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Cal Biesecker
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Military Space Update, January 8, 2025
// PDF View- Rogers Says He Favors Budget Boost for U.S. Space Force, Opposes ‘Endless’ Cost Plus Contracts
- NRO Successfully Launches Last Proliferated Architecture Mission Of 2024
- SpaceX Proposing 25 Starship/Super Heavy Launches Annually
- Blue Origin Receives FAA License for New Glenn
- Boeing Taps Former Terran, Virgin Orbit Executive To Lead Millennium Space Systems
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InternationalState Department Okays $3.6 Billion AMRAAM Sale To Japan, $79 Million Saudi Torpedo Deal
The State Department last Thursday said it has approved a possible $3.6 million foreign military sale (FMS) of Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) and related equipment to Japan. The potential […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyKratos Nabs Potential $1 Billion Award To Support Hypersonic Test Bed Effort
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] has received a potential $1 billion contract under the first task area of a new phase in a Defense Department hypersonic test bed program, […]
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PentagonDoD’s Office Of Strategic Capital Issues New Investment Strategy With Focus On Credit To Key Tech Areas
The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) on Thursday issued its investment strategy for fiscal year 2025, taking advantage of new authorities allowing it to provide loans and loan […]
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PentagonTrump Taps Silicon Valley Veteran To Lead DoD’s R&E Office
President-elect Donald Trump before Christmas said he would nominate an investor, executive, and adviser to different startup companies, including the disruptive ridesharing company Uber Technologies [UBER] and space company SpaceX, […]
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Homeland SecurityDHS Approves Start Of Construction For First Polar Security Cutter
The Department of Homeland Security last Thursday approved the Coast Guard’s request to start production of the first domestically-built heavy icebreaker in nearly 50 years, a key milestone on the […]
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InternationalState Department Approves $5.9 Billion In Potential FMS Deals
The Department of State last Friday evening approved more than $5.9 Billion in potential foreign military sales (FMS) to four countries, including a $4.7 billion deal to refurbish and upgrade […]
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Friday, December 20, 2024
- Defense Watch: Funding Watch, Multi-year Mitch, DoD Transition, Navy Punts on LSM
- Musk “Needs to Learn A Little Bit More” About Operator Needs, Kendall Says
- Bid Protest Looms in Navy $3.5 Billion TACAMO Award to Northrop Grumman
- Coast Guard Has Yet To Finalize Costs For Commercial Icebreaker, GAO Says
- Australia Gets Its Last Nine F-35As
- AFRL/F-35 Program Investing in New Digital Engineering Hardware
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Has Yet To Finalize Costs For Commercial Icebreaker, GAO Says
Even though the U.S. Coast Guard is ready to put its first commercially bought polar icebreaker into the water, the service has not detailed the full costs of the program […]
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Business/FinancialICEYE Adds $65 Million To Existing Funding Round
Earth observation company ICEYE on Wednesday said it has closed a $65 million extension to an earlier growth funding round, bringing the total amount raised in 2024 to $158 million. […]