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Biden may let US defense contractors deploy to Ukraine, but not like in Iraq and Afghanistan: report
The US is considering allowing limited numbers of US private military contractors to serve in Ukrai…
Mia Jankowicz
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Palmer Luckey's start-up Anduril just proved it can challenge legacy defense contractors and win
The defense tech start-up beat legacy names like Boeing and Lockheed, proving just how important AI…
Polly Thompson
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I'm a military spouse and childcare drained my savings. My husband and I lived paycheck to paycheck for a year.
Military wife Kayla Corbitt and her husband couldn't afford childcare. They spent most of their sav…
Ananya Vahal
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The US military's massive unmanned 'Manta Ray' submarine cleared its first sea test
The Manta Ray program looks to build a "new class of long-duration, long-range, payload-capable UUV…
Jake Epstein
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Upgrades to keep the US military's oldest bombers — its B-52s — flying for a century are running into delays and rising costs, watchdog finds
Some B-52 programs are seeing substantial delays, putting them years behind schedule, and costs are…
Chris Panella
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Ukraine's 'Blackjack' hackers breached 500 Russian military sites and caused chaos, says military intelligence
"Blackjack," a Ukrainian hacking group linked to the country's Security Service, mined data on top …
Rebecca Rommen
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An Air Force scientist was accused of tricking a defense contractor into hiring an unqualified sex worker as a military researcher
The scientist allegedly moved government funds around to pay the woman's salary and threatened to k…
Abbie Shull
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A tablet computer and a 'shopping list' reveal how Russia might take on the US without starting a real war
Great-power competition among near-peer states - namely the US, China, and Russia - is bringing a r…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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At least 15 lawmakers who shape US defense policy have investments in military contractors
The lawmakers serve on the House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Warren Rojas,Camila DeChalus,Kimberly Leonard,Dave Levinthal
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A Republican congressman who wants the government to spend more money on defense just bought stock in two defense contractors
Rep. Kevin Hern — chair of the Republican Study Committee's Budget and Spending Task Force — called…
Madison Hall
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The world's top military powers each have fifth-gen jets, but Russia, China, and the US are all facing problems with their fighters
Russia, China, and the US all have fifth-generation fighter jet programs, but each country is havin…
Jake Epstein
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One of the largest defense contractors in the nation donated to nearly 150 members of Congress as they debated Ukraine military aid
Lockheed Martin's political action committee spent more than $250,000 in April donating to the camp…
Madison Hall
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One of the nation's largest defense contractors just donated tens of thousands to lawmakers voting on Ukraine defense legislation
Raytheon Technologies spent more than $51,000 in April donating to the campaigns of members of Cong…
Madison Hall
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Why small businesses are essential to US national security
The decline of small-business suppliers in the defense marketplace puts the US at risk of losing ke…
Farooq A. Mitha
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A Republican senator who helps oversee military policy just sold up to $100,000 worth of defense contractor Lockheed Martin stock
Sen. Deb Fischer, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, made at least $10,000 from the…
Madison Hall
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Marine veteran who died fighting in Ukraine was a volunteer, not a private contractor, say his fellow fighters
One of Willy Joseph Cancel's teammates said that the 22-year-old had funded his own flight to Polan…
Matthew Loh
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A home-improvement contractor from Connecticut who went to fight in Ukraine posted a video of his location online, revealing his unit's location, and then admitted he falsified his military record
A recent New York Times report detailed how some US volunteers have jeopardized the success of the …
John L. Dorman
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Republican Rep. Diana Harshbarger bought and sold defense contractor stocks in the days after Russia invaded Ukraine
Congress is considering whether to ban lawmakers from trading individual stocks altogether.
Dave Levinthal
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America's shadow army is leaving Afghanistan too
The thousands of US contractors sent overseas were a massive experiment in how Uncle Sam could lean…
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft
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Jen Psaki says Blackwater founder Erik Prince is soulless for charging $6,500 for Kabul evacuation flight
Prince, a Trump ally and founder Blackwater Worldwide, said he'll charge extra to transport passeng…