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Cal Biesecker
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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 […]
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Business/FinancialDefense Department Invests $750 Million To Help Secure Access To Rare Earth Materials
The Defense Department on Monday said it is investing $750 million with a new special purpose vehicle, US SIIE, LLC, that will purchase rare earth carbonates mined and processed in […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyInterview with Col. Burges and Col. Monaghan on Recent Army Sandhills Autonomous Mine Clearing Family of Systems Demo
Defense Daily’s Cal Biesecker was at Fort Bragg, N.C., on August 21 to observe the Army’s ongoing development and experimentation of autonomous technologies for use in clearing minefields and obstacles, […]
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Monday, August 24, 2026
- Defense Watch: MQ Next, DOT&E Concerns, SSN Shakedown, Army Motors
- USAF Working on CCA Increment 2 Acquisition Strategy, As Service Considers An Evolution Of Increment 1
- Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’
- C-UAS Marketplace Is ‘Accelerating Rapidly,’ JIATF-401 Director Says
- White House Targets Support For 1,000 Launches Per Year by 2030
- Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus