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- Trump-class Battleship will get same nuclear reactor as Ford aircraft carrier
- US, close allies creating joint ‘orbital warfare’ plan: SPACECOM chief
- Hegseth: Pentagon is ‘taking another look’ at deep cuts to Army’s aircraft budget
- Price tag for Iran war ticks up to $29B, not including base damage
- Golden Dome could cost up to $1.2 trillion over 20 years, CBO estimates
- Australia unveils $45.2 billion defense budget with ramp up in AUKUS spending
- Hegseth says E-7 Wedgetail ‘has a future,’ reversing planned cancellation
- In Russian military parade meant to project power, analysts see ‘real vulnerability’
- Inside the Pentagon’s latest ‘alien’ files, plus driving a CV90 in northern Sweden
- ‘Insatiable appetite’ for AI: Maven usage surged for strikes on Iran, Pentagon AI chief says
- Navy pushes Congress to back constructing auxiliary ships overseas
- Anduril wins Army contract for prototype C2 missile defense system
- CYBERCOM requests 2,660 percent increase in AI for cyber operations
- SOCOM to test SkyFi satellite imagery-to-tablet prototype
- Saab launches new Carl-Gustaf, air defense munitions, expands production in US, India







