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Cal Biesecker
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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 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU Official Outlines Bridge Effort To Enable Commercial Tech To Scale Faster
Despite success in helping startups and new entrants into the defense industry prototype and conduct initial operational evaluations of their technology offerings, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and its partners […]
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Unmanned SystemsInterview with William “Mac” McAuley, Branch Chief of Integrated Air and Missile Defense/Counter-Unmanned Systems, USAFRICOM, on C-UAS
McAuley, who has responsibility for protecting the airspace for U.S. forces in Africa, spoke with Defense Daily’s Cal Biesecker on Sept. 9 in Washington, D.C. about the types of unmanned […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUse Of Laser Weapons Helping Reduce Illegal Drone Use On Southern Border, DoD CTO Says
The use of laser weapons is contributing to a dramatic decline in nefarious drone use along America’s southern border, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer (CTO) said on Thursday. The laser-based […]
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SpaceBAE, Space Systems Command Complete Critical Design Review For Epoch Two Constellation
The Space Force’s Space Systems Command and BAE Systems completed the critical design review for the first two orbital planes of the Epoch 2 missile warning and tracking satellites that […]