Project Maven

The Trump administration’s chainsaw approach to federal spending lives on, even as Elon Musk turns on the president. On May 28, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced he’d be gutting a key office at the Department of Defense responsible for testing and evaluating the safety of weapons and AI systems.…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of 20 Starlink satellites is seen in the evening sky above Lawndale, Calif., after being launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images SpaceX…

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth speaks May 21 at the 2025 GEOINT Symposium. Credit: USGIF WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is dramatically increasing spending on artificial intelligence for military operations, raising the contract ceiling for Palantir Technologies’ Maven Smart System to nearly $1.3 billion through 2029. The Defense…

The Department of Defense (DoD) faces new questions about dubious charges on government-issued cards. This has led lawmakers to ask for a wide-ranging federal probe into how all agencies use these cards. Ernst and Comer Call for GAO Review Amid $40B in Questionable Spending Senator Joni Ernst from Iowa and…

Eutelsat is closely reviewing needs for future GEO satellites, which are increasingly playing a supporting role for LEO connectivity. Credit: Eutelsat Group TAMPA, Fla. — The sudden loss of a large U.S. Department of Defense contract has added to Eutelsat’s geostationary challenges as the French operator shifts greater focus to…

“Trick question: Which of Donald Trump’s Cabinet secretaries do you think is causing the most chaos right now?” Sigh. That was the opening query of this week’s episode of Inside the Hive, hosted by Vanity Fair editor in chief Radhika Jones, alongside executive editor Claire Howorth and Hive editor Michael…

There are two things you should know about President Donald Trump’s recently released budget proposal: First, it would significantly boost funding for Homeland Security and the Department of Defense while cutting social services that could hurt millions of people living in poverty. Second, his budget is just a proposal for…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Department of Defense (DOD) to start removing transgender troops from the military in early June if they do not exit voluntarily, according to a new memo. Hegseth outlined in the Thursday memo that transgender active service members are eligible to “separate voluntarily” until…

It’s part of Trump’s proposal for a massive $113 billion increase in Department of Defense spending, a jump of 13%, amid widespread cuts elsewhere.  By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA MAY 3, 2025 06:11 U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 30, 2025.…

Secretary Hegseth's emphasis on warfighters has dramatically transformed the Department of Defense in just the first hundred days of his tenure. When President Donald Trump was elected, he promised the American people a consequential cabinet with brash picks that would change the executive branch and Washington, D.C. for good. With…