Aubrey Williams reached financial independence in Santa Barbara, California, one of the most expensive real estate markets in America, without packing up and moving to Tennessee. On the Catching Up to FI podcast, he described the move that did most of the work: "The folks who had made it were so far out of anyone... I cut my housing costs 54 percent by downsizing in an expensive city. Here's how I reached financial independence without leaving California

Department of War and state officials celebrate groundbreaking in Alabama today TROY, Ala., May 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Lockheed Martin broke ground on a new Munitions Production Center in Troy, Alabama, marking its latest investment to expand munitions production for the United States and its allies.

Lockheed Martin broke ground on Thursday on an 87,000-square-foot Munitions Production Center at its Troy, Alabama campus, as part of a ​U.S. push to expand missile output and strengthen the defense ‌industrial base.

BETHESDA, Md., May 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Chairman, President and CEO Jim Taiclet and Chief Financial Officer Evan Scott will participate in a fireside chat at Bernstein's 2026 42nd Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on Wednesday, May 27, from 9:00 to 9:50 a.m.

Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet joins ‘Mornings with Maria' to discuss the future of AI-driven warfare and the company's new 87,000-square-foot Alabama munitions plant. 00:00 AI's role in modern national security 00:41 Lockheed Martin's partnership with Nvidia 02:18 Using AI to identify and destroy drone swarms 04:22 Scaling up production for THAAD and Patriot missiles 06:26 Solving defense supply chain and mineral bottlenecks 08:39 Building the 'Golden Dome' missile defense system 09:47 Upgrading the F-35 for 6th-gen capabilities

SpaceX's S-1 just handed legacy defense investors a number they cannot ignore.

Gene Munster of Deepwater Asset Management and Elon Musk biographer Walter Isaacson have floated the idea that Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) and SpaceX could combine within the next decade.

The Department of Defense is aggressively reallocating capital away from legacy manned platforms in favor of autonomous artificial intelligence-driven tactical networks and high-altitude hypersonic tracking systems. Multi-hundred-million-dollar contract awards for next-generation uncrewed assets, combined with immediate software and hardware integration between legacy defense contractors and disruptive venture-backed defense technology firms, signal the onset of a structural procurement supercycle.

U.S. Military Drone Production Relies Heavily on Chinese Rare Earth Magnets PR Newswire NEW YORK, May 19, 2026

The Global X Defense Tech ETF (NASDAQ:SHLD | SHLD Price Prediction) has done something unusual for a defense fund in a year when NATO is rewriting its spending playbook.