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The Reshoring Plans All Need the Same Welders
Congress introduced companion bills this year, one in the House and one in the Senate, to build Job Corps transition hubs at
The Government Just Set a Price for Magnets
Buried in the Department of War's partnership with MP Materials is a provision that matters more than the dollar figures
Drone Defense Is a Cost Curve Problem
At the start of July the Army awarded AeroVironment a contract worth up to $500 million over three years, through Army Contracting
The Missile Ramp Runs Through the Motor Supplier
The Navy awarded a seven-year contract worth about $22.9 billion in mid-August to lift Tomahawk cruise missile production from
Repair Capacity Comes Before Hull Count
A presidential memorandum issued in mid-August directs the Department of War to restore capacity and competition to the maritime industrial base,
One Autonomy Stack, Two Economies
A publicly traded autonomous trucking company now sits inside three separate military ground vehicle efforts. It holds a Marine Corps contract to
The Drone Bottleneck Was Never the Airframe
A drone manufacturer in Huntsville, Alabama received a conditional federal loan commitment of up to $820 million at the end of July,
The Pentagon Is Becoming a Lender, and That Changes Who Gets Built
The Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital spent the first half of August signing loan commitments instead of contracts.
An Office and a Boss, Right Before the Money Follows
The fiscal 2026 defense authorization bill requires the Pentagon to stand up a dedicated Biotechnology Management Office and put a senior official
The Market Priced the Next Round Before It Exists
Anduril's last primary funding round, closed in May, priced the company at $61 billion, roughly $69 a share. On the
Quietly Keeping the Past in the Air
GKN Aerospace and the Air Force launched a joint additive manufacturing program this year aimed at aircraft structures, while a small 3D-
Orbit Is Becoming a Scheduled Service
The Space Force awarded SpaceX $1.6 billion this year for 18 Falcon 9 launches through 2027, carrying satellites tied to sensing
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