Panama Canal Moves Record 521 Million Tons Despite Drought-Limited Capacity
The Panama Canal carried a record 521 million tons of cargo in fiscal 2026 as disruption to Gulf energy shipping…
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Around 20 US Military Flights Signal Taura Expansion After Ecuador Rejects Bases
About 20 US military flights, newly cleared ground and rapidly deployable structures are changing the operating picture at Ecuador’s Taura…
HAARP Radio Test Detects Aircraft Beyond Alaska’s Radar Horizon, Reliability Unproven
An experimental Alaska surveillance system detected military aircraft beyond the reach of conventional ground radar by pairing the existing High-frequency…
Samsung Will Break Ground on 2.7-Million-Square-Foot Texas Chip Plant Without Disclosed Customers
Samsung Electronics plans to begin building an enormous second chip factory in Taylor, Texas, before revealing who will use its…
U.S. EV Share Falls to 6% as Europe Reaches 23.2%
Electric vehicles followed sharply different paths across the Atlantic in 2026. They represented a reported 23.2% of European new-car sales…
SpaceX Restricts Ukraine’s Starlink Use; European Alternatives Remain Years Away
Ukraine depends heavily on Starlink for military communications, but the network remains a civilian commercial service governed by SpaceX’s operating…
Lockheed Gets $694 Million for Air Force Hypersonic Missile Revival
A missile program once headed toward cancellation after testing failures is now a major production commitment. The Department of the…
Air Force Revives Hypersonic Missile With $694 Million, Withholds Quantity and Timing
The U.S. Air Force has committed $694 million to produce a hypersonic missile it previously planned to shelve, but two…
Ford Recalls 45,122 Vehicles and Modules; Truck Fix Due January 2027
45,122 vehicles or service modules are covered by three Ford safety recalls, but that combined figure represents three distinctly different…
Toyota Recalls 228,367 Sienna Hybrids Over Second-Row Seatbacks That May Unlock in Crashes
Toyota is recalling 228,367 model-year 2022-2026 Sienna Hybrid minivans because their second-row seatbacks may not remain secured during a crash….
Bedrock Robotics Raises $600 Million as Autonomous Excavators Start Commercial Work
Bedrock Robotics has raised $600 million after moving excavators equipped with its autonomous-driving system beyond pilots and into paid work…
Pentagon Sets 850-Jet F-35 Framework With 317 Deliveries Outstanding
The Pentagon has established a decade-long framework with Lockheed Martin covering up to 850 F-35 fighters for the U.S. military,…
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile Warn FCC Satellite Plan Could Disrupt 911 Calls
A plan intended to extend mobile coverage from space has run into a basic network-timing conflict. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile,…
Diverted Cargo Overwhelms Russian Railways as Container Rates Jump 57.4%
Russia’s attempt to keep exports moving through alternative ports has transferred the bottleneck from its southern maritime terminals to an…
California State Auditor Finds 57 Deficient Dams, $28 Billion Repair Need
California faces an estimated $28 billion dam-repair requirement over five years, according to a California State Auditor review that found…
Tesla Targets 5 Million Vehicles Despite Unused Capacity, 1.8 Million Peak
Tesla is aiming to build annual capacity for 5 million vehicles by the end of 2030, even though its existing…
BMW iX3 Completes 621-Mile Cold-Weather Test in 8 Hours 55 Minutes
Eight hours and 55 minutes: that was the total time required for a BMW iX3 xDrive50 to complete a 621-mile…
BAE Cargo Drone Intercepts Several Attack Drones Without Landing to Reload
BAE Systems says its modified TRV-150 cargo drone intercepted several one-way attack drones during a single flight without landing to…