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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialTrump Gives Ag Secretary DPA Authorities To Boost Domestic Supply Of Herbicide Material Important For Defense
President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an executive order directing the Agriculture Department to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) to boost the domestic supply of a critical mineral used […]
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Business/FinancialAnduril Gets $44 Million In DPA Funding To Expand Rocket Motor Production
The Defense Department has awarded Anduril Industries $43.7 million in industrial base funding to expand production capacity for solid rocket motors (SRMs). The new Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III […]
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Thursday, February 19, 2026
- Sentinel Software Development “Slower Than Anticipated,” GAO Says
- Navy Starts LSM Process With RFP For Vessel Construction Manager
- Coast Guard Expanding Use Of V-BAT UAS To Land Operations
- Army Exploring New Effort To Rapidly Deliver Ground Robots For Breaching, Resupply
- Northrop Grumman To Conduct Gap Analyses To Inform Software Support For Next-Gen OPIR Polar
- Australia Invests $2.8 Billion In Future SSN-AUKUS Submarine Shipyard
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Thursday, February 19, 2026
- Sentinel Software Development “Slower Than Anticipated,” GAO Says
- Navy Starts LSM Process With RFP For Vessel Construction Manager
- Coast Guard Expanding Use Of V-BAT UAS To Land Operations
- Army Exploring New Effort To Rapidly Deliver Ground Robots For Breaching, Resupply
- Northrop Grumman To Conduct Gap Analyses To Inform Software Support For Next-Gen OPIR Polar
- Australia Invests $2.8 Billion In Future SSN-AUKUS Submarine Shipyard
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Unmanned SystemsCoast Guard Expanding Use Of V-BAT UAS To Land Operations
The Coast Guard in January began land-based deployments of its V-BAT unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), which are typically used aboard the service’s fleet of National Security Cutters (NSCs) for operations […]
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
- USAF Using “ATACMS Technology” To Bolster Parts Supply For MOP
- First Air Force Sentinel Flight Test From Pad Planned Next Year; Service Breaking Ground On Prototype Silo
- Leidos Negotiating Co-Investment Deals With DoD For Key Programs
- HII And Path Robotics Sign MoU To Add Physical AI Welding To Shipyards
- Army Worked With ‘In-House’ AI Tools At European Exercise To Process Thousands Of Targets Daily
- Venom Prototype Flew 71 Days After Design Start, Mach Industries and Divergent Technologies Say
- L3Harris Wins $400 Million Contract For THAAD Motors and LDACS
- SAIC Names Reagan As New CEO
- Seasats Raises $20 Million To Increase Production Of Small USVs
- DoE, Pentagon Transport Reactor, Wright Says Three Small Reactors Running By July 4
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
- USAF Using “ATACMS Technology” To Bolster Parts Supply For MOP
- First Air Force Sentinel Flight Test From Pad Planned Next Year; Service Breaking Ground On Prototype Silo
- Leidos Negotiating Co-Investment Deals With DoD For Key Programs
- HII And Path Robotics Sign MoU To Add Physical AI Welding To Shipyards
- Army Worked With ‘In-House’ AI Tools At European Exercise To Process Thousands Of Targets Daily
- Venom Prototype Flew 71 Days After Design Start, Mach Industries and Divergent Technologies Say
- L3Harris Wins $400 Million Contract For THAAD Motors and LDACS
- SAIC Names Reagan As New CEO
- Seasats Raises $20 Million To Increase Production Of Small USVs
- DoE, Pentagon Transport Reactor, Wright Says Three Small Reactors Running By July 4
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Unmanned SystemsSeasats Raises $20 Million To Increase Production Of Small USVs
Seasats on Tuesday said it has closed a $20 million Series A round that will be used to expand production of its small unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to meet increasing […]
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Business/FinancialSAIC Names Reagan As New CEO
Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] on Tuesday named James Reagan as its new CEO effective immediately. Reagan, 67, had been serving as the company’s interim CEO since last October after […]
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Business/FinancialLeidos Negotiating Co-Investment Deals With DoD For Key Programs
The Defense Department and Leidos [LDOS] are negotiating framework agreements for co-investments in key acquisition programs for the company, Leidos CEO Tom Bell said on Tuesday. The forthcoming co-investment opportunities […]