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Cal Biesecker
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BudgetHouse Panel Slashes Funding For Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter
House appropriators on Sunday evening released a proposed funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that would hack 35 percent from the Coast Guard’s troubled Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) […]
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Military Space Update, Wednesday, June 11, 2025
// PDF View- Independent Review Team on SDA Submits Report to Pentagon
- Space Force Awards BAE Systems $1.2 Billion For Epoch 2 Missile Warning And Tracking Satellites
- Jacobs Wins $4 Billion Space Force Award To Modernize Launch Range Operations
- In-Space Mobility Startup Impulse Space Garners $300 Million In New Funding Round
- Sentinel Restructuring an Early Focus for Meink
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Unmanned SystemsTrump Directive Wants Review Of Programs That Could Be Replaced By Drones
President Trump last Friday directed the Defense Department to conduct a review of programs that could be replaced by drones. Within 90 days, the service secretaries are required to report […]
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Homeland SecurityActing Coast Guard Commandant Wants More Counter-Drone Capacity
The Coast Guard has some, but not enough, capacity for countering drone threats to the homeland from maritime approaches, the acting commandant of the service said last week. The Coast […]
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Homeland SecurityFinal Coast Guard National Security Cutter Canceled
After construction was halted on last one of 11 National Security Cutters (NSCs) last fall, the Coast Guard and shipbuilder HII [HII] have agreed to end construction after 10 ships […]
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CongressPerformance Issues Force Coast Guard To Stop Work On Two OPCs; First Ship Likely Delayed
The Coast Guard has issued stop work orders to Eastern Shipbuilding Group for the third and fourth Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) due to performance issues, and the first ship is […]
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Thursday, June 5, 2025
- Senate’s Defense Bill For Reconciliation Adjusts Shipbuilding Funds, Wicker Knocks Budget Plan
- New $1.1 Billion AIM-9X Sidewinder Award Largest In Program, Will Boost Annual Production To 2,500 Missiles, RTX Says
- HASC Presses Army For More Details On Carrying Out New Transformation Plan
- Lockheed Martin Heralds Pick by Sweden for TPY-4 Radar
- Latest Counter-UAS Demo, This Time In Contested Environment, Shows Layered Solution Still Best
- GE Plans Summer Full-Scale Test of DMRJ in Evendale
- Coast Guard’s Commercial Icebreaker Begins Maiden Voyage
- BlackSea Technologies Contributes GARC USV And Support Ship To Operation Southern Spear
- In-Space Mobility Startup Impulse Space Garners $300 Million In New Funding Round
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Unmanned SystemsLatest Counter-UAS Demo, This Time In Contested Environment, Shows Layered Solution Still Best
Once again, the most recent demonstration by the Defense Department office charged with addressing threats from small drones, showed that no single solution will suffice in most cases, and a […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyIn-Space Mobility Startup Impulse Space Garners $300 Million In New Funding Round
Impulse Space this week said its raised $300 million in a Series C funding round to scale production and add talent to meet demand for its in-space mobility vehicles. The […]
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Homeland Security
Coast Guard’s Commercial Icebreaker Begins Maiden Voyage
The Coast Guard’s newly acquired commercial icebreaker departed the shipyard June 3 on its maiden voyage, the service said on Wednesday. The Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21) was acquired […]
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