Lawmakers target private equity’s growing chokehold on arms industry

Lawmakers target private equity’s growing chokehold on arms industry

Yesterday, Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation that would scrutinize private equity’s growing influence over the defense industry. “For too long we’ve let private equity treat the defense industrial base like a profit center, buying up critical contractors with little scrutiny over who’s really in control,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said of the Critical Defense Ownership Review … Read more

Fiber-optic drones show profound limits of ‘cutting-edge’ weapons

Fiber-optic drones show profound limits of ‘cutting-edge’ weapons

“Birds in Ukraine are building nests from drone cable.” The headline itself tells a story, but the subsequent article in The Sunday Times missed the true magnitude of what the story represents. Almost from the beginning of the Ukraine war more than four years ago, the use of uncrewed drones has drawn significant attention. Observers … Read more