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Tulsa District awards services contract to Kansas City company for AFSC
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a services contract to Tukuh Technologies, Limited Liability Company of Kansas City, July 9. Of the $5.6 million awarded, $1.08 million has been obligated on the contract which provides for...
Vance Owns Investments in Companies Receiving Defense Contracts
Sludge
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July 10, 2025
Just weeks into the Trump administration, defense contractors backed by a venture capital fund that Vice President JD Vance holds a financial stake in began winning multi-million-dollar federal contracts. According to his 2025 financial...
Hegseth directive on ‘unleashing U.S. military drone dominance’ includes deadlines for major overhauls
DefenseScoop
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July 10, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a new directive Thursday aimed at shaking up the Pentagon’s procurement system and quickly ramping up its arsenal of unmanned aerial systems. The memo “Unleashing U.S. Military Drone Dominance,” addressed...
Embracing Change, Empowering Herself: How One Military Spouse Found Her Way Back to Education
U.S. Veterans and Military Magazine
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July 10, 2025
When Katie Burtch met her husband, Nick, she had no idea their love story would unfold across continents, deployments, and duty stations. Over the next two decades, Katie learned to navigate life as a military spouse — relocating every two to four...
Contractor files case against Cepep
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 10, 2025
News Paula Lindo 2 Hrs Ago Cepep Company Ltd headquarters in Ste Madeleine. - File photo by Innis Francis ANOTHER contractor, Eastman Enterprise Ltd, has brought a claim against Cepep Company Ltd after the firing of over 10,000 workers. The claim...
Hegseth calls for extensive reforms to Pentagon drone-buying practices
C4ISRNET
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July 10, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced sweeping changes to the way the Pentagon buys and fields uncrewed air systems, or UAS, with a goal of establishing “UAS domain dominance” by 2027. Hegseth announced the policy changes in a video...
Codeifai’s acquisition target, QuantumAI secure platform, locks in exclusive deal with NATO-Approved defence firm
Stockhead
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July 11, 2025
AntennaTransfer.IO, to be renamed QuantumAI Secure once acquired, will provide Effective Acceleration Ventures (EAV) a resilient end-to-end security platform. Pic: Getty Images. IO enters into binding exclusive licence with Canada’s Effective...
Palmer Luckey's ModRetro Chromatic portable console is now a thing you can actually buy
Engadget
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July 10, 2025
There's a new (ish) retro console on the block. The ModRetro Chromatic had a soft launch last year but is now "permanently in stock" for consumers. This is another machine that runs Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges, like the beloved Analogue...
Trump’s AI Critics Now Competing For His Defense Contracts
The Daily Caller
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Anthropic, an artificial intelligence firm preaching “safe AI,” has publicly criticized the Trump administration’s pro-innovation AI policies while quietly pursuing lucrative defense contracts. Known for its chatbot Claude, Anthropic describes...
Doug Casey On Why The Military-Industrial Complex Always Wins
Zero Hedge
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Via InternationalMan.com, International Man: During the recent Iran–Israel war, the US used up to 20% of its global stockpile of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile interceptors, each costing over $18 million. THAAD isn’t...
War Room’s Steve Bannon and Senator Josh Hawley Discuss Lawmakers’ Attempt to Put AI Moratorium in Defense Bill (VIDEO)
The Gateway Pundit
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July 10, 2025
Steve Bannon talks with Senator Josh Hawley on 7/10/25 War Room’s Steve Bannon talks with Senator Josh Hawley about lawmakers’ attempt to slip AI moratorium into the defense bill. “They are trying to slip the moratorium back into the NDAA. Can you...
Kennametal Recognized as One of America's Best Midsize Companies by TIME
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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PITTSBURGH, July 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) today announced it has been named to TIME's list of America's Best Midsize Companies 2025, a prestigious recognition presented by TIME and Statista Inc., the leading statistics...
Mali military helicopter airlifts gold from Barrick-owned Loulo-Gounkoto
The Straits Times
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July 10, 2025
DAKAR/TORONTO - A Malian military helicopter airlifted gold from the Barrick-owned Loulo-Gounkoto complex on Thursday, three sources said, days after Reuters reported that a court-appointed administrator planned to sell the site's bullion to...
Herb Jones signs 3-year, $68 million contract extension with New Orleans Pelicans
On3
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July 10, 2025
New Orleans Pelicans forward Herb Jones has agreed to a three-year, $68 million contract extension, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. He now has a total of five years and $97 million on his deal, which includes a player option for the 2029-30...
Our farmland is saved — China BANNED from buying US land
The Blaze
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July 10, 2025
If owning a farm was a dream of yours, there’s finally some good news. A new action plan announced by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will prevent foreign countries from buying up U.S. farmland, as well as protect U.S. land from being used in...
The military’s Q2 security report
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 10, 2025
The disclosure last week by the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) to the effect that troops deployed to different theatres of operations across the country eliminated several terrorists’ kingpins and their foot soldiers in the second quarter (April to...
GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator’s Results From Iran Strike Will Inform Its Future: Defense Officials
The Drive
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July 10, 2025
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The Pentagon office that helped create the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker-busting bomb is waiting for...
Kevin Von Erich signs AEW contract
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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July 11, 2025
Kevin Von Erich is All Elite. Ring of Honor Trios Champions Ross and Marshall Von Erich revealed on the newest episode of their The Claw podcast that their father, wrestling legend Kevin Von Erich, has officially signed an AEW contract. Kevin has...
Norwegian Defense Company To Open Branch Office In Ukraine
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry , an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Ukrainian Defense Deputy Minister Valerii Churkin held talks with the representatives of Norway's Radionor Communications...
Hegseth Unleashes U.S. Military ‘Drone Dominance’
Daily Wire
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July 10, 2025
The Pentagon is cutting bureaucratic hurdles to unleash “American drone dominance” and outcompete hostile powers such as China and Russia. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a slate of reforms to jolt U.S. production of drones and equip U.S....