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Cal Biesecker
Articles By Cal
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Thursday, August 14, 2025
- HELIOS Testing At Full Power For Months But Navy Leaning Towards Containerized Lasers, Lockheed Martin Executive Says
- Army Looks To Begin Replacing Gray Eagles With New STOL/VTOL UAS In FY ‘28
- DARPA Christens Prototype USV, Finishing Testing Ahead of Demo
- Raytheon Nabs $259 Million Contract For SM-2 Block IIICU All Up Rounds
- Bruno: First Military Launch of Vulcan Marks “New Era in National Space Security”
- Ursa Major Static Fires New Extended Range Rocket Motor For APKWS
- Energy Department Offering $1 Billion To Bolster U.S. Critical Minerals And Materials
- State Department Approves $346 Million Munitions Request by Nigeria
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Thursday, August 14, 2025
- HELIOS Testing At Full Power For Months But Navy Leaning Towards Containerized Lasers, Lockheed Martin Executive Says
- Army Looks To Begin Replacing Gray Eagles With New STOL/VTOL UAS In FY ‘28
- DARPA Christens Prototype USV, Finishing Testing Ahead of Demo
- Raytheon Nabs $259 Million Contract For SM-2 Block IIICU All Up Rounds
- Bruno: First Military Launch of Vulcan Marks “New Era in National Space Security”
- Ursa Major Static Fires New Extended Range Rocket Motor For APKWS
- Energy Department Offering $1 Billion To Bolster U.S. Critical Minerals And Materials
- State Department Approves $346 Million Munitions Request by Nigeria
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyEnergy Department Offering $1 Billion To Bolster U.S. Critical Minerals And Materials
As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the U.S. supply chain, the Department of Energy on Wednesday announced it plans to issue nearly $1 billion in funding opportunities in certain […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUrsa Major Static Fires New Extended Range Rocket Motor For APKWS
Ursa Major has completed static fires of a new solid rocket motor to extend the range of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), moving the effort toward a flight-test […]
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
- Army Looks To Grow Air and Missile Defense Forces By 30 Percent In Eight Years
- After FTUAS Cut, Army Looks To Field Brigade UAS In FY ‘26 To Replace Shadow Drones
- Leonardo DRS Demonstrates Counter-Drone Package On Unmanned Surface Vessel
- USAF Looking Into AI Parts Management Tools for U-2 Aircraft
- Rocket Lab Adds Payload Capability With Acquisition Of Geost
- BlackSky Heralds New Two-Year Early Access Agreement with International Buyer for 35 Centimeter Imagery
- V2X To Acquire QinetiQ’s Federal IT Services Business
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
- Army Looks To Grow Air and Missile Defense Forces By 30 Percent In Eight Years
- After FTUAS Cut, Army Looks To Field Brigade UAS In FY ‘26 To Replace Shadow Drones
- Leonardo DRS Demonstrates Counter-Drone Package On Unmanned Surface Vessel
- USAF Looking Into AI Parts Management Tools for U-2 Aircraft
- Rocket Lab Adds Payload Capability With Acquisition Of Geost
- BlackSky Heralds New Two-Year Early Access Agreement with International Buyer for 35 Centimeter Imagery
- V2X To Acquire QinetiQ’s Federal IT Services Business
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Unmanned SystemsLeonardo DRS Demonstrates Counter-Drone Package On Unmanned Surface Vessel
Building on its successful ground-based mobile counter-drone capabilities with the Army, Leonardo DRS [DRS] recently successfully demonstrated these technologies aboard a small unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the open water […]
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Business/FinancialV2X To Acquire QinetiQ’s Federal IT Services Business
V2X on Monday said has agreed to acquire the U.S. federal information technology services business of Britain’s QinetiQ Group plc in a deal that expands its work with the intelligence […]
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Business/FinancialRocket Lab Adds Payload Capability With Acquisition Of Geost
Rocket Lab [RKLB] on Tuesday said it has completed its $275 million acquisition of Geost, a developer and supplier of optical sensors for spacecraft, in a deal that builds out […]
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
- Northrop Grumman Wins Navy’s Competition For 21-Inch Solid Rocket Motor
- ULA Foresees Significant Ramp Up of Vulcan Launches in Next Two Years
- Air Force Preparing Supplemental EIS for Sentinel, Scraps Three of Four Town Halls This Month
- Army’s Incoming 2040 Air And Missile Defense Strategy Due Within Months
- Navy Begins Looking Into Vessel Construction Manager For First LSM Amphib
- Mack Defense Nabs $221.8 Million Army Deal For More M917A3 Heavy Dump Trucks
- U.S. OKs Potential $160 Million Deal With Canada For 60 AM General-Built JLTVs
- Umbra Offering Satellite Component Hardware To Space Market
- Senators ‘Still Talking’ Topline Near $60 billion For DOE Funding Bill