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Cal Biesecker
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Unmanned SystemsPerennial Autonomy, Neros Take Top Spots In Drone Dominance Gauntlet II Competitions
The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) on Tuesday announced the winners of the second round of a competition that featured low-cost unmanned aircraft systems employed in two mission areas—Long Range […]
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Unmanned SystemsDoD Counter-Drone Task Force Director Sees $30 Billion Annual Market By 2030
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The domestic market for counter-drone capabilities will reach $30 billion annually by 2030 and right now demand is outstripping supply, Army Brig. Gen. Matthew Ross, director of Joint […]
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SpaceSecond Tranche 1 Data Layer Satellite Launch Weeks Away; Full Tranche 1 Constellation Up In 2027
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The Space Development Agency (SDA) expects the second launch of Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites to occur in early October and the current goal is to have the […]
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SpaceAt Outset Of Epic Fury, Space Force Used Electronic Weapon System To Target Adversary
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Hours into the start of Operation Epic Fury against Iran earlier this year, Space Force personnel in the Middle East supporting U.S. Central Command used an electromagnetic weapon […]
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Air ForceSwarm Aero Tosses Hat In The Ring For Massed Modular Aircraft
Swarm Aero on Monday unveiled Gamera, the company’s offering for the Air Force’s future Massed Modular Aircraft (MMA) to replace the current MQ-9A Reaper surveillance and strike drones. Gamera will […]
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Air ForceF-35s Operating In Middle East Maintaining High Mission Capable Rates, ACC Official Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—F-35s participating in combat operations in the Middle East for the past year have been well resourced in terms of spare parts and supporting logistics and the payoff […]
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Business/FinancialDoD Makes $450 Million Equity Investment In Domestic Tungsten Supplier The Elmet Group
The Defense Department on Monday said it has taken a $450 million equity stake in The Elmet Group [ELMT] that the Maine-based company will use to support a more vertically […]
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InternationalInterview with Air Force Lt. Col. Jared “CLiF” Bindl, Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Africa Command to Discuss AMTEC
Bindl and Defense Daily’s Cal Biesecker discussed the recently established Africa Multidomain Training and Experimentation Center (AMTEC) in Morocco. The discussion mainly focused on the Multidomain Training Area (MDTA) component […]
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Military Space Update, Wednesday, September 16, 2026
// PDF View- Pentagon Wants AI System to Understand and Predict Space Threats
- BAE, Space Systems Command Complete Critical Design Review For Epoch Two Constellation
- Two Task Order Awards Notched By Lockheed Martin for GPS Ground Segment
- U.S. Space Force SSC To Solicit For New Launch Companies Next Month
- TrustPoint CEO Previews Independent PNT Satellite Constellation With EnduroSat Deal
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SpaceSpace Force Finalizes Texas Site For Deep Space Radar
The Space Force last week said it approved the project planning for its third Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) site, which will be located in Lake Kickapoo, Texas. DARC […]