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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialBoeing Warns Of Another Loss To End 2024, Including More Defense Charges
Boeing [BA] on Thursday reported preliminary results for its fourth quarter of 2024 with an expected net loss of $5.46 per share and negative cash flow of $3.5 billion due […]
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Homeland SecurityLeidos Nabs Potential $2.6 Billion TSA Support Contract
Leidos [LDOS] on Thursday said it has won a potential $2.6 billion contract to continue sustaining checkpoint security equipment for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Leidos has been performing under […]
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Air ForceStartup With 3D-Printed UAS Gets $100 Million Air Force Award
Firestorm Labs, a startup that uses additive manufacturing to print unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has received a $100 million Air Force contract for test and development purposes using the company’s […]
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Unmanned SystemsTrump’s Emergency Order Ask DoT To Consider Waving Restrictions On Use Of Counter-Drone Technology Along Southern Border
President Trump in a directive on Monday directed the secretary of transportation and the Federal Communications Commission to “consider waiving” laws and policies that limit the ability of the Department […]
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Homeland SecurityActing Coast Guard Chief Directs Surge Of Assets To Thwart Illegal Activity Near U.S. Borders
Shortly after his boss was fired, acting Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday on Tuesday ordered that service operators surge “all available assets” to areas where illegal migrant, drug smuggling, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s Indian Head Division Making Progress On Road To Increasing Energetics Capacity
INDIAN HEAD, Md.—The Navy’s premier facility for developing and producing energetics for munitions and rocket motors is nearing completion of the initial phase of a long-term modernization effort that starts […]
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UncategorizedDipping Below Space, Redwire To Acquire Autonomous UAS Provider Edge Autonomy
New space economy company Redwire Corp. [RDW] on Monday said it has agreed to acquire Edge Autonomy in a $925 million deal that would take it into new territory, autonomous […]
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Homeland SecurityTrump Taps Long-Time Border Patrol Officer As Acting DHS Chief; Dumps Fagan, Pekoske
President Trump on Monday announced that Benjamin Huffman, who has been part of the Department of Homeland Security and a predecessor agency for 40 years, is acting secretary of homeland […]
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Military Space Update, Wednesday, January 22, 2025
// PDF View- Blue Origin’s New Glenn Debuts, Company to Re-test Booster in Coming Months
- NGA Selects 13 Companies For Luno B Program For GEOINT Data
- BlackSky Wins 1-Year Extension for EOCL Contract with the NRO
- NRO’s Troy Meink, Who Accelerated Agency Use of Fixed Price, is SECAF Pick
- Rocket Lab USA Completes Preliminary Design Review for SDA Communications Satellites
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBiden Administration Awards GlobalFoundries Up To $75 Million To Expand Chip Facility
U.S. semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries [GF] last Friday said it will establish a new center to package and test U.S. made chips through a trusted end-to-end process in support of national […]