Jon Gambrell

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Electronics Giant to Build 'AI Supercomputer' Factories in Texas
August 25, 2025
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Factory Makes Car Every 76 Seconds; Corvette Opens Like Jet; AI Attacks Start | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 233
August 25, 2025
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Toto Expands U.S. Toilet Production, Leans Heavily on Automation to Make Luxury Loos
August 22, 2025
Ready-made cardboard boxes are moved in stacks along an automated packaging line.
International Paper to Close 2 Georgia Mills, Cut 1,100 Jobs
August 22, 2025
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In this handout photo from the U.S. Navy, sailors load an AIM-120C missile into an F/A-18E Super Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Persian Gulf on Aug. 8, 2017.
Military
U.S. Gives Initial Approval for $3.5 Billion Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia
The approval comes before Trump's planned visit later this month.
May 5, 2025
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Military
U.S. Gives Initial Approval For Qatar to Purchase MQ-9 Armed Drones For Nearly $2 Billion
Qatar is the second-largest purchaser of U.S. military equipment.
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India's Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, center, talks in a panel as UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail al-Mazrouei, second left, Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Egypt Karim Badawi, second right, and Uganda's Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu look on during the the inaugural session of annual Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024.
Energy
The UAE Opens its Annual Oil-and-Gas Summit
The UAE as a whole still plans to increase its production capacity of oil to 5 million barrels a day.
November 5, 2024
A man walks under a billboard displaying an advertisement for Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil giant Aramco with Arabic reading 'Saudi Aramco, soon on stock exchange' in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 12, 2019.
Energy
Saudi Oil Giant Aramco Posts Third-Quarter Profits of $27.5 Billion, Down 15% From a Year Earlier
Middle Eastern tensions have slightly depressed oil prices.
November 5, 2024
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Military
Iran Unveils Armed Drone Resembling America's MQ-9 Reaper
"Mohajer" means "immigrant" in Farsi and has been a drone line manufactured by the Islamic Republic since 1985.
August 22, 2023
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Developer Proposes $5B Man-Made 'Moon' in Dubai
The MOON would sit on a pedestal-like circular building beneath it and would glow at night.
May 19, 2023
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Military
U.S. Navy Sails First Drone Through Mideast's Strait of Hormuz
The 41-foot speedboat carrying sensors and cameras drew the attention of Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
April 20, 2023
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Aerospace
Dubai Again Plans for Flying Taxi Takeoff, This Time by 2026
This time, Dubai highlighted the six-rotor electric flying taxi made by Joby Aviation of Santa Cruz, California.
February 13, 2023
An abandoned plane, Ilyushin Il-76, once tied to arms smuggler Viktor Bout, is being dismantled at the old airfield of Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 27, 2022. The hulking, Soviet-era cargo plane has sat for decades under the blazing sun in this least-populated corner of the United Arab Emirates, its four jet engines silent after years in the employ of a Russian gunrunner infamously known as the 'Merchant of Death.'
Aerospace
'Merchant of Death' Cargo Jet to Be Dismantled
The Ilyushin Il-76 is tied to arms smuggler Viktor Bout.
May 27, 2022
A Union Properties project in Dubai Motor City, Oct. 24, 2021.
News
Developer Says $42M 'Misappropriated'
The troubled company also said it massively overvalued its holdings.
March 28, 2022
Satellite photo of a scorched launch pad at Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport, Feb. 27, 2022.
Aerospace
Satellite Photos Show Another Failed Iran Space Launch
A rocket stand at the country's launch pad appears scorched and damaged.
March 2, 2022
U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper at the Unmanned System Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, Feb. 21, 2022.
Military
Navy Plans Launch of Mideast Drone Force
The new joint fleet will patrol vast swaths of the region's volatile waters.
February 21, 2022
An Emirates jetliner comes in for landing at the Dubai International Airport, Dec. 11, 2019.
Aerospace
Major Airlines Cancel, Change Flights Over 5G Dispute
Some were warned that the Boeing 777 was particularly affected by the new high-speed wireless service.
January 19, 2022
Satellite photo showing a support vehicle stands and large white gantry that typically houses a rocket at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport, Semnan province, Iran, Dec. 11, 2021.
Aerospace
Iran Appears to Be Preparing for Space Launch
Satellite images showed activity at the nation's spaceport.
December 14, 2021
A small, four-seat pod made by uSky glides above a test track in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 28, 2021.
Manufacturing
Skypod Project Linked to Controversial Investment Firm
Multiple nations have warned investors that they "may be involved in a scam."
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