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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialL3Harris Set For Major Expansion Of Large Rocket Motor Production Facilities
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] is set to break ground an expansion of its large solid rocket motor (LSRM) facilities in Arkansas the company said provide a six-fold increase in production capacity. […]
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Unmanned SystemsScientific Systems Enters Autonomous sUSV Market With Software-Defined Solution
Collaborative autonomy software developer Scientific Systems Company, Inc. has entered the sea drone fray, introducing a small unmanned surface vessel (sUSV) designed for expeditionary interceptor, contested logistics, and other missions […]
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Business/FinancialFirestorm Labs Raises $47 Million With Help From Lockheed, Booz Allen To Scale Manufacturing
Firestorm Labs, which has developed and expeditionary manufacturing capability for “point-of-need production” for drones and their parts, has raised $47 million in a Series A round that will be put […]
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Business/FinancialChariot Defense, Offering Power Management At The Edge, Exits Stealth
Venture-backed power management startup Chariot Defense on Wednesday emerged from stealth with an $8 million seed round it has been using for hiring and product development as the San Franciso-based […]
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ArmyAnduril Successfully Flight Testing Barracuda Missile Variant For Army Program
Anduril Industries in May successfully completed flight tests of the munitions variant of its Barracuda-100 autonomous air vehicle under an Army testbed program aimed at proving out multiple ranges, missile […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyStartup Developing Electromagnetic Launch System For Hypersonic Testing Nabs Seed Funding
Auriga Space has raised $4.6 million in a seed round and garnered $1.4 million in additional U.S. government funding to accelerate the development of an electromagnetic launch platform for “lab-scale […]
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BudgetHouse Armed Services Committee Wants UAS Office Reporting To Deputy Defense Secretary
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) proposed policy bill would direct the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System Office (JCO) to report to the deputy secretary of defense while keeping the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySaronic, Vigor Marine Partner Around Support For Autonomous Vessels At Scale
Startup autonomous surface vessel developer Saronic Technologies and legacy industrial ship repair and small vessel builder Vigor Marine Group have partnered to leverage their respective capabilities to increase support for […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD AI Office Awards Frontier AI Contracts For Workflow Needs
The Defense Department’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) has awarded contracts to Anthropic, Alphabet’s [GOOG] Google, OpenAI, and Elon Musk’s xAI to help the department leverage autonomous models […]
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Homeland SecurityBREAKING: Noem Terminates Eastern Shipbuilding’s Work For Third And Fourth OPCs
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last Friday said she has canceled Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s work for the final two Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) under the company’s contract with the Coast […]
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