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1/23/26 - How Defense Contractors Invest Their Money, in 4 Charts - BREAKING DEFENSE, Rachel Cohen
3/17/26 - 2027 Defense Budget Release Weeks Away, Comptroller Says - AIR&SPACE FORCES MAGAZINE, Matthew Cox
3/17/26 - Pentagon Eyes April Rollout Of FY ‘27 Budget Docs, Will Detail Multi-Year Requests Beyond Munitions - Defense Daily - DEFNSE DAILY, Matthew Beinart
3/17/26 - POLITICO Pro | Article | Trump's $1.5T defense budget sets up 'big failure down the road,’ top Dem warns - POLITICOPRO, Connor O'Brien
3/17/26 - Army under secretary envisions more multiyears for munitions, aircraft parts | InsideDefense.com - INSIDE DEFENSE, Dan Schere, Dominic Minadeo
3/17/26 - Army is not satisfied with readiness rates, says service's undersecretary - Breaking Defense - BREAKING DEFENSE, Carley Welch
3/17/26 - JUST IN: Magazine Depth a Continuing Concern for Defense Officials as Iran War Continues - National Defense, Stew Magnuson
3/17/26 - F-47 Won’t Be Available Until Mid-2030s, Top Lawmaker Says - AIR&SPACE FORCES MAGAZINE, Stephen Losey
3/17/26 - Pentagon’s Golden Dome Cost Estimate Grows to $185 Billion - AIR&SPACE FORCES MAGAZINE, Courtney Albon
3/17/26 - To accelerate space capabilities, Pentagon ups Golden Dome spending plan by $10 billion - Breaking Defense - BREAKING DEFENSE, Ashley Roque
3/17/26 - Guetlein Names Golden Dome C2 Primes, Adds $10 Billion To Total Cost - Defense Daily - DEFENSE DAILY, Rich Abott
3/17/26 - Golden Dome chief sets $185 billion price tag, widening gap with Trump's pledge | InsideDefense.com - INSIDE DEFENSE, Jason Sherman
3/18/26 - Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 18, 2026 | Aviation Week Network - AerospaceDaily & DEFENSE REPORT, Ken Herbet (Analyst), Stephen Strackhouse (VP), Kevin Liu (Senior Associate)
3/18/26 - Nine Firms Now Building Golden Dome Command Layer as Pentagon Lifts Budget to $185 Billion – SOFX - SOFX Report, SOFX Staff Writer
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China remains the longer-term threat, says Frank Kendall, U.S. Air Force Secretary
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Space Force General ‘Jay’ Raymond: ‘It’s very clear that space has become a war-fighting domain’
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The invasion of Ukraine is a violation of human rights, says Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro
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Under Secretary of Defense Michael McCord breaks down the defense spending budget
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