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Why America needs interoperable, ever-evolving cyber defense

March 25, 2024

The cyclical nature of technological evolution and defense has seen various booms and busts. Not too long ago, the rise of communication and technology integration marked a significant shift in…

Navy 30-year shipbuilding plan relies on more money, industry capacity

March 25, 2024

The U.S. Navy sets a fleet goal of 381 ships, up from 373, in a new long-range shipbuilding plan. The service expects to reach this goal by 2042 if it…

Russia Seized 400 Foreign-Owned Jets. Then an Epic Insurance Fight Began.

March 25, 2024

Russia’s seizure of billions of dollars worth of foreign-owned planes has set off the biggest-ever brawl in the normally staid business of aircraft insurance. 

Bill Gates’ TerraPower plans to build first US next-generation nuclear plant 

March 25, 2024

TerraPower, a company founded by Bill Gates, says it plans to start building the first of a new generation of nuclear power plants in the US in June, joining a…

US and Japan Seek UN Resolution Calling on All Nations to Ban Nuclear Weapons in Outer Space

March 25, 2024

The United States and Japan are sponsoring a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the U.S. ambassador announced Monday.

Department of Homeland Security lays out AI plans in new roadmap

March 25, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security on Monday released its first-ever artificial intelligence roadmap, which is meant to spell out the agency’s current use of the technologies and its plans for the…

VC/DC: Silicon Valley wants its cut of US military spending

March 25, 2024

It’s official — the Pentagon is becoming a bank. Well, sort of. At a March 8th event on dual-use technology at SXSW in Austin, Texas, director of the Office of…

Intel Gets $8.5 Billion Award For U.S. Chip-Plant Construction

March 25, 2024

The U.S. government is granting Intel up to $8.5 billion to help fund new chip plants in four states, the largest award yet in an effort to revive American chip-making overseen by…

Event Recap – March 18, 2024

March 18, 2024

On Monday, March 11th, General Tim Ray,President & CEO of BENS, hosted the delegation from the BENS visit to AFRICOM, Benin & Cote d’Ivoire. The purpose was to provide a debrief of…