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White House Orders Scrutiny Of SpaceX Contracts Even As Trump-Musk Relationship Warms: Report
Monday, June 16, 2025 - 2:36am | 671Despite easing tensions between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, the White House has reportedly initiated a review of SpaceX’s contracts with the Defense Department (DoD) and NASA. What Happened: The White House has directed the Defense Department and...
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Defense Dept. Funds Ketamine Study For PTSD Treatment In 600 Service Members & Veterans
Monday, November 27, 2023 - 3:48pm | 441A Department of Defense (DOD) Health Agency-funded adaptive platform trial for alternative treatments for PTSD will test SLS-002 on some 600 active-duty service members and veterans. The intranasal racemic ketamine was developed by biotech company Seelos Therapeutics (...
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Amazon's Ring Offering $1 Million Prize For Video Evidence That Aliens Exist
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 4:57pm | 628There have been a lot of crazy videos captured on Ring doorbells, but footage of legitimate extraterrestrial activity would certainly top them all. If you are able to capture proof of aliens on your Ring doorbell this Halloween season, the company is offering to make you a millionaire. ...
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Department of Defense Makes $65 million Bet On Sustainable Aviation Fuel With Latest Startup Investment
Thursday, March 9, 2023 - 1:13pm | 888In a bid to increase innovation and ultimately reduce costs, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) recently invested $65 million in the startup Air Company. The Toyota Motor Corp.- and JetBlue-backed firm will use the funds to refine its production and ultimately build carbon-capture and fuel-...
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Defense Department Warns Hemp Cereal, Shampoo, Lotion, Drinks & More Jeopardize 'Military Readiness'
Friday, September 16, 2022 - 11:30am | 434The use of marijuana and marijuana-related substances is prohibited by all military service members and Department of Defense civilian employees, said the Dept. of Defense in a warning released by the Elgin Air Force Base in Ohio. Out With Everyone's Favorite Breakfast...
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Boeing Gets Going On Air Force One That Trump Said Was Too Expensive
Thursday, September 14, 2017 - 1:40pm | 352President Donald Trump, who berated Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) in December over the cost of the next-generation Air Force One, is closer to getting the aircraft whether he knows it or not. The U.S. Defense Department said Wednesday that Boeing has been awarded $600 million to begin preliminary work on...
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How The US, China And Russia Are Moving Toward Weaponizing Artificial Intelligence
Thursday, August 10, 2017 - 11:16am | 1184A group of researchers are warning the world about weaponizing artificial intelligence and robotics, but that machine-learning genie may already be out of the bottle. There are clear signs that the United States is already engaged in an AI arms race with China and Russia to develop weapons systems...
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TransDigm Crushed After Rep. Khanna Calls For Fraud Investigation
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 3:25pm | 594Shares of aerospace components manufacturer TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG) were getting hammered on Tuesday afternoon after Representative Ro Khanna, a U.S. representative for California's 17th congressional district, requested an investigation into the company is launched. In a...
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Exclusive: AcelRx Pharma Execs Discuss Stock Performance, Catalysts And Financial Position
Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 1:16pm | 810AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ACRX) is a micro-cap company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acute pain in medically supervised settings. What’s particularly interesting here is that the development of its lead product...
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AcelRx: Replacing Morphine With Department Of Defense Funding
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 12:08pm | 1007AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ACRX) is a micro-cap company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acute pain in medically supervised settings. Benzinga recently learned that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) had funded the...
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Goldman Sachs: CyberArk Could Be Getting More Government Support
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 10:47am | 282Cyberark Software Ltd (NASDAQ: CYBR) announced on March 29 that it has been awarded the “UC APL” (Unified Capabilities Approved Products List) certification by the Department of Defense (DoD). Goldman Sachs’ Gabriela Borges reiterated a Buy rating on the company, with a price...
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What McDonald's, Wal-Mart, The DoD, China Petroleum And Foxconn Have In Common
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 4:47pm | 438With the end of 2015 just around the corner, it's a good time to look back at the year in figures. Let's look into the world's largest employers in 2015, according to the World Economic Forum. According to information released by the World Economic Forum, the largest employer...
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Is It Time To Invest In Drones?
Monday, October 5, 2015 - 2:29pm | 483The drone industry has been through several twists and turns since the devices made their way to the market in the early '00s. The unmanned aircraft have become something of a novelty to the general public, but the use case for the devices have exploded across a range of industries, leaving...
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Deutsche Bank: We Still Like These Defense Stocks
Friday, May 22, 2015 - 1:49pm | 536In a report issued Thursday, analysts at Deutsche Bank provided updated commentary on the defense industry, following their annual survey of program managers, which offers perspectives from inside the Department of Defense (DoD). The Survey “With the pinch of the Budget Control Act...
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Obama Not Allowed to Use iPhone for Security Reasons
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 9:35am | 544Never kick a company while it’s down, but Blackberry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has certainly been kicked this year. On the brink of bankruptcy, the phone maker has lost most of its customers and more than 80 percent of its stock value. But, the company still has one loyal supporter: The President of the...