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Dave Beckwith sits down with John Reid to discuss why he left the Pentagon to fight for Virginia and help flip the House. See why this outsider candidate says it is time to stand and fight for our state. #DaveBeckwith# #VApolitics# #FlipTheHouse# #VirginiaBusiness# #Election2024#

𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗨𝗖𝗛 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 “𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗔𝗜.” President Donald Trump’s new Executive Order signals a fundamental change in defense acquisition: contractors will increasingly be expected to prove where critical materials, components, equipment, and software originate—through subcontractors and toward the raw-material source. The Pentagon wants to see the defense supply chain, identify where an adversary could interrupt it, and make prohibited foreign sourcing harder to excuse. The order directs the Department of Defense to: • Map designated critical supply chains. • Obtain hierarchical bills of materials showing what is inside a defense product, who supplied it, and where it originated. • Extend visibility beyond prime contractors into lower-tier suppliers. • Identify foreign dependencies, bottlenecks, sole-source suppliers, concentration risks, and single points of failure. • Use AI to analyze acquisition data and expose connections conventional contract reviews may miss. • Accelerate qualification of alternative sources and materials. Beginning January 1, 2027, certain waivers involving covered materials from prohibited sources will become substantially harder to obtain. Contractors seeking waivers may need approved mitigation plans showing how the dependency will be reduced or removed. Fraud, deliberate misrepresentation, or willful failure to implement an approved plan could result in contractual remedies and possible referral to the Attorney General. Restrictions under 10 U.S.C. §4872 concern designated sensitive materials from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran, including certain specialty metals, rare-earth elements, permanent magnets, and tungsten-related materials. But one distinction matters: 𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗬. AI will help map and analyze supply-chain vulnerabilities. Human officials retain responsibility for waivers, mitigation plans, contracting actions, and enforcement. President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth deserve recognition for this determination to expose hidden dependencies and strengthen the industrial foundation behind the American warfighter. Now comes the decisive test: implementation. AI cannot map what contractors cannot identify, subcontractors will not disclose, or suppliers report inaccurately. 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗬-𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘. 𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗪𝗔𝗥. “Don’t sell me hype and call it readiness. Prove it before you put a soldier’s life behind it.” — Linda Restrepo Editor-in-Chief, N360™ — Sovereign Intelligence & National Security Technologies #DefenseSupplyChain# #ArtificialIntelligence# #DefenseIndustrialBase# #NationalSecurity# #MilitaryReadiness#

Ukraine's battlefield drone success is reshaping how the U.S. prepares for future wars. A U.S. defense manufacturer has reached a first-of-its-kind agreement to mass-produce Ukraine's Magura sea drones after the vessels helped cripple Russia's Black Sea fleet. The development comes as Ukrainian drone strikes continue to reach deep inside Russia, disrupting key infrastructure and offering the Pentagon a real-world blueprint for next-generation warfare.

"Not funding this department at $1.5 trillion, I believe, is the greatest threat that our nation faces." War Secretary Pete Hegseth defended President Trump's supplemental funding request as lawmakers questioned the administration about the cost of the war in Iran. Hegseth argued the Pentagon must fully fund the military to meet growing global threats, saying now is the time to invest in America's warfighters rather than scale back defense spending.

NEWS: SpaceX is reportedly in talks with the Pentagon to provide billions of dollars worth of data-center compute for its AI push. This deal could give the U.S. military access to SpaceX infrastructure, per Reuters. This has not yet been officially confirmed by Elon Musk.

🚨 SpaceX is in talks with the U.S. Department of Defense for a potential multi-billion-dollar computing deal. • The agreement would involve providing AI and data center capacity to the Pentagon. • SpaceX has already signed similar computing deals with Anthropic and Google. • The arrangement would expand SpaceX’s role in national security infrastructure. • This builds on the company’s growing data center and AI capabilities. The move reflects SpaceX’s expanding position at the intersection of commercial AI and government needs.

BREAKING: The Pentagon has released a fourth batch of UFO documents and videos, including what officials describe as the clearest footage yet—showing a large two-tiered object captured by an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2020.

🚨 JUST IN: The Pentagon confirms the US military struck OVER 80 targets in Iran via precision strikes tonight after the regime attacked multiple civilian vessels in the Strait They’ve released the attached video of the strikes “U.S. forces struck Iranian air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile capabilities, and more than 60 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats in and near the strait to degrade Iran’s ability to continue attacking international commerce flowing through the international trade corridor,” CENTCOM says

BREAKING: The Pentagon has awarded SpaceX two of its biggest satellite contracts worth ~$6.5B • $4.16B for AMTI satellite constellation • $2.29B for Space Data Network • Builds military surveillance + space-based communications • For next-gen missile defense, per SpaceNews