Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Defense Business Brief: A day at DIBX 2026 in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA—The Trump administration is dialed in on increasing domestic production of critical minerals needed for military weapons. But getting private investment in the industry is tough because of how long it can take for companies to start making money. “We all know the critical minerals issue is front and center. It's the president's maybe No.…

Treasury sanctions Iranian hackers tied to critical-infrastructure breaches

The Treasury Department sanctioned five Iranian citizens on Monday over alleged cyberattacks and theft aimed at U.S. critical infrastructure, government offices, and digital assets. The designations were part of a much broader sanctions package that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called an “economic D-Day” aimed at isolating Iran and cutting off its revenue during the ongoing war.…

Lawmaker pushes for AI containment language in FRONTIER Act

A Democratic lawmaker hopes to include language prescribing large language model containment practices in pending House legislation on artificial intelligence in the wake of the OpenAI models' attack on Hugging Face networks.  Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., gave updates on the House’s AI-related legislative plans during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event Monday. He said…

As US preps for more space launches, WH orders integration with air-traffic control

A new space-transportation policy released by the Trump administration Thursday aims to build the infrastructure needed to rapidly increase U.S.-led rocket launches in coming years, including links to the nation's modernizing air traffic control systems.  President Donald Trump’s strategy sets a goal of supporting “more than 1,000 launches and reentries” by 2030, largely through working with commercial companies…

NSA’s non-disclosure agreements lack whistleblower-rights provisions: watchdog

The National Security Agency routinely fails to inform employees of their rights under whistleblower protection laws when they sign non-disclosure agreements, the intelligence agency’s inspector general concluded this week. Although the NSA is not subject to the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, Congress has since 1988 used annual appropriations laws to compel the agency to follow most…

Only Two Rooms Left… We’re ALMOST DONE!
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Only Two Rooms Left… We’re ALMOST DONE!

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What’s Happened?? #secretgarage
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What’s Happened?? #secretgarage

So there’s a few reasons there’s been no garage update but the main one is there is now a Mrs Furze. Stay tuned there will be so bits dropping on here soon but thanks to @markmarshall_lsh @shadow_foam @boxotoolsuk for your work as it’s making a huge impact on the finished project. #colinfurze #mrsfurze #secretgarage #update