Trump Awards $7 Billion Submarine Deal to Ally-Owned Autonomous Weapons Firm

🛥️ PENTAGON — A $7B sub contract to an autonomous-weapons firm that's never built one. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Routing traditional hull manufacturing through an unproven autonomous-weapons company bypasses established shipyards — and accelerates a capability gap Iran can't match. The political donor link raises procurement integrity questions Congress will probe. With three CSGs in the Gulf and a post-midterm strike window open, speed matters more than process right now.