Reporter: Business/Homeland Security
Defense Daily
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Cal Biesecker
Articles By Cal
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
- Army Looks To Grow Air and Missile Defense Forces By 30 Percent In Eight Years
- After FTUAS Cut, Army Looks To Field Brigade UAS In FY ‘26 To Replace Shadow Drones
- Leonardo DRS Demonstrates Counter-Drone Package On Unmanned Surface Vessel
- USAF Looking Into AI Parts Management Tools for U-2 Aircraft
- Rocket Lab Adds Payload Capability With Acquisition Of Geost
- BlackSky Heralds New Two-Year Early Access Agreement with International Buyer for 35 Centimeter Imagery
- V2X To Acquire QinetiQ’s Federal IT Services Business
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
- Army Looks To Grow Air and Missile Defense Forces By 30 Percent In Eight Years
- After FTUAS Cut, Army Looks To Field Brigade UAS In FY ‘26 To Replace Shadow Drones
- Leonardo DRS Demonstrates Counter-Drone Package On Unmanned Surface Vessel
- USAF Looking Into AI Parts Management Tools for U-2 Aircraft
- Rocket Lab Adds Payload Capability With Acquisition Of Geost
- BlackSky Heralds New Two-Year Early Access Agreement with International Buyer for 35 Centimeter Imagery
- V2X To Acquire QinetiQ’s Federal IT Services Business
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Unmanned SystemsLeonardo DRS Demonstrates Counter-Drone Package On Unmanned Surface Vessel
Building on its successful ground-based mobile counter-drone capabilities with the Army, Leonardo DRS [DRS] recently successfully demonstrated these technologies aboard a small unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the open water […]
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Business/FinancialV2X To Acquire QinetiQ’s Federal IT Services Business
V2X on Monday said has agreed to acquire the U.S. federal information technology services business of Britain’s QinetiQ Group plc in a deal that expands its work with the intelligence […]
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Business/FinancialRocket Lab Adds Payload Capability With Acquisition Of Geost
Rocket Lab [RKLB] on Tuesday said it has completed its $275 million acquisition of Geost, a developer and supplier of optical sensors for spacecraft, in a deal that builds out […]
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
- Northrop Grumman Wins Navy’s Competition For 21-Inch Solid Rocket Motor
- ULA Foresees Significant Ramp Up of Vulcan Launches in Next Two Years
- Air Force Preparing Supplemental EIS for Sentinel, Scraps Three of Four Town Halls This Month
- Army’s Incoming 2040 Air And Missile Defense Strategy Due Within Months
- Navy Begins Looking Into Vessel Construction Manager For First LSM Amphib
- Mack Defense Nabs $221.8 Million Army Deal For More M917A3 Heavy Dump Trucks
- U.S. OKs Potential $160 Million Deal With Canada For 60 AM General-Built JLTVs
- Umbra Offering Satellite Component Hardware To Space Market
- Senators ‘Still Talking’ Topline Near $60 billion For DOE Funding Bill
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Business/FinancialUmbra Offering Satellite Component Hardware To Space Market
The space technology company Umbra, which operates a constellation of radar imaging satellites, has created a new business unit that will serve as a merchant supplier of flight-proven satellite components […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Wins Navy’s Competition For 21-Inch Solid Rocket Motor
The Navy recently selected Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] offering for a solid rocket motor design over a competing bid from Anduril Industries for the 21-inch Second Stage Rocket Motor (SSRM), a […]
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Military Space Update, Wednesday, August 6, 2025
// PDF View- New Electro-Optical Commercial Services Program Advised by Senate Defense Appropriators
- U.S. Space Force Announces Up to $4 Billion in Awards for PTS-G
- Big Department of Air Force Plus Ups from SAC-D Include C-130J; JASSM; EA-37B; Tranche 3, Transport Layer
- Scout Space’s Owl Sensor to Aid U.S. Space Force in Blue Origin Launch Next Spring
- Launch of Eighth X-37B Mission Planned for Aug. 21
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Homeland SecurityV-BAT UAS Ready For Deployment With Coast Guard After Successful Testing
The V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has successfully complete operational test and evaluation with the Coast Guard, clearing the way for the service to begin employing the drones aboard its […]