{
  "id": 15463,
  "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/the-devil-was-in-the-waivers-how-new-minerals-procurement-rules-will-change-the-game",
  "title": "The devil was in the waivers: How new minerals procurement rules will change the game",
  "summary": "Establishing durable domestic mineral supply chains will likely require closer coordination between US defense primes as well as small businesses and new entrants, says Abigail Hunter.",
  "authors": "Abigail Hunter",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-31T14:27:51.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-01T05:10:57.676Z",
  "source_slug": "x-breaking-defense-ai",
  "source_name": "Breaking Defense (AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://breakingdefense.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15463",
  "original_url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/the-devil-was-in-the-waivers-how-new-minerals-procurement-rules-will-change-the-game",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}