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Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) walks through the U.S. Capitol
Military Industrial Complex

Dozens of ex-lawmakers, staff landed at military firms since 2015

One former official is now working as a defense lobbyist even as he serves on a major Navy commission, according to a new report

Space attack laser
Military Industrial Complex

Israel wants to build space attack lasers now

'We must be the leading country in the world with this capability,' says Israeli Defense Minister Katz

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

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.)
Washington Politics

Lawmakers pump brakes on military AI — sort of

Democratic senators hope their bills keep a human in the loop. Experts have questions about loopholes.

MQ-4C Triton
QiOSK

$240 million drone vanishes into thin air

According to critics, the MQ-4C was rolled out despite known operational issues

Former U.S. Special Envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg
QiOSK

Ex-Ukraine envoy Gen. Kellogg now with Trump sons at drone startup

Nothing like using one's proximity to government and a foreign war to make money in the private sector — and business is booming