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Cal Biesecker
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026
- HASC’s $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 Draft NDAA Doesn’t Shift Items Over From Reconciliation Request
- Air Force Could Transfer Appropriated Funding From Other Programs To ICBMs In 2027 And Beyond Under HASC Proposal
- HASC Bill Funds Second Destroyer, Adds Several Multi-Ship Procurements, Puts Limits On Battleship
- HASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Adds More Black Hawks, Chinooks For Army, No Plus-Up For Apaches
- DoD’s Equity Stake In L3Harris Rocket Motor Business Comes At Expense Of Other Suppliers, HASC Warns
- USAF Establishes EPAWSS “Speedline” At Warner Robins To Accelerate System Fielding
- Drone Dominance Program Selects 49 Companies To Compete In Phase 2 Qualifier
- DARPA Awards Voyager And Raytheon Contracts For Rocket Motor Technologies
- Hermeus’ Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 Aircraft Goes Supersonic In First For Unmanned Flight
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BudgetDoD’s Equity Stake In L3Harris Rocket Motor Business Comes At Expense Of Other Suppliers, HASC Warns
A draft defense bill released by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Tuesday says the committee is “concerned” with the Defense Department’s $1 billion equity investment this year in […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHermeus’ Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 Aircraft Goes Supersonic In First For Unmanned Flight
Less than three months after the first flight of the Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 unmanned aircraft, Hermeus on Tuesday said the jet-powered aircraft achieved supersonic speeds in its second flight, a […]
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UncategorizedDrone Dominance Program Selects 49 Companies To Compete In Phase 2 Qualifier
The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) on Tuesday said it has selected 49 vendors who will supply 79 “unique drones” compete in a second phase qualifier for a chance to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Awards Voyager And Raytheon Contracts For Rocket Motor Technologies
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Voyager Technologies [VOYG] and RTX’s [RTX] Raytheon business contracts to further develop and test new technologies to tailor the thrust profiles […]
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Military Space Update, Wednesday, May 27, 2026
// PDF View- Space Force Awards Viasat And Intelsat General $438 Million For Continued Work On PTS-G
- Rocket Lab To Design, Build And Operate Two GEO Satellites For Space Domain Awareness Under $90 Million Contract
- Space Force Awards Northrop Grumman $398 Million For Enhanced PTS-P
- SSC And SpaceWERX To Launch Orbital Logistics Challenge
- Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle May Launch This Summer
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026
- Defense Watch: Sub Deal Soon, Mach Buy, THAAD Investment, CUAS Marketplace
- Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27
- Space Force Awards Viasat And Intelsat General $438 Million For Continued Work On PTS-G
- Rocket Lab To Design, Build And Operate Two GEO Satellites For Space Domain Awareness Under $90 Million Contract
- Polaris Nabs ULTV Follow-On Contract From Marine Corps, Includes High Power Variant
- DoD Opens $30 Million Prize Challenge For Autonomous Non-Tactical Vehicles
- House Appropriators Pass Energy And Water Bill With Less NNSA Funds Than Requested
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026
- Defense Watch: Sub Deal Soon, Mach Buy, THAAD Investment, CUAS Marketplace
- Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27
- Space Force Awards Viasat And Intelsat General $438 Million For Continued Work On PTS-G
- Rocket Lab To Design, Build And Operate Two GEO Satellites For Space Domain Awareness Under $90 Million Contract
- Polaris Nabs ULTV Follow-On Contract From Marine Corps, Includes High Power Variant
- DoD Opens $30 Million Prize Challenge For Autonomous Non-Tactical Vehicles
- House Appropriators Pass Energy And Water Bill With Less NNSA Funds Than Requested
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Opens $30 Million Prize Challenge For Autonomous Non-Tactical Vehicles
The Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) last Friday kicked-off a $30 million prize challenge that seeks to make better use of the Pentagon’s fleet of manually-operated non-tactical vehicles (NTVs) […]
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Friday, May 22, 2026
- FAMM More Than Two-Thirds Of Munitions Buy In Air Force FYDP
- Army Confirms FY ‘27 Chinook Request Covers Five MH-47Gs, No New CH-47F Block IIs
- Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition
- YFQ-42A Dark Merlin Resumes Flight Tests for CCA Program
- Stratolaunch Announces Hypersonic Flight Test With Missile Defense Agency
- SpaceX’s IPO Filing Gives First Look Into Company’s Financials
- Parker Hannifin To Acquire CIRCOR Aerospace From KKR For $2.6 Billion
- Blue Water Autonomy Marks Construction Progress On First Liberty Class USV