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Is The Pentagon For Sale To Private Equity?
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Senior Contributor, Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Senior Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayrarodriguezvalladares/, Forbes
Three national legislators are demanding accountability for a $200 billion private equity invasion of America's defense industrial base.
May 30, 2026, 5:21 PM
What Hegseth’s comments at Shangri-La Dialogue say about US foreign policy
Daniel Khalili-Tari, Al Jazeera English
The US has addressed defence leaders in Singapore, outlining America's geopolitical goals.
May 30, 2026, 11:07 AM
Microsoft and Dell just won a $9.7 billion clean-up contract with the United States Department of Defense — Dell stock hits an all-time high
jez@windowscentral.com (Jez Corden) , Jez Corden, Windows Central
Microsoft will remain at the core of the United States Pentagon, with Dell operating as the sole software middle-man.
May 28, 2026, 9:22 AM
Pentagon gives Dell a $9.7bn contract to consolidate Microsoft licences across the military
Ana-Maria Stanciuc, The Next Web
The five-year deal consolidates scattered Microsoft 365 and cloud subscriptions for the Defense Department, intelligence community and Coast Guard. Dell, not Microsoft, is the prime contractor. The US Department of Defense has awarded Dell a five-year, roughl…
May 28, 2026, 7:04 AM
Why It Takes So Long To Build New Air Force One Planes
staff@bgr.com (Gerard Griessel), BGR
Air Force One's revamping has been decades in the making, and still, the project remains delayed due to the investment necessary to build the president's plane.
May 25, 2026, 12:47 PM
Golden Dome Marks A Moment Of Truth For Military Tech Firms
William Hartung, Contributor, William Hartung, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhartung/, Forbes
A leak proof Golden Dome missile defense system is physically impossible and the quest for one would be inordinately expensive.
May 25, 2026, 11:21 AM
Missiles to munitions: Does the US risk running out of key weapons?
Urooba Jamal, Al Jazeera English
The US projects confidence in weapons stockpiles, but analysts say dwindling munitions are shaping its war decisions.
May 23, 2026, 9:22 AM
Slashing Climate, Weather and Ocean Research to Pay for 32 Hours of Iran War
FAIR, Juancole.com
While cuts to NOAA would substantially harm the agency’s work, the proposed "savings" of $1.6 billion is 1.3 days of the war on Iran.
May 16, 2026, 4:06 AM
Taiwan considers resubmitting request for rejected defence budget items
Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment
TAIPEI, May 14 (Reuters) - Taiwan's government said on Thursday it was considering resubmitting to parliament a request for items cut by lawmakers from a...
May 14, 2026, 6:17 AM
Trump's Pentagon is looking to 'disruptive' defense newcomers to build large stockpiles of cheap missiles for future wars
Kelsey Baker, Business Insider
The US military wants cheaper missiles it can buy by the thousands, aiming to avoid running short in a major conflict.
May 13, 2026, 5:50 PM
Trump’s Golden Dome Will Cost $1.2 Trillion (With a T)
Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com
Congress has only allocated $24 billion so far.
May 13, 2026, 9:00 AM
Trump's proposed 'Golden Dome' estimated to cost $1.2 trillion
The Associated Press, NPR
A Congressional Budget Office analysis suggests the cost of the missile defense program could be $1.2 trillion over the next 20 years, a far heftier sum than the initial $175 billion price tag.
May 13, 2026, 6:50 AM
Israel sent Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and personnel to UAE: US envoy
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
Mike Huckabee calls on Gulf states to 'pick a side' in the war between Israel and Iran as he heaps praise on Abu Dhabi.
May 12, 2026, 5:49 PM
Hegseth Asks for More Money as Iran War Costs Skyrocket
Nick Turse, The Intercept
War Secretary Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill Tuesday to defend the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget request. The post Hegseth Asks for More Money as Iran War Costs Skyrocket appeared first on The Intercept.
May 12, 2026, 5:22 PM
Pentagon gives new $29bn Iran war price tag, downplays munitions concerns
Joseph Stepansky, Al Jazeera English
Appearing before congressional panel, Defense Secretary Hegseth says US is prepared to either escalate or wind down war.
May 12, 2026, 4:13 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly says Pentagon's $1.5 trillion budget request is "outrageous"
Kaia Hubbard, CBS News
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said the Trump administration's $1.5 trillion budget request for defense spending is "outrageous."
May 10, 2026, 5:09 PM
The submariner-turned-top Army tech boss said the hardest thing about modernizing isn't the new tools — it's the people
Chris Panella,Kelsey Baker, Business Insider
The Army is deploying digital tools across the force. Its former CIO says the biggest challenge isn't technology — it's getting people to adopt it.
May 9, 2026, 11:27 AM
Trump II: The Debt Star Strikes Back
Keir Clarke, Blogger.com
With US public debt officially eclipsing 100% of GDP for the first time since the 1940s, the Trump administration is pivoting toward “high-impact” funding. Nowhere is this more evident than at the Department of War. Yesterday, the search for “little green men…
May 9, 2026, 8:09 AM
Trump’s $1.5 trillion military budget may be a solution in search of a problem
Russell Payne, Salon
Trump's proposed military spending surge could come at the cost of future healthcare funding
May 8, 2026, 10:30 AM
Turkiye unveils its first intercontinental ballistic missile: What we know
Priyanka Shankar, Al Jazeera English
The Yildirimhan ICBM has a range 6,000km, with a maximum speed of Mach 25 and a payload capacity of 3,000kg.
May 7, 2026, 11:40 AM
Anduril announces team for its Golden Dome space-based missile interceptor effort
By Mike Stone, Yahoo Entertainment
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - Defense technology company Anduril Industries on Tuesday announced its consortium to develop space-based...
May 5, 2026, 1:00 PM
A $20B battleship the U.S. abandoned after WWII is back in Trump’s $1.5T defense budget. Experts say modern missiles will easily destroy it
Jake Angelo, Yahoo Entertainment
President Trump's record defense budget includes a new class of battleships not seen since WWII.
May 3, 2026, 9:28 AM
The Rest of Big Tech Piles in to Take the Pentagon Deal That Anthropic Wouldn’t
Bruce Gil, Gizmodo.com
Four new companies have agreed to let the U.S. military use their AI tech for classified work.
May 1, 2026, 4:25 PM
Trump Sons Cash In on Dad's War With Mega Drone Deal...
Leigh Kimmins, Daily Beast
Trump Sons Cash In on Dad's War With Mega Drone Deal... (Second column, 1st story, link) Related stories:Blockbuster Oil Company Profits Revive Calls for Windfall Tax...
May 1, 2026, 11:34 AM