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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialUrsa Major Touts Draper Engine Award From U.S. Company
Ursa Major on Wednesday said it has received a $34.9 million order from an undisclosed U.S aerospace and defense company to supply its Draper liquid rocket engines, which is still […]
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Unmanned SystemsState Department Will Review UAS Export Requests As It Does Manned Fighters
The State Department on Monday evening said that it has updated U.S. export policy so that review of requests to sell unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for military use on international […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBlackSky Nabs Second Luno A Order From NGA For Change Detection Analytics
BlackSky Technology [BKSY] on Tuesday said it received its second task order from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for Earth monitoring services as part of the Luno A contract. The […]
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Homeland SecurityDIU Seeks Non-Lethal Solutions To Thwart Small Watercraft In Homeland Waters
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), working with the Department of Homeland Security, on Tuesday issued a solicitation seeking non-lethal solutions to disrupt or disable non-compliant vessels and small watercraft attempting […]
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Business/FinancialUkraine Drone Autonomy Firm Swarmer Raises $15 Million From U.S. Investors
A small Ukrainian-based firm developing and providing autonomy software for combat drones has received $15 million in a funding round led by U.S. investors that will help Swarmer add talent, […]
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InternationalMissile, Munition Sales To Belgium, Norway Okayed By State Department
The State Department on Monday said it has approved two separate Foreign Military Sales (FMS) deals, one that would provide Belgium with AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles and the other GBU-39B Small […]
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Business/FinancialDigital Manufacturer Divergent Technologies Raises $290 Million In Funding Round
Divergent Technologies, which provides the aerospace, defense, and automotive industries with an end-to-end digital manufacturing platform, has raised $290 million in a new funding round to scale manufacturing capacity and […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Industrial Base Program Partners With Nikon On Large Format 3D Printing System
Nikon Advanced Manufacturing Inc. on Monday said it has received funding from the Navy Maritime Industrial Base program to add its first ultra-large format laser-powder bed fusion metal additive manufacturing […]
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UncategorizedDoD Taps Three Vendors For Funds To Expand Solid Rocket Motor Capacity
The Defense Department last Friday said it awarded three companies a combined $39.6 million using Defense Production Act (DPA) funding to expand the industrial base for solid rocket motors (SRMs). […]
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Military Space Update, Wednesday, September 17, 2025
// PDF View- Tranche 1 Transport and Tracking Layer to Be Up and Running by 2027
- Varda, LeoLabs, And Anduril Demonstrate Tracking Of Orbital Maneuvers Prior To Hypersonic Reentry
- AeroVironment Nabs $240 Million Order For Space Long-Haul Laser Comms System
- General Atomics and Kepler Demonstrate Air-to-Space Optical Communications
- Redwire Opens New Facility To Support Space-Based Defense
- Greater Effort Needed to Curtail U.S. Dependence on Chinese Microelectronics