Lockheed’s Fourfold Missile-Defense Ramp Depends on Unpriced Contracts and Annual Funding
Lockheed Martin’s plan to quadruple annual Terminal High Altitude Area Defense production from 96 to 400 interceptors remains a program…
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Federal Government Adopts Two-Year Colorado River Rules Without Long-Term Consensus
The Bureau of Reclamation issued its final decision and separate operating guidelines for 2027–2028 on August 21, 2026, after Colorado…
SpaceX Plans Gigawatt-Scale Gas-and-Battery Power System for Texas Terafab
SpaceX plans to power its Texas Terafab semiconductor complex with a gigawatt-scale onsite natural-gas plant and battery storage rather than…
Drone Strikes Push Russia to Record Fuel Imports and Gasoline Buybacks
Russia imported a record 172,000 tonnes of refined fuel in August 2026, more than seven times its previous monthly high…
Russia Doubles Planned Output of S-400 Missiles Adapted for Ground Attack
Russia plans to produce more than 480 RM-48U missiles for the S-400 system in 2026, over twice the number planned…
Pentagon Awards X-Bow $11 Million for Sub-$750,000 Interceptor Test by 2027
The Pentagon has awarded X-Bow Systems nearly $11 million to develop a modular anti-ballistic interceptor designed to cost less than…
SpaceX Targets Starship’s First Orbit and 26-Satellite Deployment on Flight 14
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Sept. 22, 2026, for Starship Flight 14 from Starbase in South Texas, with the…
AAS Says ISO Labels Alone Cannot Verify Eclipse Glasses
An ISO 12312-2 claim or a familiar manufacturer’s name printed on eclipse glasses does not, by itself, establish that the…
Navy’s Next Generation of Submarine Builders Is Still in Middle School
The Navy’s submarine replacement challenge extends well beyond budgets and shipyard capacity. Its plans also depend on finding enough welders,…
California High-Speed Rail Investigation Finds Nearly $600,000 in Prohibited Travel
California’s High-Speed Rail Authority reimbursed consultants for nearly $600,000 in travel expenses that violated state policies or contract terms, according…
Damaged F-35A Gets $120 Million Estimate, but Final Decision Remains Unknown
A damaged U.S. Air Force F-35A now carries a $120 million repair-or-replacement estimate, but that number does not establish what…
Japan Confirms $109 Million Global Hawk Crashed After Losing Ground Connection
Japan has confirmed that a $109 million Global Hawk surveillance drone crashed in the Sea of Japan after its connection…
Saudi Petroline Could Restore Some Oil Flow Within Days, Repairs Take Weeks
Saudi Arabia’s Petroline could begin moving oil again within days, but reopening the pipeline will not necessarily mean restoring its…
Ford Plans $1 Billion Kentucky Paint Shop, but Gives No Completion Date
One billion dollars is going into a single production stage at the Ford factory responsible for some of the automaker’s…
Russian GPS Jamming Stops Norway’s Mapping Flights, Leaving Arctic Survey Unfinished
Norway’s aerial-mapping instruments stopped taking photographs in 2024 when they lost satellite positioning over Eastern Finnmark. The interruption was not…
NASA Searches for Replacements as 25 Astronaut-Training Jets Become Harder to Maintain
NASA needs a successor to the 25 aging T-38 Talons used for astronaut training and chase-plane missions, but it has…
Federal Auto Regulator Expands GM V8 Probe to Nearly 1 Million Vehicles
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has expanded its investigation of General Motors’ outgoing L87 6.2-liter V8 to an estimated…
Model of the Sun Swallowing a Super-Earth Better Matches Key Measurements
The Sun may carry chemical and structural traces of a large rocky planet that disappeared early in the solar system’s…