Defense
Sovereignty: The defense buzzword at the Singapore Airshow
Attendees during the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. The show runs through Feb. 8. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images With geopolitical uncertainty on the rise, defense buyers at the Singapore Airshow say they are prioritizing sovereignty, from local production and co‑development to owning the […]
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U.S. arrests suspect in 2012 Benghazi consulate attack, Bondi says
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 06: U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi (C), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel (L) and U.S. Attorney for Washington, DC Jeanine Pirro make a press announcement at the Department of Justice on February 6, 2026 in Washington, DC. Bondi announced the FBI has captured and extradited Zubayr al-Bakoush, a […]
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Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved
Voyager Technologies‘ CEO Dylan Taylor said two years would be an “aggressive” timeframe for space data centers and cooling remains a problem for the developing technology. While SpaceX has the heavy lift rockets to bring components to space, Taylor told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan that the lack of a cooling solution to transfer the heat remains […]
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Anduril founder says U.S. can spend billions less on defense: ‘We spend too much money on the wrong thing’
Defense spending has been the talk of Singapore’s Airshow this week but that’s not an accurate way to measure military strength, Palmer Luckey, founder of defense tech firm Anduril Industries, said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” Wednesday. That comes after U.S. President Donald Trump in January expressed interest in raising the U.S military budget to […]
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Sen. Slotkin refuses DOJ interview request over troops video: ‘The intimidation is the point’
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan said Thursday that she had refused to sit for a requested interview with the Department of Justice for its investigation over a video in which she […]
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U.S. military says it shot down Iranian drone that ‘aggressively approached’ aircraft carrier
Sailors and Marines man the rail as the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is guided by tugboats in San Diego Bay as it returns to its home port of Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, Dec. 20, 2024. Kevin Carter | Getty Images The U.S. military on […]
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Musk’s xAI, SpaceX combo is the biggest merger of all time, valued at $1.25 trillion
Elon Musk’s rocket maker SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence startup xAI in a deal that will value the company at $1.25 trillion, CNBC’s David Faber confirmed Tuesday. The record-setting transaction is the largest merger of all time and values SpaceX at $1 trillion and xAI at $250 billion, according to documents viewed by CNBC. […]
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Palantir beats fourth-quarter estimates on the strength of AI and defense demand
Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Palantir topped Wall Street’s fourth-quarter estimates as more businesses and the U.S. government race to buy its artificial intelligence tools. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: […]
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Federal judge denies bid to end ICE Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota
Protestors march during a “Nationwide Shutdown” demonstration against ICE enforcement on Jan. 30, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen | Getty Images A Federal judge on Saturday rejected a request from state officials to immediately halt the federal immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota. The court said the plaintiffs — the State of Minnesota and the […]
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Iranian media report explosion at southern port of Bandar Abbas
An explosion occurred at Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, Iranian media reported, without giving a cause for the blast. The semi-official Tasnim news agency said that social media reports alleging that a Revolutionary Guard navy commander was targeted in the explosion were “completely false”. Iranian media said the blast was being investigated […]
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