Audrey Decker
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Lockheed's q2 earnings include a $950 million loss on a classified aeronautics program. CEO Jim Taiclet said it's "critical" that this program be successful
Northrop and the Air Force have reached an agreement to restructure the Sentinel program, CEO Kathy Warden says. Work is now continuing on "most aspects" of the command and launch part of the program, she said, which had been halted
White House releases statement on House approps defense spending bill and says that if Congress funds F/A-XX it would delay F-47 whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
Salt Typhoon hacks into National Guard systems a ‘serious escalation’, experts warn --> “Going forward, all U.S. forces must now assume their networks are compromised and will be degraded,” a former Air National Guard servicemember said. nextgov.com/cybersecurity/…
Damascus is now the 4th Middle Eastern capital to be bombed by Israel in the past 6 weeks, alongside Tehran, Beirut, and Sana'a.
(Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike hit next to the presidential palace in Syria's capital Damascus on Wednesday, according to a Reuters witness. Massive airstrikes damaged the defence ministry in Damascus, live footage on Al Jazeera TV showed, as Israel intensified attacks on…
Bodies of Palestinians, who were seeking aid on Wednesday in Khan Younis, are placed at Nasser hospital in the southern Gaza Strip July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
CAIRO/JERUSALEM - At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in what the U.S.-backed group said was a crowd surge instigated by armed agitators.
🚨NEW INSTA-SCORE🚨 Looks like the final Senate bill will add over $4 trillion to the debt, and violate the House budget instructions by ~$650 billion. via @BudgetHawks
Boeing poaches Lockheed Martin's former CFO: boeing.mediaroom.com/2025-06-30-Boe…
IDF officers and soldiers tell Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
The Pentagon is really leaning on whether or not the strikes were successful on that somehow being related to the quality, skill and professionalism of the service members on the mission. The two have nothing to do with one another.
Switzerland in talks with US as cost of F-35A fighter jets rises reut.rs/3T6o2uj
‘Stressful and difficult summer’ ahead for Ukraine, NATO official warns Despite slowing economy, Russia is expected to be able to bankroll its war through 2027 - @audrey_decker9 for @DefenseOne NATO officials predict that Russia will continue to make slow gains in Ukraine this…
President Trump has "good intentions" of letting Turkey back into F-35 program, Turkish President Erdogan tells reporters at the NATO summit. But Turkey won't give up its Russian S-400s, Ergodan said. That is a "done deal"
Part of the elation among progressives tonight is about Israel. It wasn’t just that Mamdani survived opposition on the issue. It’s that he refused to back down and even leaned into the suffering of Palestinians