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Defense / Featured / Market Insights with Dan Darling

How the Government Shutdown Impacts the Pentagon’s Budget
- by Shaun McDougall and Richard Pettibone
Defense / Featured

U.S. CCAs: Breaking Down the Field
- by Jon Hemler
Featured / Geopolitics / Market Insights with Dan Darling

The Bottom of the Barrel: Russia and China’s Battle for the Lower-Tier Defense Export Market
- by Daniel Darling
Defense / Featured / North America

After the Shutdown: What Comes Next for the Pentagon’s FY26 Budget?
- by Shaun McDougall
Defense / Featured

Top 100 Defense Contractors 2024
- by Forecast International
How the Government Shutdown Impacts the Pentagon’s Budget
U.S. CCAs: Breaking Down the Field
The Bottom of the Barrel: Russia and China’s Battle for the Lower-Tier Defense Export Market
After the Shutdown: What Comes Next for the Pentagon’s FY26 Budget?
Top 100 Defense Contractors 2024

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Defense / Military Aircraft

U.S. Initiates BAE Laser-Guided Munitions Contract Amid C-UAS Growth

- by Jon Hemler

Executing the first order of a broader contract, the U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems $322 million to produce Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) kits to equip the Army, …

November C-UAS News: Guarding the Eastern Flank and Other Maneuvers

Ghost Bat Goes Lethal: Boeing and RAAF Demonstrate First Autonomous AIM-120 Engagement

Space Force Ignites Race for “Golden Dome” with First Missile Defense Prototype Awards

Boeing Wins Big in Recent Chinook Push

Geopolitics

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Geopolitics

NATO’s Eastern Flank Gets Industrial Boost with Local Leopard 2 Assembly

- by Richard Pettibone

KNDS will establish a new assembly plant in Kaunas, Lithuania, marking a significant expansion of Leopard 2A8 main battle tank production within Europe. Under an agreement signed with the Lithuanian …

The Bottom of the Barrel: Russia and China’s Battle for the Lower-Tier Defense Export Market

The EU’s Defense Readiness Roadmap: Ambition, Conflict, and the Path to 2030

E.U. Eyes Frozen Russian Funds for Ukraine

Washington Goes Shopping: Investing Its Way Out of the Rare Earth Crisis

War in Ukraine

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War in Ukraine

This Week in the Russia-Ukraine War (December 5)

- by Shaun McDougall

Following the Thanksgiving holiday break, this post provides a snapshot of Russia-Ukraine war news from the previous two weeks.  Political Developments Ukrainian Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak resigned after an …

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This Week in the Russia-Ukraine War (November 21)

Ukraine, France Announce Rafale LOI

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This Week in the Russia-Ukraine War (November 14)

A missile is fired from its launcher.

This Week in the Russia-Ukraine War (November 7)