Tag: Department of Defense
Hegseth reaffirms Vietnam partnership and hands over a leather box, belt and knife—wartime artifacts taken by U.S. soldiers | Fortune
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was in Vietnam on Sunday, reaffirming a partnership built on healing the scars of the Vietnam War in a...
Fail fast, fight smarter: Silicon Valley’s startup mentality is rewiring the Pentagon | Fortune
Long known for its massive scale and bureaucratic complexity, the Pentagon is slowly transforming itself into a more streamlined organization, much like a Silicon...
Germany nabs American working at military base who offered to spy for China
An American man who worked at a U.S. military facility in Germany and allegedly offered to supply sensitive information to China has been indicted...
Air Force bid for Tesla Cybertrucks in target practice symbolizes the ‘evolving’ relationship between the Pentagon and Big Tech, expert says
The U.S. Air Force is taking steps to acquire Tesla Cybertrucks—for the express purpose of blowing them up. But while the vehicles in this...
How Palantir—a company too small to make the Fortune 500—became one of the world’s 25 most valuable companies
Alex Karp, the frizzy-haired CEO of defense software company Palantir, has become somewhat of a pro at deflecting criticism. As he sat for an...
Elon Musk spent months slashing federal contracts — Now his AI company is celebrating a $200M Pentagon contract and new unit to get government business
Elon Musk’s xAI has signed an important new customer: the U.S. government.
The two-year old AI company—most recently in the news when its chatbot praised...
