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Secret military audits reveal a military procurement system riddled with mismanagement. In 2024 alone, Ukraine lost $1.2 billion to fraud and waste.
The changes would be made aboard the future USS Doris Miller, a Ford-class carrier already under construction, according to a presidential memorandum.
Trump is slapping “ad valorem” tariffs on drones and drone parts, citing the “national security threat” posed by such devices.
The aircraft, which cost up to $50 million each, have seen heavy use around the Strait of Hormuz — but they are relatively easy targets for Iran and its proxies.
The War Department is inviting the defense industrial base and the acquisition community to provide input on ways to streamline data and audit requirements related to business systems, as part of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's arsenal of freedom acquisition transformation strategy.
It is part of an effort to reduce the cost difference between relatively inexpensive incoming enemy drones and the U.S. defensive weapons.
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President Trump’s new class of battleships, which are envisioned to anchor the U.S. Navy’s “Golden Fleet,” are expected to cost around $275 billion to build, according to a government report released Wednesday. The first of 15 ships, the USS Defiant, is projected to cost around $23.4 billion to construct, with each subsequent vessel costing about $18 billion, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis said. The first battleship could take eight years or longer to construct. Read More: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6012597-trump-golden-fleet-battleships-cbo-cost/ #trump #politics #pentagon
Fiscal 2027 request would cover counter-drone defenses at more than 250 sites.
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