Golden Dome’s price tag has climbed to an estimated $185 billion. The driver: fast-tracking work on at least three programs, all of which involve satellites
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Drew FitzGerald
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Drew FitzGerald
@DrewFitzGerald
I’m a Wall Street Journal reporter covering all things aerospace and defense. Before that, telecom. Have a tip? Ping me on Signal at drewfitzgerald.87
Washington, DC Katılım Ağustos 2008
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Boeing says a wiring problem on some undelivered 737s will cause delays for customers. It's still unclear how many aircraft are affected.
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Pentagon officials are drawing up plans to replenish U.S. munitions expended fighting Iran over the past week, a step in the Trump administration’s efforts to sharply increase the number of missiles manufactured each year.
Important story by @MarcusReports @DrewFitzGerald wsj.com/politics/natio…
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Munitions are dwindling and if the war continues, the Pentagon would “need to decide” whether to pull stockpiles the Pacific
Dave Brown@dave_brown24
When the U.S. military’s top general met with Trump and laid out the risks of launching a major and extended attack on Iran, one of the issues he flagged was America’s stockpile of munitions. Now that's being put to the test wsj.com/world/middle-e… @mgordonwsj @shelbyholliday
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About that Golden Dome … military officials haven’t explained how they’ll spend its $23 billion down payment, so lawmakers are reluctant to give the project more money wsj.com/livecoverage/g…
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The Pentagon plans to take a $1 billion stake in L3Harris’ rocket-motor business to boost its stockpile of long-range missiles
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Hitting the 2K mark had been under discussion for months before Tuesday’s commitment from the defense contractor: wsj.com/politics/natio…
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Lockheed Martin says it can hit the Pentagon's sky-high production target of 2,000 Patriot missiles a year within the coming years—if Congress coughs up billions to pay for it
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Breaking: The FCC has voted 2-1 along party lines to eliminate cyber requirements for telecom companies that the commission adopted at the end of the Biden admin.
Telecoms had lobbied for the change. Democrats said it would invite another Salt Typhoon.
Story coming shortly.
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This is the same engine motion found to have caused AA Flight 191 to crash outside Chicago in 1979
Pete Muntean@petemuntean
NEW IMAGES of the left engine of UPS 2976 separating and going *up and over* the wing. The just-released NTSB preliminary report says the left engine pylon hardware showed signs of fatigue cracks and over-stress failure. More to come.
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Boeing machinists will head back to work in St. Louis after nearly 15 weeks on the picket line: wsj.com/business/boein…
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A datapoint as striking Boeing workers vote on a new contract in St. Louis today: Boeing has brought in more Israeli military business than any other U.S. contractor since the war began.
benoit faucon@benoitfaucon
Israel’s war in Gaza has generated substantial business for U.S. companies such as Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Caterpillar wsj.com/world/middle-e… via @WSJ
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A long-awaited flight and big news for the CCA program today:
Office of the Secretary of the Air Force@SecAFOfficial
Today, the @usairforce made continued progress in our CCA program with the first flight of the YFQ-44A developed by @anduriltech. This milestone shows how competition drives innovation & accelerates delivery. (1/2)
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The president’s push to build Golden Dome quickly is giving SpaceX an edge. It’s already poised for a $2 billion windfall from one early effort to track missiles from space. The latest w/ @MicahMaidenberg: wsj.com/politics/natio…
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Golden Dome, meet Golden Fleet. Trump has been discussing ship conditions with the Navy secretary for months, sometimes texting thoughts in the middle of the night.
Lara Seligman@laraseligman
SCOOP: President Trump is personally involved in what officials are calling the “Golden Fleet,” an effort to replace current warships with a new fleet better suited to counter China—including a modern “battleship.” W @alexbward wsj.com/politics/natio…
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The document we were asked to sign equates asking DOD personnel to disclose information, even unclassified, that has not been approved by an “authorizing official” to asking them to commit a crime.
So in essence: basic journalism = criminal activity.
That is an unacceptable violation of the First Amendment.
Lara Seligman@laraseligman
Major media outlets including @nytimes, @washingtonpost, @WSJ and @CNN have said they won’t agree to a new Defense Department policy restricting journalists’ communication with military sources. wsj.com/business/media…
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The Pentagon’s general counsel “refused to provide a written justification for the strikes”
The Wall Street Journal@WSJ
Exclusive: In a closed-door meeting, senators on both sides pressed the Pentagon’s top lawyer to provide a better legal explanation for striking alleged drug cartel boats on.wsj.com/4o0yUak
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“Companies don’t build these things on spec,” @tomkarako reminds us. The Pentagon's call to surge missile production is bumping into funding, supply-chain constraints:
Sharon Weinberger@weinbergersa
Exclusive: Pentagon pushes to double missile production to prepare for potential conflict with China. Via: @DrewFitzGerald and @laraseligman
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Federal regulators are scaling back obstacles for Boeing to deliver some of its newly produced aircraft to customers wsj.com/business/airli…
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