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Cal Biesecker
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Friday, February 20, 2026
- Hegseth Hints At Potential Boeing Deal To Work Rapidly On ‘Exquisite Systems’ For Munitions
- Embraer Pledges $500 Million Investment In U.S. Production Of KC-390, If Sizeable Domestic Order Placed
- Navy Seeks New Longer Range Anti-Radiation Guided Missile
- Pentagon CTO Confirms Work With Anthropic Is ‘Under Review,’ Pushes Back On AI Use Concerns
- SDB II StormBreaker Reaches IOC On Navy Super Hornet
- Anduril Gets $44 Million In DPA Funding To Expand Rocket Motor Production
- DIU, DoD Partners Make Awards For Proactive Logistics Decision Support Tools
- Spagnoletti Named New CEO Of Ursa Major As Jablonsky Departs
- Trump Gives Ag Secretary DPA Authorities To Boost Domestic Supply Of Herbicide Material Important For Defense
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Friday, February 20, 2026
- Hegseth Hints At Potential Boeing Deal To Work Rapidly On ‘Exquisite Systems’ For Munitions
- Embraer Pledges $500 Million Investment In U.S. Production Of KC-390, If Sizeable Domestic Order Placed
- Navy Seeks New Longer Range Anti-Radiation Guided Missile
- Pentagon CTO Confirms Work With Anthropic Is ‘Under Review,’ Pushes Back On AI Use Concerns
- SDB II StormBreaker Reaches IOC On Navy Super Hornet
- Anduril Gets $44 Million In DPA Funding To Expand Rocket Motor Production
- DIU, DoD Partners Make Awards For Proactive Logistics Decision Support Tools
- Spagnoletti Named New CEO Of Ursa Major As Jablonsky Departs
- Trump Gives Ag Secretary DPA Authorities To Boost Domestic Supply Of Herbicide Material Important For Defense
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU, DoD Partners Make Awards For Proactive Logistics Decision Support Tools
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Thursday said it and several Defense Department partners have awarded contracts to Air Space Intelligence (ASI) and Watchtower Labs for commercially-developed artificial intelligence tools […]
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Business/FinancialSpagnoletti Named New CEO Of Ursa Major As Jablonsky Departs
Rocket motor and engine developer Ursa Major on Thursday appointed Chris Spagnoletti as its new CEO effective immediately, succeeding Dan Jablonsky who took over leadership of the company in August […]
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Business/FinancialTrump Gives Ag Secretary DPA Authorities To Boost Domestic Supply Of Herbicide Material Important For Defense
President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an executive order directing the Agriculture Department to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) to boost the domestic supply of a critical mineral used […]
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Business/FinancialAnduril Gets $44 Million In DPA Funding To Expand Rocket Motor Production
The Defense Department has awarded Anduril Industries $43.7 million in industrial base funding to expand production capacity for solid rocket motors (SRMs). The new Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III […]
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Thursday, February 19, 2026
- Sentinel Software Development “Slower Than Anticipated,” GAO Says
- Navy Starts LSM Process With RFP For Vessel Construction Manager
- Coast Guard Expanding Use Of V-BAT UAS To Land Operations
- Army Exploring New Effort To Rapidly Deliver Ground Robots For Breaching, Resupply
- Northrop Grumman To Conduct Gap Analyses To Inform Software Support For Next-Gen OPIR Polar
- Australia Invests $2.8 Billion In Future SSN-AUKUS Submarine Shipyard
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Thursday, February 19, 2026
- Sentinel Software Development “Slower Than Anticipated,” GAO Says
- Navy Starts LSM Process With RFP For Vessel Construction Manager
- Coast Guard Expanding Use Of V-BAT UAS To Land Operations
- Army Exploring New Effort To Rapidly Deliver Ground Robots For Breaching, Resupply
- Northrop Grumman To Conduct Gap Analyses To Inform Software Support For Next-Gen OPIR Polar
- Australia Invests $2.8 Billion In Future SSN-AUKUS Submarine Shipyard
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Unmanned SystemsCoast Guard Expanding Use Of V-BAT UAS To Land Operations
The Coast Guard in January began land-based deployments of its V-BAT unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), which are typically used aboard the service’s fleet of National Security Cutters (NSCs) for operations […]
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
- USAF Using “ATACMS Technology” To Bolster Parts Supply For MOP
- First Air Force Sentinel Flight Test From Pad Planned Next Year; Service Breaking Ground On Prototype Silo
- Leidos Negotiating Co-Investment Deals With DoD For Key Programs
- HII And Path Robotics Sign MoU To Add Physical AI Welding To Shipyards
- Army Worked With ‘In-House’ AI Tools At European Exercise To Process Thousands Of Targets Daily
- Venom Prototype Flew 71 Days After Design Start, Mach Industries and Divergent Technologies Say
- L3Harris Wins $400 Million Contract For THAAD Motors and LDACS
- SAIC Names Reagan As New CEO
- Seasats Raises $20 Million To Increase Production Of Small USVs
- DoE, Pentagon Transport Reactor, Wright Says Three Small Reactors Running By July 4