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Cal Biesecker
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UncategorizedInvestors Buoyant As Apex Raises $200 Million To Expand Satellite Bus Production Capacity
Excited by strong customer demand, investors are pouring another $200 million into satellite bus developer and manufacturer Apex to enable the company to continue buttressing efforts to accelerate production and […]
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Unmanned SystemsGeneral Atomics, AeroVironment Demonstrate Loitering Munition Launch From MQ-9 Drone
General Atomics and AeroVironment [AVAV] on Wednesday said they recently partnered to launch a Switchblade 600 loitering munition from an MQ-9A long endurance drone, the first ever launch of the […]
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Business/FinancialRedwire Opens New Facility To Support Space-Based Defense
Redwire [RDW] on Thursday said it has opened a new 15,000 square-foot facility in Albuquerque, N.M., that will focus on rapid development of space-based defense systems. The Firestone Rapid Capabilities […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Machinists In St. Louis To Vote Friday On Latest Contract Offer
Union defense workers at Boeing’s [BA] St. Louis area operations will vote Friday on the company’s latest labor agreement, which proposes higher average wages and a longer contract term. If […]
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InternationalPotential $1 Billion AMRAAM Sale To Finland Gets State Department Nod
The State Department on Wednesday said it approved a potential $1.1 billion foreign military sale of AIM-120D-3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) to Finland. The pending deal for the […]
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Business/FinancialUrsa Major Developing New Solid Rocket Motor Test Site
Ursa Major on Wednesday said it has broken ground on a new 400-acre site where it will test and qualify large-scale solid rocket motors (SRMs) for current and future missiles, […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Taps Beautiful Bill Funds To Award Bollinger Contract For 10 FRCs
The Coast Guard on Wednesday said has awarded $507 million to Bollinger Shipyards to begin construction of 10 more Fast Response Cutters (FRCs), bringing the total program to 77 vessels. […]
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Business/FinancialAV Swings To Loss In First Quarter On BlueHalo Deal As Sales Soar
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Tuesday reported a net loss in its fiscal year 2026 first quarter due to costs associated with the recent acquisition of BlueHalo, a deal that also helped […]
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UncategorizedErnst Says Democrats Stalling On New SBIR Bill
As the fiscal year deadline approaches for reauthorizing a federal program that provides seed funds to small businesses developing products that have potential benefit to the government and commercial sector, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLockheed Martin, BAE Systems Advanced R&D Groups Partner On Autonomous Aircraft Systems
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Britain’s BAE Systems on Tuesday said their respective advanced research and development (R&D) organizations are partnering on the development of cost-effective, modular uncrewed autonomous air systems […]