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The most-carried Space & defense stories

Since February 2026, 46 events on the Space and defense desk have been run by five or more sites in three or more distinct reports (or are already read from search), so each has its own coverage page. The rest of the desk's events live in its day and week rundowns.

1. Mar 9 Anthropic sues Trump administration over Pentagon supply chain risk label 115
2. Mar 21 Reports: Iran targets Diego Garcia with missiles 24
3. Feb 27 Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic technology 17
4. Jun 12 SpaceX shares trade around $170 after IPO priced at $135, expert says 14
5. Aug 7 Senate passes Russia sanctions bill backed by late Sen. Lindsey Graham 12
6. Mar 23 Iran threatens Gulf power plants as Israel launches attacks 12
7. Mar 20 Trump Weighs De-escalation with Iran Amid Strategic Troop Surge 11
8. Mar 3 Trump Threatens Total Trade Embargo on Spain Over Iran Base Refusal 11
9. Jul 18 US strikes Iran bridges; Iran hits Kuwait plant as Hormuz shipping attacked 10
10. Mar 8 Global oil prices rise amid Iran war 10
11. Aug 19 Rescue mission called off for NASA's Swift space telescope 9
12. Jun 23 Senate approves war powers resolution on Iran in first such vote 9
13. Sep 12 Report: US links Chinese satellite imagery to Iran strike that killed 3 soldiers 8
14. Aug 5 FAA investigating air safety incident involving Marine One 8
15. Feb 21 Norad intercepts Russian jets near Alaska 8
16. Oct 1 SpaceX Crew 13 docks with ISS in 8 hours 7
17. Jul 28 Senate confirms Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence 7
18. Mar 18 DNI Tulsi Gabbard Warns of Pakistan ICBM Potential in Global Threat Briefing 7
19. Mar 11 Musk unveils joint Tesla-xAI project Macrohard 7
20. Mar 9 Carney heading to Norway to watch NATO exercises, meet with PM 7
21. Jun 13 Modi arrives in Nice, kicking off France visit 6
22. Mar 17 Joe Kent Resigns: Counterterrorism Chief Exits Over Trump’s Iran Conflict 6
23. Sep 8 Trump Threatens Bombardier Ban as $20B Canada Tariffs Hit U.S. Aerospace 5
24. Aug 20 Trump says Iran could face 'very Draconian sanctions' 5
25. Jun 19 White House postpones Vance trip to Switzerland for Iran talks 5
26. Jul 19 Doctors question evidence behind Pentagon testosterone screening plan 5
27. Jun 17 G7 leaders sign declaration backing US-Iran deal and Ukraine 5
28. Jun 11 Bezos says Prometheus aims to build an 'artificial general engineer' 5
29. Mar 21 Israel threatens surge in attacks as Iran fires missiles farther 5
30. Mar 20 Memo says Pentagon to adopt Palantir AI as core US military system 5
31. Mar 13 Nasa targets April launch for first crewed moon mission since Apollo 5
32. Mar 12 Nasa clears Artemis moon rocket for April launch 5
33. Mar 7 Russian missile strike on Kharkiv 5
34. Mar 23 IEA head says global economy faces 'major, major threat' from Iran war 3
35. Mar 23 Saab signs deal with Cohere on Global Eye jets 3
36. Feb 17 Carney rolls out plans to build up domestic defence sector, add 125,000 jobs 3
37. Mar 21 Reports describe US layered network for detecting missile launches 2
38. Mar 18 Musk describes SpaceX-xAI merger as creating most valuable private company 2
39. Mar 17 Nvidia Unveils Vera Rubin Space One to Power Orbital AI Data Centers 2
40. Mar 14 Iran war enters third week as Tehran threatens busy port 2
41. Mar 13 Startup deals roundup includes franchised defense manufacturing 2
42. Mar 12 Smart military helmets acquired by US Army, reports say 2
43. Mar 24 CellCore Technologies emerges from stealth at DEFSEC West 1
44. Mar 24 New satellite to boost early warning capability for extreme weather events 1
45. Mar 9 AeroVironment (AVAV) Q4 earnings report preview 1
46. Mar 3 On Holding reports full-year net sales of CHF 3.0 billion 1

The right-hand number is outlets. Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports.