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• Francesca Ebel, John Hudson, Michael Birnbaum
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. government ordered restrictions on Starlink service in Ukraine, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the throttling “somehow happened.” The dispute comes as reports describe delayed approval for Patriot interceptors and a supply rate of 12 missiles per month, below the level under Joe Biden.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. government ordered restrictions on Starlink service in Ukraine, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the throttling “somehow happened.” The dispute comes as reports describe delayed approval for Patriot interceptors and a supply rate of 12 missiles per month, below the level under Joe Biden.
The agreement allows the U.S. Department of Defense to buy as many as 25,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System laser-guidance kits a year over a term of up to seven years. BAE says the framework also provides a route to 35,000 kits annually to meet international demand.
Northrop Grumman says the U.S. Army is showing interest in its G/ATOR multi-mission radar, which has earned strong marks from Marine Corps leadership. The system is in the latter stages of its Marine Corps fielding process, giving Army interest a potential path from service evaluation toward broader adoption.
Kyiv says a sudden SpaceX speed limit is disabling interceptor drones used against Russian Shahed attacks, while Elon Musk, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump deny responsibility. The dispute follows a fire at a Starlink center in Lithuania that officials called sabotage, amid similar incidents in Bulgaria and Poland.
JPMorgan Chase is accelerating direct, off-balance-sheet investments in defense, with $5 billion already deployed. The portfolio spans defense technology, hardware and supply chains, including robot factories and hypersonic missiles, putting a major financial institution behind businesses connected to military production and emerging capabilities.
Anduril could produce its newly unveiled Steelfin interceptor missiles in Europe, a company executive said, as governments seek to expand air-defense production. Conflicts have exposed shortages of interceptor missiles, making local manufacturing a potential part of efforts to increase supply.
The Pentagon selected KBR’s Firefly system for a pilot program to test defenses against adversarial drones at U.S. military installations. Separately, Hanwha Systems said two laser weapons intercepted all three target drones in a demonstration for the South Korean Army, underscoring parallel efforts to develop directed-energy counter-drone capabilities.
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