Chimney Hollow finished construction with a water-quality problem still open
2025 archive · The Colorado reservoir reached substantial completion in December 2025, but uranium leaching from quarried rock delayed the first fill.
Archive 2025
Historical coverage of 2025: technology, defense, energy and American industry. Reporting prepared in October 2026.
Idaho’s delivery added a submarine designed to spend less of its life in overhaul
2025 archive · The Navy accepted its second Virginia-class submarine of 2025, bringing another Block IV boat into the testing pipeline.
One hundred thousand totes gave Digit a useful work record
2025 archive · Agility’s November 2025 milestone documented repeated warehouse handling at GXO, while leaving the full economics of humanoid labor undisclosed.
SBA’s accelerator prizes paid for the help around a growing business
2025 archive · The 2025 awards backed mentoring and capital-access programs, giving small firms a reason to look beyond direct grant competitions.
A 275-person team helped move Susquehanna’s warehouse onto new software
2025 archive · DLA’s November 2025 conversion advanced its distribution overhaul, with shipping defects and a backlog making stabilization an operational priority.
Storis’s first Arctic patrol put a commercial ship and a mixed crew to work
2025 archive · The Coast Guard’s third polar icebreaker completed its inaugural deployment in October 2025 while crews were still learning the converted vessel.
Bifrost turned a new Pacific route into commercial traffic
2025 archive · The cable’s October 2025 readiness milestone led to December service, adding another physical path between Southeast Asia and the United States.
SBA’s new manufacturing loan addressed the cash gap before a customer pays
2025 archive · MARC arrived in 2025 as a working-capital option, with a $5 million ceiling and a revolving period that was shorter than its headline maximum maturity.
The YFQ-42A’s first flights gave the Air Force a new set of questions to answer
2025 archive · The August 2025 milestone moved a Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype into flight testing while autonomy, operating concepts and production selection remained active work.
NISAR had to unfold before it could measure a moving Earth
2025 archive · The 2025 U.S.–India radar mission turned an orbital launch into a working instrument through deployment, checkout and calibration.
A local email server became a federal cloud-security deadline
2025 archive · CISA’s August 2025 emergency action targeted the trust connecting Exchange installations to Microsoft’s cloud, requiring configuration work as well as software updates.
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Kingman added the missing step in its steel mill: melting the metal
2025 archive · Nucor reported first heats from its Arizona melt shop in July 2025, connecting new steelmaking capacity to an existing wire-rod and rebar operation.