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Why American investors love European defense startups
As European defense spending takes off, just about half of the funding in Europe's defense tech industry is coming from American investors this year. One reaso…
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Turkey's foreign minister says Ankara weighing Saudi defense support, rules out offensive role
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Russia, China hypersonic missile threats fuel need for space defense, satellite CEO says
Space-based systems could detect and track incoming missile threats and intercept them either from land or space.
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Defense Backlog Could Be A Key Watch For GE Stock
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Trump announces $6.6bn defense shipyard owned by top Republican donor's firm
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Recent war games highlight how Washington can improve its air defenses so the next round of fighting isn't worse.
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey Trigger Mutual Defense Pact
Even the threat of joint involvement could dramatically shift the Saudi-Houthi conflict.
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The next hurdle for AI agents: getting websites to let them in
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US Army tests counter-drone tech at Mexican border as cartel drone use rises
The service is seeking to sharpen its defenses against the growing threat of drone use by cartels.
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European defense startups to raise record $10.5 billion in 2026, Dealroom forecasts
"This is Europe catching up rather than the U.S. slowing," Dealroom said of the trend. "EU 27 funding more than doubled in a year."
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Russia may be using hidden 'lunchbox-size' drone devices to counter Ukraine defenses: expert
Russia may be hiding lunchbox-sized signal repeaters inside Kyiv to help guide deadly drones past defenses, a weapons expert told Fox News Digital.
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Goldman adds 4 new names to its favorite stocks list - including a 143% upside defense call
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Hegseth Wants More
The U.S. defense secretary announced ambitious plans in a "State of the Force" speech.
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Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors
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How Far Can Russia Probe NATO's Collective Defense?
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Lula Bets Big on Defense Ahead of Election
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Holdout Juror Makes A Move That Puts Lindsay Clancy's Attorney On Defense
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Everyone Got Pete Hegseth Wrong
The secretary of defense is now the most influential senior official in the Trump administration.
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Ukraine's former defense minister launches 'Manhattan Project' for killer robots
Mykhailo Fedorov told Defense News he wants humanoid-like robots on the battlefield within six months and an assault without infantry within a year.
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Hegseth to announce a 20% cut to generals and admirals
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to call for a 20% cut in the number of generals and admirals across the U.S. military on Wednesday, a Pentagon offic…
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Military academies won't give tenure to civilian faculty, Hegseth says
The Defense Department has decided to stop appointing civilians as tenured faculty at U.S. military academies
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Hegseth to cut more generals, admirals in bid to remake military's top ranks
The defense secretary is expected to announce that the number of top officers will be reduced by as much as 20 percent, officials said.
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Lindsay Clancy defense now says there's no evidence she admitted to killing children
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argued in court Tuesday that there's no evidence Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her children. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul and…
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Protego Ventures closes debut $125 million fund for Israeli defense tech
Protego Ventures, the first and largest dedicated defense tech VC in Israel, just completed its final $125 million closing, TechCrunch learned exclusively.
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Russia raises 2027 military spending by 27%, budget documents show
Russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion roubles, or $202 billion, on defense in 2027, a 27% increase.
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UK's Healey puts defense in focus for reindustrialization push
British government leaders are converging around the message that the defense sector will be key in energizing the nation's anemic growth.
