FCC Approves Eärendil-1 While Optical and Environmental Effects Remain Unreviewed
The Federal Communications Commission has authorized one satellite whose primary function is not communication, navigation or Earth observation, but deliberately…
Congressional Budget Office Puts USS Defiant Fleet at $275 Billion
The proposed USS Defiant battleship program combines the promise of an exceptionally large, nuclear-powered surface combatant with a fiscal and…
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Heads Toward 243 Million Barrels, Limiting Fast Delivery
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is projected to fall to about 243 million barrels as the continuing withdrawal runs its…
GJ 523b Has 23 Earth Masses but Very Little Atmosphere
GJ 523b presents an awkward combination for conventional planet-formation expectations: It has approximately 23 times Earth’s mass but very little…
Dulles Board Approves $15.5 Billion Toward $20 Billion Airport Overhaul
$15.5 billion is the amount approved by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority board to advance a proposed overhaul of Dulles…
Estimated Patriot and THAAD Supplies Could Take Three Years to Rebuild
More missile funding is moving into the U.S. defense-industrial base, but finished interceptors cannot be delivered on an appropriations schedule….
Tesla Recalls Nearly 3 Million China EVs Over Hard-to-Find Emergency Door Releases
An emergency door release has one job when a vehicle loses electrical power: give occupants a mechanical way out. But…
BYD Seal 07 Reaches 97% Charge in Under Nine Minutes
BYD has launched its updated Seal 07 electric sedan in China with a charging result that approaches the duration of…
Golden Dome Could Cost $1.2 Trillion Without Fully Stopping Massive Attacks
Golden Dome could become one of the most expensive U.S. defense projects ever attempted without guaranteeing complete protection against a…
Powerus Opens UAE Factory, Targets Fivefold Output of $5,000 Drone Interceptors
Powerus has opened a production facility in the United Arab Emirates while pursuing a steep manufacturing target: raising worldwide output…
Ukraine Seeks 300 Patriot Missiles, Half the Cited Annual Output
Ukraine wants 300 Patriot interceptor missiles for a winter air-defense package, but the scale of that request runs directly into…
Pentagon Gives Missile Makers 21 Days to Accelerate Critical Deliveries
The Pentagon has given U.S. defense manufacturers 21 days to propose faster deliveries or higher production of critical weapons. That…
NASA Targets June 2027 for Artemis III Earth-Orbit Test, Not Moon Landing
NASA is aiming to launch Artemis III as early as June 2027, but the four-astronaut mission is no longer the…
Federal Railroad Administration Redirects California Funds in $5.3 Billion Safety Package
The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded $5.3 billion for 41 passenger-rail projects in 23 states, including 43 new Amtrak trainsets,…
NASA Redirects $20 Billion Moon Plan From Orbit to Surface Base
NASA wants to move faster on a permanent Moon base, but its schedule still runs through an unavoidable safety gate:…
USS Abraham Lincoln Heads Home After Reported Shortages Hit 5,000-Person Crew
A nuclear reactor can keep an aircraft carrier moving without conventional ship fuel, but it cannot produce soap, toothpaste, food,…
Boeing Repairs 600 Air Force One Cracks Amid 2028 Delay, $3.13 Billion Losses
Hundreds of microscopic structural cracks sound like the dominant problem on Boeing’s two future Air Force One jets. They are…
Oregon Warns Recreational Drones Can Ground Wildfire Aircraft, Trigger $75,000 Fines
A small recreational drone does not need to collide with a firefighting aircraft to stop an aerial suppression mission. Once…