Rick Smith, CEO of Axon Enterprises. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Axon Enterprise‘s stock surged more than 18% after the maker of Tasers, body cameras and drones topped Wall Street’s fourth-quarter estimates as artificial intelligence accelerated demand for its software products The company reported adjusted earnings of $2.15 per share on $797 million in revenue, surpassing…
President Donald Trump delivered a nearly two-hour State of the Union address on Tuesday, focusing largely on the economy that he declared was set to boom. The president delivered the signature annual address as he sees his poll numbers on the economy plummet ahead of the 2026 midterms, which loom less than nine months away….
Europe has struggled to unite to meet the challenges of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the last four years. The threat from Russia, and the growing tensions with the U.S. under President Donald Trump, have fueled suggestions that the answer to Europe’s divisions, redundancies and duplications in its defense efforts is a single European…
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks, announcing new nutrition policies during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 8, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended President Donald Trump‘s executive order…
FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington, U.S., March 3, 2022. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Anthropic is at odds with the Department of Defense over how its artificial intelligence models should be used, and its work with the agency is “under review,” a Pentagon spokesperson told CNBC. The five-year-old startup was…
Many European policymakers appear to still be smarting from U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s tough words about the region at last year’s Munich Security Conference. So, it’s perhaps not too surprising that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments on Saturday at this year’s event underscoring the U.S. and Europe’s common heritage, goals and challenges…
A French Air and Space Force Rafale fighter jet takes off from Air Base 120 in Cazaux, south-western France, on January 29, 2026, during the TOPAZE 2026 exercise. The TOPAZE 2026 exercise tests rapid redeployment capabilities and operational response in simulated high-intensity combat conditions. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP via Getty Images) Philippe Lopez…
A large screen displays images of Combat Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV) at the Hanwha exhibition stand during the Security Equipment International (DSEI) at London Excel on Sept.10, 2025 in London, England. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images Shares of South Korea’s largest defense firm Hanwha Aerospace plunged more than 6% Tuesday, after…
Defense spending has been the talk of Singapore’s Airshow this week but that’s not an accurate way to measure military strength, Palmer Luckey, founder of defense tech firm Anduril Industries, said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” Wednesday. That comes after U.S. President Donald Trump in January expressed interest in raising the U.S military budget to…
Attendees during the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. The show runs through Feb. 8. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images With geopolitical uncertainty on the rise, defense buyers at the Singapore Airshow say they are prioritizing sovereignty, from local production and co‑development to owning the…
