Pentagon

Healthcare

Biotech Bill Bundled in Pentagon Spending Plan May Worsen Pharma’s Patent Cliff Dilemma

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The next few years of projected revenues in the pharma space have more holes in them than industry CEOs’ favorite golf courses.

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Industries

Defense Darling Anduril Grapples with Military Tech Glitches

Anduril was last valued at $30 billion in June, when its $2.5 billion fundraising round was oversubscribed eight times.

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Industrials

US Army Recruits Private Equity for $150 Billion Infrastructure Overhaul

Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll has promised to adopt a “Silicon Valley approach” to deploy new weapons faster and expedite upgrades.

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Industries

Pentagon Innovation Unit Grapples With Leadership Shakeup Amid Arms Race With China

The Department of Defense is trying to counter increasingly savvy Chinese military research and development.

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Artificial Intelligence

Palantir Rides Epic Hot Streak Into Earnings Report

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The AI-powered, data-crunching defense tech company enters its earnings call Monday as the year’s hottest stocks on the S&P 500.

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Enterprise AI

Battlefield AI Grapples With Risk-Tolerance Minefield

Future battlefields will be shaped by AI weapons that defense firms and Big Tech are vying to build for the military. Guardrails are lagging.

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Economics

Defense Industry Braces for Tariff Barrage

Three titans of the US defense industry — Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop Grumman — signalled tariffs are going to be bad for business.

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Industrials

Hypersonic Missiles Startup Raises $100 Million for “Non-Nuclear Deterrent”

The startup promises to fill a void in one area where US military research and development has been caught flat-footed.

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Technology

Starlink is Poised to Move into Yemen

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Elon Musk’s Starlink is set to receive official approval to enter Yemen, where a civil war has been raging since 2014, Bloomberg reports.

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Power Corridor

Exclusive: Pentagon Sells Off Trump Border Wall

Battle over the border highlights the magnitude of government waste.

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Industries

The Pentagon Wants to Play Quick Draw with its Weapon Sales

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