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Pentagon Gives Defense Contractors 21 Days to Detail Production Acceleration Plans
Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg has given Boeing, Lockheed Martin and other prime contractors 21 days to map cap...
Pentagon Signs Seven-Year SM-3 Component Deals With Boeing and RTX
Framework agreements with Boeing and RTX aim to expand output of SM-3 Block IB and IIA components for the Aegis missile-...
Pentagon Signs $2.03 Billion in Battery and Critical Minerals Supply Deals
Conditional loan and equity commitments target battery cells, rare earth magnets and bauxite processing as the Defense D...
Pentagon Pressures Defense Contractors to Fast-Track Munitions After Iran Clashes Deplete Interceptors
The U.S. Department of Defense has given major arms manufacturers 21 days to submit plans for drastically expanding prod...
Pentagon Issues 21-Day Deadline for Defense Firms to Ramp Up Arms Production as Iran War Drains Stockpiles
With Patriot and THAAD interceptor stocks down over 65%, the Pentagon tells manufacturers to submit aggressive delivery ...
Pentagon Demands Faster Weapons Production from Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon as Iran War Strains Stockpiles
Deputy Defence Secretary Steve Feinberg ordered major defence contractors to slash development timelines and expand manu...
US Long-Range Precision Munitions Stocks Dangerously Low After Iran War
The US Army’s key surface-to-surface and interceptor missile reserves are critically depleted after a five-month air cam...
Elon Musk’s xAI Wins Pentagon 'Grok for Government' Contract Despite Antisemitic Scandal
The U.S. Department of Defense awards a contract to xAI for its 'Grok for Government' chatbot, part of a $200 million AI...
Trump’s 2027 Ban on Chinese Critical Minerals Set to Miss Deadline as U.S. Processing Lags
With domestic rare earth supply at 0.6% of demand and key projects years behind schedule, the January 2027 prohibition o...
Pentagon Recategorizes Iran War Casualties as Oil Drops 5%, US Strikes Halt, and Regional Tensions Persist
The US Defense Department removed four soldier deaths from its official Iran conflict tally, creating a separate 'Overse...
Pentagon Fails to Correct Underreported U.S. Casualties in Iran War
The Pentagon's official casualty tracker continued to display incorrect figures for over a day after discrepancies were ...
Pentagon Chief Hegseth Puts Iran War Cost at $37.5B, Requests $67B More as Bipartisan Fury Erupts
The U.S. defense secretary reveals spending on the Iran conflict jumped $9B in a week, triggering sharp criticism from b...
Hegseth Asks Senate for $67.1 Billion for Iran War as Costs Hit $37.5 Billion
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified that the Iran conflict has cost $37.5B so far and requested a $67.1B emergency ...
Pentagon Says Iran War Has Cost $37.5 Billion, Seeks $95 Billion in Emergency Funding
The five-month conflict has already drained more than $37.5 billion, with the Trump administration pushing a massive sup...