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Cal Biesecker
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Unmanned SystemsMach Industries Adds Counter Drone System To Product Portfolio
Venture capital-backed Mach Industries on Thursday said it is developing and testing a low-cost system to detect and defeat small and medium-sized drones—including swarms—to protect forward operating bases and infrastructure. […]
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Thursday, January 8, 2026
- Trump Wants $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget In ‘27, Limits On Contractors’ Stock Buybacks, Exec Pay
- Army Will Soon Ask For Future Self-Propelled Howitzer Proposals, Eyes As M777 Replacement
- Northrop Grumman Says It’s Received Navy Contract for SSRM After Beating Anduril
- Senate Confirms Hegseth’s Top Military Aide LaNeve As Next Army Vice Chief
- Pentagon Inspector General Highlights Continuing F-35 Readiness Concerns
- Vatn Systems Acquires Company With Subsea Acoustic Sensing And Signal Processing Expertise
- Autonomy Software Firm Gambit Exits Stealth With DoD Contracts
- Appropriations Minibus That Includes NNSA Hits House Floor
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Thursday, January 8, 2026
- Trump Wants $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget In ‘27, Limits On Contractors’ Stock Buybacks, Exec Pay
- Northrop Grumman Says It’s Received Navy Contract for SSRM After Beating Anduril
- Army Will Soon Ask For Future Self-Propelled Howitzer Proposals, Eyes As M777 Replacement
- Senate Confirms Hegseth’s Top Military Aide LaNeve As Next Army Vice Chief
- Pentagon Inspector General Highlights Continuing F-35 Readiness Concerns
- Vatn Systems Acquires Company With Subsea Acoustic Sensing And Signal Processing Expertise
- Autonomy Software Firm Gambit Exits Stealth With DoD Contracts
- Appropriations Minibus That Includes NNSA Hits House Floor
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAutonomy Software Firm Gambit Exits Stealth With DoD Contracts
A startup developing software that enables autonomous teaming and instant adaptation by multiple unmanned systems emerged from stealth on Wednesday, announcing it is working on two Defense Department contracts worth […]
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Business/FinancialVatn Systems Acquires Company With Subsea Acoustic Sensing And Signal Processing Expertise
Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developer Vatn Systems on Wednesday said it has acquired Crewless Marine in a deal that brings in-house an important supplier of underwater acoustic sensing and signal […]
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026
- Trump Says Defense Firms Must Build Weapons Faster, Arms Sales Take ‘Too Long’
- DoD and Lockheed Martin Sign Framework Agreement To More Than Triple PAC-3 MSE Production
- New PAC-3 Agreement Possible With Guaranteed Cash Flows And Inflation Markers, Officials Say
- Conventional Wisdom On S-300 Effectiveness Called Into Question
- Autonomous Vessel Technology Developer Magnet Defense Acquires Metal Shark
- Space Radar, Satellite Startup Array Labs Raises $20 Million
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026
- Trump Says Defense Firms Must Build Weapons Faster, Arms Sales Take ‘Too Long’
- DoD and Lockheed Martin Sign Framework Agreement To More Than Triple PAC-3 MSE Production
- New PAC-3 Agreement Possible With Guaranteed Cash Flows And Inflation Markers, Officials Say
- Conventional Wisdom On S-300 Effectiveness Called Into Question
- Autonomous Vessel Technology Developer Magnet Defense Acquires Metal Shark
- Space Radar, Satellite Startup Array Labs Raises $20 Million
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Business/FinancialSpace Radar, Satellite Startup Array Labs Raises $20 Million
Array Labs on Monday said it raised $20 million in a Series A round to scale engineering and manufacturing of its space radar sensors and prepare the company to launch […]
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Navy/USMCAutonomous Vessel Technology Developer Magnet Defense Acquires Metal Shark
Magnet Defense LLC, which is developing unmanned surface vessels (USVs), has acquired Metal Shark, a builder of patrol boats and other marine craft in a deal that gives it shipyards […]
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Tuesday, January 6, 2026
- Bell Advances To Next Phase Of Army’s Flight School Next Evaluation
- AE Industrial Partners To Acquire 60 Percent Stake In L3Harris’s Rocketdyne Business
- GD and HII To Work On Trump’s New BBG(X) Battleship Design For Six Years, Analysts See $10-15 Billion Cost
- L3Harris Trims Operating Segments In Realignment
- SDA Surveying Industry On Ability To Provide Ground Entry Points For Tranche 3
- Lockheed Conducts Successful Alternative Warhead-Variant Extended Range GMLRS Test
- Advanced Materials Developer Cambium Raises $100 Million; Includes Investment By Lockheed
- Bozeman’s Lattice Materials To Gear Up Germanium Production
- DoD Makes Additional Investments In Solid Rocket Motor Industrial Base
- Still Early Days But DoD Taking Positive Steps To Improve Acquisition, Lynn Says Ahead Of Exit
- State Department Approves Sales Of Three P-8A Poseidon Aircraft To Denmark, Training And Logistics Support To Poland
- Coast Guard Awards $3.3 Billion In Polar Icebreaker Contracts To Bollinger And Rauma
- Boeing Awarded $8.6 Billion Deal To Build Israel’s New F-15IA Fighter Jets
- Tory Bruno Hops From ULA, Skips To Blue Origin