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Cal Biesecker
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHadrian Raises $1.4 Billion To Cache Firepower Amid Surging DoD Demand For Weapons Manufacturing
A year after raising $260 million to build out a new production and other facilities, advanced manufacturing company Hadrian on Thursday said it has garnered $1.4 billion in new investments […]
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Thursday, August 6, 2026
- First Battleship Could Cost Over $23 Billion And Start Later Than Planned, CBO Says
- Army Details New Next-Gen C-sUAS Missile Effort, Aims For Unit Cost Below $150,000
- Space Force Awards Additional SB-AMTI Contracts, Including One To Rocket Lab
- PDW Eyes Supplying Parts To Support U.S. Production Of One Million Drones Annually
- Capella, ICEYE US, And Umbra Receive NRO Commercial SAR Contracts
- Army Seeks Industry’s Group 3 Offerings To Add Onto UAS Marketplace
- Correll Confident In ‘Graceful Transition’ From Minuteman III To Sentinel
- Counter-Drone Laser Developer Aurelius Raises $40 Million To Expand
- Firestorm Labs Details Participation In RIMPAC Manufacturing Assessment
- STRATCOM: Modernization Effort ‘Once-In-Every-Other-Generation’
- Colby: Arms Control Must Evolve Beyond Treaties, But Talks With China Still ‘Realistic’
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Thursday, August 6, 2026
- First Battleship Could Cost Over $23 Billion And Start Later Than Planned, CBO Says
- Army Details New Next-Gen C-sUAS Missile Effort, Aims For Unit Cost Below $150,000
- Space Force Awards Additional SB-AMTI Contracts, Including One To Rocket Lab
- PDW Eyes Supplying Parts To Support U.S. Production Of One Million Drones Annually
- Capella, ICEYE US, And Umbra Receive NRO Commercial SAR Contracts
- Army Seeks Industry’s Group 3 Offerings To Add Onto UAS Marketplace
- Correll Confident In ‘Graceful Transition’ From Minuteman III To Sentinel
- Counter-Drone Laser Developer Aurelius Raises $40 Million To Expand
- Firestorm Labs Details Participation In RIMPAC Manufacturing Assessment
- STRATCOM: Modernization Effort ‘Once-In-Every-Other-Generation’
- Colby: Arms Control Must Evolve Beyond Treaties, But Talks With China Still ‘Realistic’
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Unmanned SystemsPDW Eyes Supplying Parts To Support U.S. Production Of One Million Drones Annually
Performance Drone Works (PDW), which last week received a conditional loan commitment from the Defense Department to supercharge its capacity and capabilities for making key drone components, expects to support […]
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Unmanned SystemsCounter-Drone Laser Developer Aurelius Raises $40 Million To Expand
Aurelius Systems on Wednesday said it has raised $40 million in a Series A round that will help with development of its counter-drone laser system, expand its operations and production, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFirestorm Labs Details Participation In RIMPAC Manufacturing Assessment
Expeditionary manufacturing system provider Firestorm Labs used its containerized production cell to 3D print more than 1,000 parts during the biennial RIMPAC 2026 maritime exercise that concluded last week, the […]
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- Marines Plan Sole-Source Deal To Anduril For ACV C-sUAS Tech, Eye Initial Fielding In Early FY ‘27
- X-62A VISTA Used AI For Practice Air-To-Air Intercepts; Program To Integrate RTX Phantom Strike Radar
- AE Industrial Partners Completes Acquisition Of Rocketdyne From L3Harris
- JIATF-401 Beefs Up Counter-Drone e-Commerce Site With Contract To Kaizen
- USAF Looks For Answers To Remedy Supply Bottlenecks For F-15EX and F-16 Engines
- Lockheed Martin Reports Successful Burst Test Of NGI’s Second-Stage Motor
- Acquisition, Joint Venture Costs Send Net Income Down At Leidos In Second Quarter
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- Marines Plan Sole-Source Deal To Anduril For ACV C-sUAS Tech, Eye Initial Fielding In Early FY ‘27
- X-62A VISTA Used AI For Practice Air-To-Air Intercepts; Program To Integrate RTX Phantom Strike Radar
- AE Industrial Partners Completes Acquisition Of Rocketdyne From L3Harris
- JIATF-401 Beefs Up Counter-Drone e-Commerce Site With Contract To Kaizen
- USAF Looks For Answers To Remedy Supply Bottlenecks For F-15EX and F-16 Engines
- Lockheed Martin Reports Successful Burst Test Of NGI’s Second-Stage Motor
- Acquisition, Joint Venture Costs Send Net Income Down At Leidos In Second Quarter
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Reports Successful Burst Test Of NGI’s Second-Stage Motor
The second stage solid rocket motor being developed for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) successfully completed a burst test, validating the strength of the motor and achieving an important milestone […]
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Business/FinancialAcquisition, Joint Venture Costs Send Net Income Down At Leidos In Second Quarter
Leidos [LDOS] on Tuesday posted lower earnings in the second quarter stemming from costs related to the acquisition earlier this year of an energy infrastructure company and the pending standup […]