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Cal Biesecker
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Thursday, October 2, 2025
- USAF Wants To Solidify Requirements For Sentinel Silos And Launch Centers
- Army Completes Successful IOT&E For PrSM Inc. 1
- South Korean Arms Agency Decides on $2.8 Billion Buy of L3Harris “Phoenix”
- Army Moving Ahead With Future Howitzer Search, Plans Demos With TiC 2.0 Brigades
- Long-Range Precision Weapons Startup Aventra Exits Stealth
- W80-4 Life Extension Component Diamond Stamped At Y-12, NNSA Says
- DoD Awards Alaskan Mining Company $43 Million To Accelerate Antimony Extraction
- Maxar Businesses Rebrand As Vantor And Lanteris
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLong-Range Precision Weapons Startup Aventra Exits Stealth
Aventra, a startup focused on low-cost, long-range glide and guidance systems to deliver precision strikes without GPS, on Wednesday emerged from stealth with a $3 million seed round. The funding […]
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Business/FinancialDoD Awards Alaskan Mining Company $43 Million To Accelerate Antimony Extraction
The Defense Department on Tuesday said it has awarded Alaska Range Resources, LLC (ARR) a $43.4 million contract to mine and refine a sulfide mineral that will be used to […]
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Business/FinancialMaxar Businesses Rebrand As Vantor And Lanteris
Maxar Intelligence, part of the former Maxar before that company was taken private and split into two separate businesses, is now Vantor. And Maxar Space Systems, the other half of […]
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Business/FinancialFirehawk Completes Flight Tests Of Javelin And Stinger-Class Rocket Motors
Firehawk Aerospace on Tuesday said that it flight-tested variants of Javelin and Stinger missiles built by the company with its own solid rocket motors and 3D-printed propellant, and that the […]
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Air ForceX-Bow Wins $191 Million Foreign Military Sale For Rocket Motors
The Air Force last week awarded X-Bow Systems a $191.3 contract for solid rocket motors (SRMs) for a Foreign Military Sale (FMS), but the service did not say which nation. […]
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Unmanned SystemsDIU to Fund Anduril, Zone 5 Flight Testing of Low-Cost Kill Systems Against Larger Drones
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Monday disclosed that it has contracted Anduril Industries and Zone 5 Technologies to design and flight-test low-cost kinetic solutions that can counter larger drones. […]
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Military Space Update, Wednesday, October 1, 2025
// PDF View- Space Force to Field First Space Electromagnetic Warfare Tactical Operations Center, As SIPC Stands Up
- U.S. Space Force Looks at RG-XX Solicitation Release in Coming Months
- SAF/SQ Owns CRWL, One Contractor That Was On List Now Off
- Effectors Top Needs Of Space Force’s Support To U.S. Space Command
- SDA Sees Path Forward To Begin Testing Space-Based Link 16 Connectivity Over U.S.
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Monday, September 20, 2025
- Defense Watch: Sec War/Brass Meeting, China Space Plans, Army Acquisition Boss
- Navy And Lockheed Martin Sign $10.9 Billion Contract For 99 CH-53K Helicopters
- Space Force to Field First Space Electromagnetic Warfare Tactical Operations Center, As SIPC Stands Up
- Navy To Discuss Modular Missile Program At Industry Day
- DoD Funds GD, Americarb To Boost Rocket Motor Supply Chain
- USAF Considers Upgrades for Cobra King Missile Defense Radar
- German Defense Minister Details 35B Euro Investment in Space-Defense Capabilities
- Navy Decommissions Last MidEast-Based Avengers Mine Countermeasures Ships
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Business/FinancialDoD Funds GD, Americarb To Boost Rocket Motor Supply Chain
The Defense Department has awarded a combined $33.5 million in separate contracts to General Dynamics [GD] and Americarb, Inc. to strengthen the industrial base for solid rocket motors (SRMs). The […]