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Pentagon seeks to shift $4.3B to pay for increasing operation and personnel costs
In a 47-page omnibus reprogramming notification, the Pentagon outlines an array of weapon and tech programs it wants to …
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USS Nimitz, The US Navy’s Oldest Carrier, Has Arrived In Norfolk
After more than 51 years in service, USS Nimitz completed its final journey and will soon prepare for decommissioning an…
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Space Force adds two startups to military’s growing list of national security launch providers
Impulse Space and Relativity Federal can compete against firms like SpaceX and Blue Origin.…
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Navy teases next step in key drone boat program
A request for prototypes is expected in August.…
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The AI disinformation gap the Pentagon may be missing
“The Pentagon is building a better mousetrap while the mice are rewriting the blueprint for the house,” argu…
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Fraying Deals and Rising Strikes
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s great…
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The U.S. Military is Almost Out of Money (or So They Say)
Pentagon sources told NBC News that the military may start “parking jets and turning off exercises” if Congress doesn't …
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European coalition pledges $50 billion to modernize deep precision strike capabilities
In a joint statement, the 12-member coalition linked the move to America’s shifting stance in European defense.…
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Unions sue to restore Pentagon workers' collective-bargaining rights
SecDef Hegseth's no-warning termination of worker agreements broke the law and caused "confusion and disruption," the su…
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NATO Projects Unity as Leaders Rally Behind Ukraine
It is fair to say that the final day of the NATO summit in Ankara on July 8 got off to a tense start. Overnight, the Uni…
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US Missile Stockpiles Under Pressure
Germany is buying US Tomahawk missiles even as Europe races to build its own defense industry. Bloomberg Economics' Becc…
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Army selects four companies for new autonomous breaching program
The program aims to minimize troops’ exposure to danger and ensure safe passage of follow-on forces, according to …
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Defying Trump, Italy’s Meloni ‘maintaining’ hard line against Iran war help
At the start of the NATO Summit, the American president lambasted allied nations that refused to aid in US strikes again…
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Why DoD, Silicon Valley now are betting on solar power beaming sats
“Space Operational Energy is a growing focus for us. We hope to host industry days and create avenues for collabor…
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The newest entrant in the military’s launch competition isn't actually a launch company
"I think it's fair to say that Phase 3 did not contemplate this."…
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US, Iran Trade Airstrikes as Fears Grow of a Return to War
The US military attacked Iran for a second day and Tehran retaliated against American allies in the Persian Gulf, raisin…
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There’s promise — and pitfalls — in the Army’s low-cost interceptor plan, experts say
Two analysts and a former defense official praised the Army’s new LCI program, while also pointing to concerns ove…
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Ukraine Hits Two Russian Fuel Tankers as Moscow's Fuel Crisis Deepens
Ukraine hit two fuel tankers overnight offshore Russia’s southern coast in an expanding campaign to deepen the fuel cris…
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US Premarket Movers for July 9, 2026
S&P 500 Index futures climb 0.2% as of 7:43 a.m. in New York. The US military struck Iran for a second day and Tehra…
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Escalation Continues as U.S. and Iran Face Off Over Hormuz
The United States is prepared for a continued exchange of fire with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s attacks …
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The Pentagon’s Sprint to Get Tech Out of the Lab and to the Warfighter
Joe Jewell left academia and his role directing hypersonic wind tunnels to oversee the Pentagon’s science and tech…
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The Pentagon’s AI Strategy Has a Funding Problem
In the span of two weeks, the White House issued two of the most ambitious artificial intelligence directives in America…
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Victory for al-Qaeda’s Affiliate in Mali Would be a Regional Catastrophe
Mali is not Syria, and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin is not Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham.While the fall of t…
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Trump leaves summit praising NATO ‘unification,’ floats Ukraine-made Patriots
Kyiv has sought more Patriot interceptors to aid in its defense against Russian missiles and drones.…