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- Navy to mothball USS Boise, capping off years of maintenance challenges
- Finland clinches $642 million deal for 112 South Korean K9 howitzers
- DIA centralizes AI efforts with Digital Modernization Accelerator
- Space Force programs supporting Golden Dome see big FY27 budget boost
- Trump’s $1.5T defense budget to weather harsh scrutiny on Capitol Hill
- The Golden Dome’s missing layer: On-orbit logistics for a resilient missile defense
- How the Army is developing its C2 plans
- Italy set to remove Leonardo CEO, despite major growth
- Space Force slates $1.8B for commercial sats to replace GSSAP neighborhood watch birds
- Israel to ramp up production of Arrow interceptors
- UK accuses Russia of covert submarine operation threatening undersea cables
- Navy selects Leidos, Defense Unicorns to test software prototypes for ships
- China’s dual-use ambitions could severely threaten America’s force posture
- How the Iran conflict might change defense investments in the Gulf
- How the Army could spend nearly $19 billion in RDT&E funding







