The Anduril Industries headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Defense tech startup Anduril on Wednesday said it raised $5 billion, doubling its valuation to $61 billion in a funding round led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. CEO Brian Schimpf said in a…
BEIJING — The Trump administration has repeatedly framed the war in Iran as a quick, winnable fight, vowing to defeat the Islamic Republic “totally and decisively” — incomparable to the “dumb” wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But from China’s perspective, the parallels are clear. “You can blow everything up — destroy it all,” one Chinese official told…
Rocket Lab‘s stock blasted 34%, notching its best day ever, after the space company topped first-quarter revenue estimates and announced its largest launch deal on record. The Long Beach, California-based company reported $136.7 million in revenue for its space systems business and $63.7 million for its launch segment. That topped FactSet estimates of $132.1 million…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After President Donald Trump suggested this week that Iranians “would fight back” if they had weapons, Iranian dissidents, military analysts and some Republican lawmakers are openly reviving a once-taboo question: should the West move beyond “maximum pressure” on Tehran and actively support armed resistance inside Iran? “They…
Eight technology companies, including Google, Nvidia and SpaceX, have struck deals with the Pentagon to help the U.S. military gain an edge on the battlefield. “These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters’ ability to maintain decision superiority across all domains of…
Israeli air defence systems are activated to intercept Iranian missiles over the Israeli city of Tel Aviv early on June 18, 2025. Menahem Kahana | AFP | Getty Images Europe ramped up military spending in 2025 — a longstanding demand of U.S. President Donald Trump — helping drive global defense outlays to a staggering $2.89…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump made a difficult but ultimately correct decision in striking the Islamic Republic. For years, the regime’s nuclear advances, missile expansion and regional terrorism were allowed to grow while the world hesitated. At home, it carried out one of the most brutal crackdowns on street…
British Army Challenger 2 tanks of the 5th Battalion The Rifles stand on truck trailers for transport after the tanks arrived by ship on March 22, 2017 at Paldiski, Estonia. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can…
A thing gripped the internet in 2025: nostalgia for the supposedly golden era of 2016, coincidentally the last year before Donald Trump ever became president of the United States, either in his first or second term. “Millennial optimism” gripped TikTok, harking back to a supposedly more carefree time. But something else marked that era: leaks…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday laid out his game plan for the week ahead after what he called one of the most “remarkable” rallies he’s ever seen. “If you didn’t believe we could have still one more week where we’d rally 3%, you’d be right,” Cramer said. “We actually rallied 4% thanks to today’s gigantic…