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Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey
Military Industrial Complex

Palmer Luckey building submarines is not the craziest idea

A $7 billion deal is raising eyebrows, as is the Anduril CEO's relationship with Trump. But after so many shipbuilding failures, the DOD could do worse

UFC white house
Military Industrial Complex

Five outrageous ways defense contractors have buttered up Trump

The weapons industry loves greasing the skids with gifts. This administration is no exception.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
QiOSK

Lawmakers target private equity’s growing chokehold on arms industry

PE-backed defense firms are less stable, more costly for taxpayers

Fiber-optic drones show profound limits of 'cutting-edge' weapons
Europe

Fiber-optic drones show profound limits of 'cutting-edge' weapons

The war in Ukraine casts serious doubt on the wisdom of relying on unmanned military equipment

Lockheed Martin
Military Industrial Complex

Lockheed's new Pentagon deal makes a bad bargain worse

A new contracting arrangement shifts even more risk from the weapons manufacturer to the American taxpayer

Iran is real, but defense techies still prefer war gaming China
Military Industrial Complex

Iran is real, but defense techies still prefer war gaming China

Speakers at the Hill and Valley Forum tried their best to avoid the elephant in the room