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An engineer works in the clean-room facilities at the LETI, a French research institute for electronics and information technologies founded by the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.

US charges Russian man with smuggling microelectronics amid Ukraine war

“We are laser-focused on rooting out the procurement networks fueling the Russian war machine,” said Matthew Axelrod, an export enforcement official.

By Colin Demarest

2 months ago

As semiconductor shortages linger, one defense firm gets creative

Defense execs call the computer chip shortage an "acute pain point" and "day-to-day" challenge.

15 months ago

$1B Iron Dome fund stripped from new continuing resolution

A proposal to send Israel $1 billion for the Iron Dome air defense system has been cut out of a stopgap government funding bill, meant to avoid a government shutdown after Sept. 30, in order to ease its passage in the House.

2 years ago

Defense industry needs 5 percent annual budget growth to stay healthy, says new AIA report

The American defense-industrial base needs the Pentagon budget to grow at least 5 percent per year to remain healthy and stable, the industry’s leading trade group says.

6 years ago

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