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In Brief: How Might Defense Budget Cuts Affect Investments in Emerging Technologies?

February 25, 2025
In Brief: How Might Defense Budget Cuts Affect Investments in Emerging Technologies?
In Brief: How Might Defense Budget Cuts Affect Investments in Emerging Technologies?

In Brief: How Might Defense Budget Cuts Affect Investments in Emerging Technologies?

Doug Berenson, Radha Iyengar Plumb, Stephen Tankel, and Mackenzie Eaglen
February 25, 2025

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A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it.***Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered that the Department of Defense conduct a review of its Fiscal Year 2026 budget. “The offsets are targeted at 8% of the Biden Administration’s FY26 budget, totaling around $50 billion, which will then be spent on programs aligned with President Trump’s priorities,” according to a press release. The Pentagon might look

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