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Unmanned SystemsPowerus Set To Go Public On Thursday
Autonomous drone company Powerus on Thursday is set to complete its merger with Aureus Greenway Holdings [PUSA] and begin operating as a public company trading on the Nasdaq under the […]
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Unmanned SystemsCounter-Drone Tech Company Fortem Closes $50 Million Series B Round
Fortem Technologies on Wednesday said it closed its $50 million Series B funding round that was led by Lockheed Martin [LMT] to accelerate manufacturing meet growing demand for its counter-drone […]
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Business/FinancialAvio Breaks Ground On New Solid Rocket Motor Facility Expected To Begin Production In 2029
Avio USA on Tuesday broke ground on the initial phase of a planned 860,000 square foot solid rocket motor complex in Southern Virginia that is expected to begin production in […]
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Business/FinancialAnduril, Voyager Formalize Partnership As Shared Programs Move Into High-Rate Production
Anduril Industries and Voyager Technologies [VOYG] on Tuesday said they have formalized an existing partnership with a focus on speeding development, testing, qualification and production of components and systems as […]
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Unmanned SystemsJIATF-401, Army Establish $7 Billion In Counter-Drone Contracts For Domestic Shield
The Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF)-401 and Army on Monday awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contracts valued at nearly $7 billion to various vendors to help position the Defense Department to […]
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Business/FinancialDoD Takes Equity Stake In Steel Firm As Part Of Funding Raise
Steel company Hertha Metals on Tuesday said it raised $134 million in an investment round that includes a $65 million equity stake by the Defense Department, funding that will be […]
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Unmanned SystemsArmy Establishes Dedicated Counter-Drone Testing Lanes At Yuma
To help accelerate the development and iteration of counter-drone technologies, the Army is dedicating “lanes” at its Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona for counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) so that they […]
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ArmyCol. Rob Kinney, Chief of Fires, XVIII Airborne Corps, Discusses Scarlet Dragon 26.3
Defense Daily’s Cal Biesecker talked with Col. Rob Kinney, chief of fires for Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps on Sept. 16 at Fort Bragg, N.C., during the Scarlet Dragon 26.3 experimentation […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyShield AI’s Hivemind Used In Autonomous USV Teaming In U.K. Demo
Shield AI on Monday said its Hivemind artificial intelligence software was used for autonomous teaming between two Kraken Technology Group unmanned surface vessels (USVs) during an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance […]
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Military Space Update, Wednesday, September 30, 2026
// PDF View- U.S. Space Force Pins Hopes on Space-Based Radar Systems, Northrop Grumman Building GMTI System
- Space Force Looking to Future for RPO-Docking to Counter Space Threats
- Impulse Space Nabs $28 Million Award For Domain Awareness Mission
- Baseline Designs for L3Harris’ Tranche 3 Missile Tracking Satellites Okayed
- True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman Aiming to Build GHOST-R Prototypes to Reduce RG-XX Costs