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Pentagon chief blocks officers from Ivy League schools and top universities
Jason Ma, Fortune
"We will no longer invest in institutions that fail to sharpen our leaders' warfighting capabilities or that undermine the very values they are sworn to defend."
Feb 28, 2026, 11:51 PM
Sam Altman Is Marketing OpenAI as America’s Wartime AI Company Whether He Intends to or Not
Mike Pearl, Gizmodo.com
At the outbreak of a new war, Altman is closer than ever to the Pentagon.
Feb 28, 2026, 7:32 PM
A new US military task force just used its cheap Shahed lookalike drones for the first time to strike Iran
Jake Epstein, Business Insider
The drone's development comes as the Pentagon pushes to procure and field inexpensive drones to keep pace with adversaries.
Feb 28, 2026, 6:50 PM
OpenAI Says Hell Yea To To Helping Government With ‘Fully Autonomous Weapons’ As Trump Bombs More Countries
Zack Kotzer, Kotaku
Whatever spooked Claude’s creators out of the Pentagon is a-okay by OpenAI
Feb 28, 2026, 4:18 PM
Timeline: Anthropic, OpenAI, and U.S. Government
Vercel.app
Timeline of recent events involving Anthropic, OpenAI, and the U.S. Department of War.
Feb 28, 2026, 1:25 PM
Pentagon Designates Anthropic Supply Chain Risk Over AI Military Dispute
info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News), Internet
Anthropic on Friday hit back after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate the artificial intelligence (AI) upstart as a "supply chain risk." "This action follows months of negotiations that reached an impasse over two except…
Feb 28, 2026, 4:57 AM
Hegseth says Pentagon canceling troops' attendance at top universities
Caitlin Yilek, CBS News
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Pentagon would be canceling troops' attendance at some of the nation's top universities.
Feb 27, 2026, 9:30 PM
Humiliated Pentagon Pete Makes Desperate Last-Ditch Threat
Will Neal, Daily Beast
Pete Hegseth wants a top Pentagon contractor to know he really, really means it when he demands they abandon their cautious approach to the Defense...
Feb 23, 2026, 2:34 PM
Trump Invokes Defense Act For Monsanto Chemicals: Bayer, Agribusiness ETFs In Focus On New Critical Mineral Status For Phosphorus
Rishabh Mishra, Yahoo Entertainment
In a major move to solidify the America First industrial strategy, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 18, mobilizing the Defense...
Feb 22, 2026, 3:31 PM
Rocket Lab (RKLB) Launches Cassowary Vex Hypersonic Mission for the U.S. Department of War
Venkatesh, Yahoo Entertainment
Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ:RKLB) is one of the 10 Best Stocks to Buy in 2026 According to Reddit. On February 12, 2026, Rocket Lab Corporation...
Feb 22, 2026, 3:24 PM
Reeves rules out immediate increase in defence spending
Tony Diver, Yahoo Entertainment
Rachel Reeves has ruled out an increase in defence spending this year after coming under pressure from military chiefs.
Feb 18, 2026, 12:15 PM
Trump Blows Billions In Canadian Bucks For U.S. Military Manufacturers
Susie Madrak, Crooksandliars.com
Some breakups, you can just see coming. In this case, the Canadian government plans to divert billions of dollars in military spending to U.S. defense companies and direct it instead to their own manufacturers. Duh! What else are they supposed to do? Sure, Ma…
Feb 16, 2026, 11:41 AM
Taiwan parliament to tackle defence spending review after Lunar New Year holiday
Internazionale, Internazionale.it
TAIPEI, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Taiwan’s parliament will prioritise the review of a $40 billion special defence budget when it resumes work after the week-long Lunar New Year … Leggi
Feb 16, 2026, 10:51 AM
Ukraine is feeding intel to Patriot interceptor makers as Russia mixes up its missile attacks, lawmaker says
jepstein@businessinsider.com (Jake Epstein), Business Insider
Patriot interceptors, made by the American company Lockheed Martin, are Ukraine's top defense against Russian ballistic missile attacks.
Feb 13, 2026, 10:02 AM
US lawmakers step up pressure on Taiwan parliament to approve defence spending
Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment
TAIPEI, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of 37 U.S. lawmakers have written to senior Taiwanese politicians expressing concern about parliament stalling ...
Feb 13, 2026, 2:03 AM
The rush for Europe's $920 billion warchest
Matthew Loh, Business Insider
Europe fears it can't beat Russia's style of war — creating a golden opportunity for defense founders.
Feb 2, 2026, 12:08 AM
US approves $6.6bn sale of attack helicopters, assault vehicles to Israel
Lyndal Rowlands, Al Jazeera English
The approved sale includes 30 Apache helicopters, which Israeli forces have used to attack Palestinians in Gaza.
Jan 31, 2026, 3:36 AM
Whatever This Is, It Is Not Strategy
Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic
Defending the nation will take more than sycophancy, slurs, and slop.
Jan 29, 2026, 11:00 AM
Salesforce signs $5.6B deal to inject agentic AI into the US Army
Brandon Vigliarolo, Theregister.com
Analytics features arrive first; agentic AI comes later Salesforce is getting cosier with the US Army via a deal worth up to $5.6 billion, selling cloud analytics as the groundwork for a future agentic AI push across the service and the wider DoD.…
Jan 27, 2026, 5:55 PM
Norway parliament approves $2 billion artillery plan
Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment
OSLO, Jan 27 () - Norway's parliament on Tuesday approved a $2 billion procurement plan for long-range artillery to boost the NATO country's deterrence...
Jan 27, 2026, 2:14 PM
What’s behind the recent shift in US defence strategy?
Al Jazeera English
Washington has revealed its new national defence strategy.
Jan 25, 2026, 8:31 PM
The US’ New National Defense Strategy Calls For A World War-Like Military Build-Up
Conor Gallagher, Nakedcapitalism.com
Conor here: It’s almost as if the US is run by a cabal of war criminals who are the biggest threat to everyone on the planet. Here are some other reactions before the main piece: BREAKING The 2026 US National Defense Strategy, released late Friday night spe…
Jan 25, 2026, 11:00 AM
Let public buy war bonds to raise £20bn for defence, say Lib Dems
BBC News
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey says the bonds would "give ordinary people the opportunity to contribute to Britain's security".
Jan 25, 2026, 2:12 AM
Trump administration's defense strategy tells allies to handle their own security
The Associated Press, NPR
The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of co…
Jan 24, 2026, 9:17 AM