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Defense Daily
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Cal Biesecker
Articles By Cal
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CongressHouse Committee Passes Bill Extending And Expanding Counter-Drone Authorities
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that would extend for five years existing counter-drone authorities of the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, and […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyStartup Developing Autonomous Laser System For Drone Defense Raises $10 Million
Aurelius Systems, a startup developing a directed energy system to defeat small drones, has raised $10 million in a seed round to accelerate development of its platform and scale operations. […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Needs More Counter-UAS Capabilities As Use Of Drones Expands
The increasing use of aerial drones by adversaries, cartels, and the clueless and careless means the Coast Guard needs to expand its use of counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) on its […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Makes Awards For First Phase Of Quantum Sensing Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) last week awarded contracts to six vendors in Phase 1 of a program aimed at moving quantum sensors from the lab to military […]
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Military Space Update, Wednesday, September 3, 2025
// PDF View- 150 Companies Interested in RG-XX, U.S. Space Force Official Says
- Space Solar Power Company Boosts Funding Round With Lockheed Martin Investment
- VLEO Under Examination for Possible Use by U.S. Space Force
- DoD Looking to Award Follow-On Contract for E-4B Communications
- Task Force 66 Chief Touts Commercial Satellite Benefits For Maritime Domain Awareness
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InternationalCoAspire, Zone 5 Tapped To Provide Long-Range Missiles For Ukraine
The State Department last Thursday announced an $825 million foreign military sale for long-range missiles that will be supplied to Ukraine by Zone 5 Technologies and CoAspire and paid for […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyMQ-28 Ghost Bat Autonomous Aircraft Will Fire Missile Against Aerial Target This Year
Boeing [BA] and its Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) partner later this year plan to launch a missile from the MQ-28 Ghost Bat autonomous drone against an aerial target to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyForterra, Overland AI, Scout AI Nab Army Contracts For Autonomous Ground Vehicles
The Army last week said it awarded contracts to three companies to integrate their respective commercially-developed autonomy solutions into existing Infantry Support Vehicles with the aim of delivering prototypes to […]
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PentagonHegseth Directs New Army-Led Task Force To Centralize DoD’s Counter-UAS Efforts
The Pentagon on Thursday evening said it is standing up a new Army-led joint task force that will focus the Defense Department counter-drone efforts and report to the deputy defense […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHundreds Of Switchblades Delivered So Far In First Replicator Tranche, DIU Official Says
The contractor supplying Switchblade loitering munitions to the Defense Department under the first phase of the Replicator initiative has delivered “hundreds” of systems to a customer who has fielded them, […]