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Cal Biesecker
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ArmyArmy To Manufacture Own Small, Cheap Drones To Meet Expanding Needs
The Army wants to use its depots to build parts for small, cheap, attritable unmanned aircraft systems to help fill a void in national production capacity, a service official said […]
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ArmyNew Joint Counter-UAS Task Force Plans To Share Data Broadly
The Defense Department’s new organization to manage and oversee counter-drone programs will serve as a “clearinghouse” of testing and operational data for the military services and commanders, federal civilian agencies, […]
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
- Driscoll Teases Major Army Acquisition Reforms, Will ‘Change The Way’ It Buys Equipment
- Army Details Plan To Speed Up FLRAA Prototype Delivery To Early FY ‘27, Production Decision In FY ‘28
- Army Selects AEVEX’s Atlas, Anduril’s Altius 600 For Launched Effects-Short Range Fielding
- Army Exploring “Sled” Approach To Future Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense
- Lozano Says Army Plans To Award PrSM Inc. 2 Buy In Mid-2026
- Sikorsky, Boeing Each Unveil New Large Unmanned Platform Concepts
- Anduril Unveils EagleEye AI-Powered Headsets, Building Variant For Army’s SBMC Program
- Boeing, Leonardo Pursuing Army’s Flight School Next With AW119T Helicopter
- Eighth Army Able to Counter North Korean Artillery, Commander Says
- Autonomous Aircraft Company Pyka Introduces Long-Range Cargo UAS
- Sikorsky Eyes Next Multi-Year Black Hawk Deal In December 2026, Continues T901 Engine Testing
- AV Adds To Switchblade, UAS Product Lines In Pursuit Of Army LASSO, MRR Programs
- Sigma Defense Acquires Aries Defense, Adding Capabilities For The Tactical Edge
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
- Driscoll Teases Major Army Acquisition Reforms, Will ‘Change The Way’ It Buys Equipment
- Army Details Plan To Speed Up FLRAA Prototype Delivery To Early FY ‘27, Production Decision In FY ‘28
- Army Selects AEVEX’s Atlas, Anduril’s Altius 600 For Launched Effects-Short Range Fielding
- Army Exploring “Sled” Approach To Future Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense
- Lozano Says Army Plans To Award PrSM Inc. 2 Buy In Mid-2026
- Sikorsky, Boeing Each Unveil New Large Unmanned Platform Concepts
- Anduril Unveils EagleEye AI-Powered Headsets, Building Variant For Army’s SBMC Program
- Boeing, Leonardo Pursuing Army’s Flight School Next With AW119T Helicopter
- Eighth Army Able to Counter North Korean Artillery, Commander Says
- Autonomous Aircraft Company Pyka Introduces Long-Range Cargo UAS
- Sikorsky Eyes Next Multi-Year Black Hawk Deal In December 2026, Continues T901 Engine Testing
- AV Adds To Switchblade, UAS Product Lines In Pursuit Of Army LASSO, MRR Programs
- Sigma Defense Acquires Aries Defense, Adding Capabilities For The Tactical Edge
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ArmyArmy Exploring “Sled” Approach To Future Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense
The Army wants to move away from single vehicle configurations for its on-the-move short-range air defense platform to a palletized approach that can plug-and-play different sensors and effectors and be […]
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UncategorizedAV Adds To Switchblade, UAS Product Lines In Pursuit Of Army LASSO, MRR Programs
AeroVironment [AVAV] is expanding its array of loitering munitions and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by adding capabilities to two products and introducing a medium-range suicide drone and a vertical takeoff-and-landing […]
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Business/FinancialSigma Defense Acquires Aries Defense, Adding Capabilities For The Tactical Edge
Sigma Defense on Monday said it has acquired Aries Defense in a deal that strengthens its capabilities around software-defined all-domain command-and-control at the tactical edge. Terms of the deal were […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAutonomous Aircraft Company Pyka Introduces Long-Range Cargo UAS
Pyka, which has focused on developing and supplying autonomous aircraft for crop dusting, is entering the defense market with a hybrid-electric, fixed-wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) able to fly long […]
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Military Space Update, Wednesday, October 15, 2025
// PDF View- SDA Projects Contractor Personnel Increase Needed for Golden Dome, Custody Layer Support
- Viasat Plans To Demonstrate PTS-G Design By Middle of Next Year
- Muon Space Tapped By Space Force For Weather Monitoring Satellite Demos
- Blue Origin Receives Second SSC Commercial Solutions Opening Contract
- U.S. Space Force Considering Upgrades for Three Electromagnetic Warfare Systems
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Monday, October 13, 2025
- Defense Watch: AUSA Up, German SPY-6, Space Fund, Funding Rounds
- White House Reports Deal For 11 Polar Icebreakers, Selecting Bollinger and Foreign Shipyards
- Senate Passes FY ‘26 NDAA With $32.1 Billion Topline Boost, Adds AUMF Repeal, AUKUS Measure
- No More AWACS Retirements Until USAF Submits AMTI Plan, Senate Says
- Kelly Plugs Increase In F-16 Training For Ukrainian Pilots At 162nd Fighter Wing
- Senate-passed NDAA includes Wicker amendment on Pantex Plant
- Govini Raises $150 Million, Discloses Annual Sales Top $100 Million