their case in the appealing-sounding language of…