The disagreements in Washington continue. Yesterday, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) unveiled its answer to the House’s $150B defense reconciliation bill and, well, there were some differences. The SASC package—which will be folded into the Senate’s version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” to push through Trump’s agenda—focuses way more on air superiority, low-cost […]
In case you missed it, President Trump took a grand ol’ whistle-stop tour through the Middle East last week, visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, and securing—per his team—over $2T in deals (though the numbers are a little fuzzy). You may have overlooked it amidst the hair-flipping, camel-and-horse-parading, and mobile-McDonald’s-making, but a few of […]
In case you missed it, Trump’s FY26 budget request dropped Friday, and, to quote one executive we chatted to, it was a “bloodbath.” Everything from NASA, to the NIH, to the CDC, to the EPA face massive budget cuts, while DHS is set to receive a boost of nearly $43.8B. Up and up: At least […]
If you took top Trump officials, Silicon Valley elite, some of the world’s wealthiest investors and executives, and a whole bunch of defense tech founders and stuck them in a room, what would you get? The Hill and Valley Forum, apparently. Yesterday, as budget negotiations continued overhead, tech and policy big guns (pun intended) gathered […]
Earlier this month (yes, it’s been a long month), President Trump signed a few executive orders aimed at revamping defense acquisition and production that sent the defense tech community abuzz. The President ordered SecDef Hegseth to create a plan to speed up acquisition using existing authorities and prioritizing commercial solutions. He also called for major […]
Looks like Palantir ($PLTR) is making another leap across the pond. On Monday, NATO revealed that it’s acquired the data giant’s AI-powered Maven Smart System, marking a giant leap forward for the alliance’s AI-powered warfare capabilities. NATO’s Allied Command Operations (ACO) will begin using the system within 30 days and will be known as the […]
For those of you who’ve taken a relaxing vacation under a rock for the past week: on April 2, Trump unveiled sweeping, massive tariffs on nearly all imports to the United States, sending markets into a tailspin. Yesterday, Trump paused most of those tariffs for 90 days but maintained a general 10% tariff on all […]
The United Kingdom wants more drones, and fast. Yesterday, the MoD’s Defense and Security Accelerator (DASA) announced phase two of its Innovation in Support of Operations competition, aimed at bringing British defense up to date. The MoD is looking to fund: UK-registered companies can apply with projects that will take up to 4 months and […]
It’s about time we talked about the elephant in the room: China. Step into any defense tech conference, and the threat from Beijing looms large. China’s military is building up and adopting cutting-edge tech at an unprecedented pace, and the US and its allies are failing to keep up, or so the saying goes.. But […]
Last week, amidst the Signalgate-that-keeps-on-giving, the Senate Armed Services committee held a whirlwind confirmation hearing for four of Trump’s critical DoD appointees.
