What Happened
Economic Defense Unit Targets National Security Through Dealmaking
The Pentagon’s Economic Defense Unit, nicknamed ‘Deal Team Six’, is taking a proactive approach to national security through dealmaking. According to the unit’s director, George Kollitides, economic warfare has been a part of successful nations for thousands of years. The unit was allocated hundreds of millions of dollars in the fiscal 2027 budget and plans to use the funds to motivate defense contractor output and study what the US lacks. This development was reported by Axios.