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Cal Biesecker
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin’s Lemmo Touts Quick Pace From Contract To Successful Guam Missile Defense Test
The pace at which Lockheed Martin [LMT] and an industry-government team went from contract award to a successful flight-test last December of a missile defense system based on Guam in […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyRocket Lab To Supply HASTE Suborbital Launch Vehicle As Part Of New Hypersonic Test Effort
Rocket Lab [RKLB], one of the subcontractors to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] under a new $1.5 billion contract to continue to provide the Defense Department with affordable hypersonic […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAnduril Nabs $14 Million DoD Contract To Bolster Rocket Motor Industrial Base
The Defense Department on Tuesday said it has awarded Anduril Industries a $14.3 million contract to expand the solid rocket motor (SRM) industrial base, funding that the company says signifies […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyKratos Says MACH-TB 2.0 Award Worth $1.5 Billion, Largest In Company’s History
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] on Monday said its recent win of the contract for Defense Department’s Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) 2.0 first task area is […]
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Business/FinancialBWX Technologies Completes Acquisition Of L3Harris’ Specialty Materials Unit
BWX Technologies [BWXT] last week completed its $100 million acquisition of a specialty materials business of L3Harris Technologies [LHX] that is the sole provider of depleted uranium to the U.S. […]
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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 Technology
Kratos 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, […]