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Army contracts are not halted, Pentagon clarifies after service email provokes confusion

Response comes after emails circulated saying all new contracting was on hold pending a review.

Full F-35 upgrade package might not happen this year, Lockheed says

The company also reported $2B in losses in 2024 on classified programs in its fourth-quarter earnings call.

To limit Chinese influence on commercial tech partners, Pentagon plans big changes

Working with startups promises big innovation gains—and big security risks—for the Defense Department.

Industry launches $100B AI-infrastructure effort to keep ahead of China

Oracle, OpenAI focus on data centers as AI race begins to turn on computing power instead of math.

Blue Origin’s rocket reaches orbit on first flight, promising competition for SpaceX

Maiden flight brings reusable heavy-lift New Glenn closer to launching U.S. military and spy satellites.

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Shield AI to train Ukrainians on jam-resistant drones

Deal aims to give a new dimension to the world’s “premier tactical drone operating military,” company president says in interview.

Air Force delays T-7 production but expects accelerated initial operational capability

The service said today that it would “incentivize” Boeing to address “emergent issues” for the trainer program.

Bigger, higher, cheaper: Space startup looks beyond LEO

The Pentagon’s former space policy chief joins LA-based K2 Space.

Navy shipbuilder plans expansion to boost submarine production

The goal is to improve cost and throughput by going “where the labor is,” said Huntington Ingalls Industries’ CEO Christopher Kastner.

The Henry Ford of satellite buses?

LA startup aims to churn out 12 mostly-standard buses a month.

Can OpenAI power military drone defenses? New partnership with Anduril offers clues

Partnership aims to help operators “assess drone threats more quickly and accurately.”

Lockheed braces for new administration as Musk targets F-35

CFO: “Until we get that visibility, it's really hard to speculate on what we'll see.”

China gains, US loses ground in Mideast arms market

The 2008 policy that guarantees Israel an edge over its hostile neighbors is annoying other US security partners.