Ukrainian Drone Strike Leaves All Major Lukoil Refineries in Russia Offline
A Ukrainian drone strike has halted crude processing at Lukoil’s Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, leaving all of…
FAA Moves to Fire Two LaGuardia Controllers Who Left Tower Without Backup
The Federal Aviation Administration is moving to fire two LaGuardia Airport air traffic controllers after determining that they left about…
Pentagon Raises F-35 Acquisition Estimate $51 Billion to $536.2 Billion
The Pentagon has raised the estimated cost of acquiring the planned U.S. F-35 fleet and its engines by $51 billion,…
Lockheed’s $58.6 Billion Patriot Expansion Cannot Quickly Refill Inventories
The central problem in the reported $58.6 billion Patriot production framework is time. U.S. inventories have reportedly fallen to 25%…
Golden Dome’s 7,800 Satellites Drive $1.2 Trillion 20-Year Cost Estimate
$1.2 trillion over 20 years. That is the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate for developing, deploying and operating a notional Golden…
U.S. Threat Assessment: 16,000-Plus Foreign Systems Could Target America by 2035
More than 16,000 foreign delivery systems could be capable of targeting the United States by 2035, according to the 2026…
Ukrainian Drone Attacks Push Russia to Record Seaborne Gasoline Imports
Russia is a major crude-oil exporter, but repeated Ukrainian drone attacks have disrupted its refineries enough to make the country…
Zaporizhzhia Loses Grid Power for Over a Week, Has 10 Days’ Diesel
Six shut-down reactors at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant still need continuous electricity for cooling, but Europe’s largest nuclear facility…
Federal Regulators Investigate GM V8 Failures After Recall Repairs in 997,743 Vehicles
Federal regulators are examining reported failures of General Motors’ 6.2-liter V8 after some engines had already received recall repairs. The…
Ukraine Says Four-Day Russian Barrage Nears 1,500 Drones, Pressuring Interceptor Production
Nearly 1,500 drones in four days is the figure now defining Ukraine’s interceptor-production challenge. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched…
U.S. Northern Command Says 350-Plus Installations Have Uneven Drone Defenses
More than 350 U.S. military installations face the same broad requirement protection from potentially hostile drones but they do not…
ICE Plans Up to $2 Million for Spot Inspection Robots, Not Arrests
A Boston Dynamics Spot robot can carry cameras and hazard sensors across uneven ground while its operator remains at a…
U.S. Northern Command Laser Destroys Three Border Drones; Cartel Link Unconfirmed
U.S. Northern Command says an Army high-energy laser destroyed three drones along the southern border, marking the system’s first use…
Pentagon’s $22.9 Billion Tomahawk Deal Targets 16-Fold Production Increase
The Pentagon has placed a large bet on time and predictability: a $22.9 billion Navy contract with Raytheon, an RTX…
Qatar’s $400 Million Boeing 747-8 Enters Air Force One Service, Costs Unclear
A Qatar-donated Boeing 747-8 valued at roughly $400 million has entered temporary presidential service after an accelerated U.S. Air Force…
Earth’s Shadow Covered 96.3% of the Moon but Totality Stayed Out of Reach
Earth’s darkest shadow covered 96.3% of the lunar disk at the peak of the August 27–28, 2026, partial lunar eclipse….
Ford Replaced Two-Thirds of Key Leaders After Super Duty Quality Failure
Two-thirds of Ford’s leaders across manufacturing, engineering, supply chain and its wider industrial system have been replaced since the troubled…
Ford Hires Safety Chief as 79,579 SUVs Face Unexpected Driver-Seat Movement
Ford is putting new leadership over vehicle safety while confronting another defect that reached customers. The company has appointed former…