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Davie Defense has finalized a contract to build five Arctic Security Cutters for the US Coast Guard, part of a broader push to expand American icebreaking capability amid rising Arctic competition.

The U.S. Coast Guard plans to stand up a new Special Missions Command in October, consolidating specialized deployable units under one command as demand for them rises.

Jim Bridenstine has been named chief executive of Quantum Space, a maneuverable-spacecraft company developing the Ranger vehicle for missions spanning Earth orbit, geostationary operations, and cislunar space.

James Baker, who led the Defense Department’s Office of Net Assessment from 2015 to 2025, is joining Anthropic as strategist-in-residence to examine how AI is reshaping U.S. institutions and competition with China.

The Defense Department says seven major AI companies will deploy systems into classified Pentagon networks, underscoring how quickly military AI adoption is moving into sensitive environments.

The Defense Department says Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Reflection can deploy AI on networks handling secret and highly classified data.

A reported classified agreement would let the US Department of Defense use Google AI models for any lawful government purpose, while limiting Google’s ability to veto operational decisions.

President Donald Trump has nominated defense and intelligence executive Roger Mason to lead the National Reconnaissance Office, a move that comes as the agency rapidly expands its low-Earth-orbit surveillance network.

The U.S. Space Force now expects 25 additional high-energy national security launches through 2029, increasing pressure on a market where only two providers are certified and only one is currently flying those missions.

Federal prosecutors say an Army special forces master sergeant used classified information tied to the capture of Nicolás Maduro to make more than $400,000 on Polymarket, in what authorities describe as the first US pred

A SpaceNews Space Minds episode with Col. Tim Trimailo highlights how the U.S. Space Force is widening its industry outreach and seeking speed through a commercial-first strategy.

At the Space Symposium, government and industry officials described a growing focus on detecting, understanding and disrupting missile threats before liftoff, expanding missile defense beyond tracking launches already in

CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis says the agency plans to embed AI assistants in analytic workflows and, within a decade, expects officers to supervise teams of AI agents.

Three Democratic senators are urging President Donald Trump to block Chinese automakers from producing vehicles in the United States or importing from North America, arguing the stakes are both economic and strategic.

The Federal Communications Commission has halted all new equipment authorizations for routers not manufactured in the United States, a sweeping national security measure that leaves existing approved devices in legal limbo — and raises hard questions about who will fill the supply gap.

The FCC has ruled that virtually all consumer wireless routers sold in the US must be domestically manufactured, effectively banning popular foreign brands from retail shelves. Existing devices remain legal to use, but the supply chain shock will reshape home networking.

United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket successfully delivered a pair of space surveillance satellites for the U.S. Space Force, bolstering America's ability to track objects and threats in orbit.