Castelion, which makes solid rocket motors and hypersonic weapons turned to the auto industry for sophisticated electronic components used in advanced driver assistance systems and electric vehicles to help steer its ​missiles to targets. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Defense startups raid auto and fracking sectors for parts to speed weapons output www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Defense startups raid auto and fracking sectors for parts to speed weapons output

Defense tech startups are repurposing automotive chips and pipes used in fracking -- while copying production methods from drugmakers -- in an effort to deliver weapons to the Pentagon faster and at l...

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Big scoop from @sasilink.bsky.social and @michaelstone.bsky.social: Germany is considering ordering more U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets - a move that would deepen Berlin's reliance on American military technology as its joint next-generation fighter program with France falters.

Exclusive: Germany seeks more F-35 jets as European fighter program falters, sources say

Germany is considering ordering more U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets, two sources told Reuters, a move that would deepen Berlin's reliance on American military technology as its joint next-generation figh...

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I stopped by the #Pentagon this week.

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Ethiopia revokes accreditation of Reuters journalists

The Ethiopian Media Authority has declined to renew the accreditation for three Addis Ababa-based journalists from Reuters, the news agency said.

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Scoop: AeroVironment's LOCUST counter-drone laser used by US Army near El Paso airport, sources say www.reuters.com/business/aer... w @davidjeans.bsky.social

Exclusive: AeroVironment's LOCUST counter-drone laser used by US Army near El Paso airport, sources say

The U.S. Army deployed AeroVironment Inc's LOCUST laser counter-drone weapon system near El Paso International Airport on Wednesday, leading to a seven-hour airspace shutdown, two people briefed on th...

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Trump administration has filed a brief urging Supreme Court to block California's redrawn congressional districts: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

Overheard in the newsroom: "The word lockup has a new meaning." (This is a joke only Fed reporters will understand.)

File under confusing for everyone: There is a #Baseball Spring Training exhibition game between the Venezuelan National Team and the Washington Nationals on March 4th.

Exclusive: L3Harris nears space propulsion asset stake sale to AE Industrial, sources say $LHX www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Exclusive: L3Harris nears space propulsion asset stake sale to AE Industrial, sources say

L3Harris Technologies is nearing a deal to sell a 60% stake in a portfolio of space and propulsion businesses to private equity firm AE Industrial Partners as the large defense company sheds some NASA...

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Pentagon fails audit...again Auditors identified 26 material weaknesses and 2 significant deficiencies in the Department of Defense's (DoD) internal controls over financial reporting for fiscal 2025. www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...

Pentagon says it fails eighth audit, targets 2028 to pass

For the eighth year in a row, the Pentagon has failed an annual audit, the Department of Defense said on Friday, continuing a pattern of financial accountability problems that have drawn bipartisan cr...

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Space Force awarded the first group of Golden Dome contracts. The awards went to several companies including Northrop Grumman, True Anomaly, Lockheed Martin and Anduril, the sources said. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Lots of details on this story. Delays, setbacks loom over Trump's Golden Dome missile shield www.reuters.com/business/aer...

NEW- Saudi Arabia made a direct appeal to U.S. President Donald Trump and has long been interested in Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet, one of the people and a U.S. official said. The Pentagon is now weighing a potential sale of 48 of the advanced aircraft. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Today's report: U.S. citizen dependents, and other non-essential American residents being evacuated from the base at Guantanamo Bay ahead of Hurricane Melissa. Their pets too. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

Navy Begins Evacuating Families From Guantánamo Bay Ahead of Hurricane Melissa

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A #hypersonic startup I've been following got small integration contracts that could lead to big things. "The company aims to produce thousands of the weapons annually at full rate production, with a target cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars per unit." www.reuters.com/world/us-mil...

News on F/A-XX: Oct 7 (Reuters) - After months of delay, the Pentagon will select as soon as this week the defense company to design and build the Navy's next stealth fighter, a U.S. official and two people familiar with the decision said www.reuters.com/business/aer...

The decision to move ahead with a selection was made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday, the U.S. official and one of the people said. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Exclusive: Trump to reinterpret 1987 missile treaty to sell heavy attack drones abroad www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Exclusive: Trump to reinterpret 1987 missile treaty to sell heavy attack drones abroad

President Donald Trump is expected to unilaterally reinterpret a 38-year-old arms control treaty to sell sophisticated "Reaper" style and other advanced military drones abroad, according to a U.S. official and four people familiar with the plan.

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More on Golden Dome. The last lines of defense dubbed the "under layer" and "Limited Area Defense" will include new radars and current systems like the Patriot missile defense system and a new "common" launcher that will launch current and future interceptors... www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Exclusive: Pentagon Golden Dome to have 4-layer defense system, slides show

The Trump administration's flagship Golden Dome missile defense system will include four layers -- one satellite-based and three on land -- with 11 short-range batteries located across the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii, according to a U.S. government slide presentation on the project first reported by Reuters.

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One surprise was a new large missile field - seemingly in the Midwest according to a map contained in the presentation - for Next Generation Interceptors (NGI) which are made by Lockheed Martin www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Exclusive: Pentagon Golden Dome to have 4-layer defense system, slides show

The Trump administration's flagship Golden Dome missile defense system will include four layers -- one satellite-based and three on land -- with 11 short-range batteries located across the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii, according to a U.S. government slide presentation on the project first reported by Reuters.

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Golden Dome seeks alternatives to SpaceX: Kuiper, which has launched just 78 of a planned constellation of 3,000 low-earth orbit satellites, has been approached by the Pentagon to join the effort, signaling the administration's openness to integrating commercial tech www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Exclusive: Trump's Golden Dome looks for alternatives to Musk's SpaceX

The Trump administration is expanding its search for partners to build the Golden Dome missile defense system, courting Amazon.com's Project Kuiper and big defense contractors as tensions with Elon Musk threaten SpaceX's dominance in the program, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

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It has become clear Trump presented a framework - not a fleshed-out plan. How sizeable any support ends up being for Ukraine will depend on coming negotiations about who provides which equipment, according to 10 officials... www.reuters.com/world/europe... w/ @gramslattery.bsky.social

Ukraine celebrates Trump's weapons reversal, but the 'devil's in the details'

President Donald Trump has finally found a way to like arming Ukraine: ask European allies to donate their weapons, and sell them American replacements. Now comes the hard part — agreeing on who will actually give up their prized systems.

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Scoop- President Donald Trump for the first time since returning to office will send weapons to Kyiv under a presidential power frequently used by his predecessor, two sources familiar with the decision said www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Trump to use presidential authority to send weapons to Ukraine, sources say

President Donald Trump for the first time since returning to office will send weapons to Kyiv under a presidential power frequently used by his predecessor, two sources familiar with the decision said on Thursday, a move suggesting new interest by the president in defending Ukraine.

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After today’s relatively quiet stage, tomorrow has the potential to explode into fireworks 🔥 @poetina.bsky.social has broken down the route of 🇫🇷 #TDF2025 Stage 4 in full detail - every key moment, every tactical twist that could shape the race. 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/features/... 📷 ASO

Refueling is done blind - pilots can't see the boom extending from a tanker full of gas attaching to the B-2 16 feet behind their heads. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Turkey sandwiches and stealth: Preparing for B-2 bomber missions

Before strapping into the cockpit of the U.S. Air Force's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber for missions that can stretch beyond 40 hours, pilots undergo weeks of preparation that focuses not only on flight plans, but what to eat.

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Inbox: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY RELEASE The Golden Dome for America Industry Summit has been CANCELED. The Summit will not be held on June 11, 2025 at the Von Braun Center downtown Huntsville, AL. An announcement will be made on SAM.gov if/when a new date and location are planned.

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Japan flexes defence ambitions at arms show

Japan opened one of its largest-ever arms shows on Wednesday in a display that Defence Minister Gen Nakatani said marked the pacifist nation's deepening push for overseas defence cooperation and weapons exports.

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The vice chief of space operations, United States Space Force General Michael Guetlein, is expected to be in the Oval Office this afternoon where the officials, who declined to be identified, said that it was likely he will be named as the program lead www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Trump to make Golden Dome announcement on Tuesday, US official says

President Donald Trump is expected to announce he has selected the path forward for his ambitious Golden Dome missile defense shield, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's cost assessment office plans to slash funding for the next-generation jet's development by shifting the $454 million that Congress provided for the F/A-XX in the fiscal year 2025 budget to other programs www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Navy's new fighter jet threatened by funding dispute, sources say

The U.S. Navy and Congress are battling with the Trump administration to keep moving forward with a contract award to build the Navy's next-generation fighter jet, according three people with knowledge of the matter.

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