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Golden Dome’s official projected price tag just jumped $10 billion to $185 billion. Experts say the real cost is likely to be far, far more.Gen. Michael Guetlein, the Space Force officer in charge of the sprawling missile defense project, said Tuesday that it was no longer expected to cost $175 billion, the number given by President Trump when he announced the project last May.“We were asked to procure some additional space capabilities,” Guetlein told attendees at the McAleese Defense Programs Conference. “So, we are at $185 billion for the objective architecture, which delivers way out into the 2035 timeframe.”Experts told…

Alibaba Cloud today informed users it will increase prices for many services by up to 34 percent. “Due to the surge in global AI demand and rising supply chain costs, the procurement costs of core hardware in the industry have increased significantly,” states a price adjustment notice posted on Wednesday. “After careful evaluation, we have decided to adjust the prices of services,” it adds. Updated price lists record dozens of services and instance types for which costs will rise by five percent. The cost of higher-end instances powered by GPUs will rise by 25 to 34 percent. Even instances running…

Questions about following illegal orders—a frequent theme of the second Trump administration—came up again at a Capitol Hill hearing on Tuesday. Just days after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the U.S. war on Iran would feature “no quarter, no mercy for our enemies”—on its face, a violation of international law—the leader of U.S. Southern Command was pressed by House lawmakers who had questions about attacks on alleged drug-running boats off South America.“Has an order been issued to you on ‘no quarter,’ no survivors?” Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., asked Marine Gen. Francis Donovan, alluding to the Sept. 2 “double-tap” attack on…

Anschütz has successfully passed the Critical Design Review (CDR) with its Warship Integrated Navigation and Bridge Systems (WINBSs) for the Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter Class Frigate Programme. This milestone confirms the maturity of the system design and marks the transition to the production and integration phase of the programme. The CDR is a pivotal step in naval system development, validating that the design meets all technical and operational requirements. It ensures that the architecture, interfaces, safety features and integration pathways are robust and ready for implementation. For a complex and mission-critical system such as the WINBS, the CDR provides assurance…

Virtually all of the giant reconciliation fund has been doled out, the Pentagon’s acting chief financial officer said Tuesday. “Everything except for $1.3 billion in the $153 billion that’s been given to the Department of Defense by the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act has been apportioned and [has] been released to the services and program managers. And so that money is all starting to flow,” Jules Hurst, who is performing the duties of Pentagon comptroller and chief financial officer, said at the McAleese annual defense programs conference in Arlington, Va.As Hurst spoke, lawmakers are mulling a $50 billion supplemental to pay…

UFC legend Anderson Silva has made it clear that he would be happy to see Islam Makhachev break his record of 16 straight wins in the promotion. Right now, Islam Makhachev is highly regarded as one of the best fighters in all of mixed martial arts – and perhaps one of the best of all time. Alas, while he’s already achieved some impressive things throughout the course of his career, fans are interested to see what the 34-year-old can go on to accomplish at 170 pounds. Islam Makhachev has made a name for himself as a well-rounded, dominating champion, and…

March 17, 2026 – Rheinmetall has once again demonstrated its expertise in the future of indirect fire weapon systems. In winter 2026, its subsidiary Rheinmetall Nordic hosted the Rheinmetall Nordic Mortar Day. In front of high-ranking representatives of armed forces, authorities and industry partners from Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands and Germany, the company presented the latest generation of high-performance European mortar systems in a live demonstration. The focus was on the 120 mm Ragnarok mortar system and the newly developed Mortar Mission Module. This is a European, scalable solution designed to have a decisive impact on the battlefield through…

Airbus is working at full throttle to offer the German Air Force an operational Uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (UCCA) system by 2029. In Manching, near Munich, the company is currently preparing the first two Valkyries it acquired from its US partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS)   for their maiden flight with a sovereign European mission system. They are scheduled to fly later this year. The two companies are bringing their respective industry-leading capabilities to integrate, missionise, and ultimately produce and deliver the Airbus UCCA system. Airbus is currently equipping the UCCAs with its sovereign European mission…

Threod Systems’ Cata aircraft launcher system. Credit: Threod Systems. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has chosen the Cata aircraft launcher from Threod Systems for the British Army’s one-way effector (OWE) capability as part of the ASGARD programme. Cata launcher is currently the “only launcher” that can support both ASGARD and other OWE initiatives, a representative of the MoD said, describing it as a “common interoperable solution” across Defence OWE programmes. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Throughout 2025, the British Army Trials…

Terry Gerton You are receiving a really important award this evening: the 2026 Ted Stevens Award for Leadership from the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. That award is really born out of deep personal loss for you. Can you tell us a little bit about your own experience and how you came to TAPS, what it’s meant to you? Sara Wilson  I’m Sara Wilson. I live in Washington, D.C. here and I’m a military widow. Been a member of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors since 2014, when my late husband died suddenly and unexpectedly. My children were ages 2…