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Cal Biesecker
Articles By Cal
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Thursday, August 27, 2026
- Marines Plan OPF-L, Organic C-sUAS Fielding Soon Amid Ground Combat Element 2040 Push
- Castelion Nabs Another $90 Million Navy Order To Fund First 50 Blackbeard Weapons
- Raytheon Awarded $603 Million For New Radar For B-52
- Army Chooses Five Companies To Build Janus Reactors At Military Sites
- Smaller Space Companies Want To See Programs Of Record For Their Investments
- Navy Seeks Prototypes For New Air-Launched Torpedo
- Counter-Drone Startup Mara Raises $7 Million To Advance Spike, An Integrated System
- Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Accepts First Aussie-Designed Prototype Surface Craft
- LeoLabs To Provide Space Force With Surveillance Radar
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SpaceLeoLabs To Provide Space Force With Surveillance Radar
LeoLabs on Wednesday said the Space Force has awarded the company a $20.7 million contract to deliver a modified version of its Scout containerized space surveillance radar for a “new […]
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Unmanned SystemsCounter-Drone Startup Mara Raises $7 Million To Advance Spike, An Integrated System
Mara on Tuesday said it raised $7 million in a pre-seed round to build its Spike portable counter-drone platform, which includes targeting sensors and small interceptors for 360-degree coverage against […]
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Wednesday, August 26, 2026
- Ursa Major Going Public To Scale Hypersonic Weapon, Rocket Motors And Engines
- Oshkosh Invests $50 Million-Plus To Support Potential JLTV ‘Bridge’ Production For Marines
- MDA Looking To “Dramatically” Lower Costs Of Missile Defense Kill Vehicles
- SDA Director Says Constellation’s Tranche 1 Checkouts Progressing Faster After Slow Start
- Auriga Fires Containerized Electromagnetic Launcher In First Field Test
- Air Force Mulls Draft Solicitation On Future Air Operations Center Weapon System
- SecNav Creates New Defense Industrial Base Office
- White House Links Nuclear Energy To National Security And Deterrence
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Wednesday, August 26, 2026
- Ursa Major Going Public To Scale Hypersonic Weapon, Rocket Motors And Engines
- Oshkosh Invests $50 Million-Plus To Support Potential JLTV ‘Bridge’ Production For Marines
- MDA Looking To “Dramatically” Lower Costs Of Missile Defense Kill Vehicles
- SDA Director Says Constellation’s Tranche 1 Checkouts Progressing Faster After Slow Start
- Auriga Fires Containerized Electromagnetic Launcher In First Field Test
- Air Force Mulls Draft Solicitation On Future Air Operations Center Weapon System
- SecNav Creates New Defense Industrial Base Office
- White House Links Nuclear Energy To National Security And Deterrence
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Business/FinancialUrsa Major Going Public To Scale Hypersonic Weapon, Rocket Motors And Engines
Ursa Major on Tuesday said it will go public in early 2027 to raise funds that will enable it to transition its products from development and low-rate production to full-rate […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAuriga Fires Containerized Electromagnetic Launcher In First Field Test
Auriga Space recently completed more than a dozen test fires of its containerized electromagnetic launcher at a private range in the Mojave desert, shooting different unguided, unpowered projectiles at speeds […]
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Tuesday, August 25, 2026
- Navy Unveils New AIM-424 Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile
- Army Eyes Deal To Boost GMLRS Production To 19,000 Rockets Annually Between FY ‘28-’34
- Collins Aerospace Says Company Completed Altitude Testing of EPACS
- Army Begins Assessing Counter-Drone Technology To Aid Countermine Efforts
- Defense Department Invests $750 Million To Help Secure Access To Rare Earth Materials
- Union Ratifies New Five-Year Agreement With GD Bath Iron Works
- Interview with Col. Burges and Col. Monaghan on Recent Army Sandhills Autonomous Mine Clearing Family of Systems Demo
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Tuesday, August 25, 2026
- Navy Unveils New AIM-424 Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile
- Army Eyes Deal To Boost GMLRS Production To 19,000 Rockets Annually Between FY ‘28-’34
- Collins Aerospace Says Company Completed Altitude Testing of EPACS
- Army Begins Assessing Counter-Drone Technology To Aid Countermine Efforts
- Defense Department Invests $750 Million To Help Secure Access To Rare Earth Materials
- Union Ratifies New Five-Year Agreement With GD Bath Iron Works
- Interview with Col. Burges and Col. Monaghan on Recent Army Sandhills Autonomous Mine Clearing Family of Systems Demo
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyArmy Begins Assessing Counter-Drone Technology To Aid Countermine Efforts
FORT BRAGG, N.C.—An ongoing experimentation effort by the Army examining new technologies to effectively and safely breach minefields and other obstacles has added a counter-drone system to the mix to […]