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Defense Daily
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Cal Biesecker
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CyberU.S. Warns DIB Companies Of Potential Iranian Cyber Activity
U.S. defense companies, in particular those working with Israeli companies, should be alert for potential malicious activities being committed by Iranian entities, U.S. government agencies warned on Monday. The warning […]
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Business/FinancialTransDigm To Acquire Simmonds Business From RTX For $765 Million
TransDigm Group Inc. [TDG] on Monday said it has agreed to acquire the Simmonds Precision Products business from RTX [RTX] for $765 million, a deal that is in line with […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Accelerates Flight-Testing For Unmanned VTOL Aircraft Effort
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has sped up the start of flight-testing by more than a year of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drones in an attempt to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Says Budget Request Includes $13 Billion For Autonomy And Related Systems
The Defense Department is requesting $13.4 billion in fiscal year 2026 for autonomous systems and autonomy technology, the first time it has ever broken this out as its own category […]
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Homeland SecurityDHS Hosting Industry Tech Challenge For Remote Identity Validation
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate this year is hosting a technology challenge for vendors to test their capabilities to remotely verify the authenticity of identity […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyStartup Developing Reusable Satellite Bus Emerges From Stealth
Lux Aeterna on Wednesday emerged from stealth and announced a $4 million pre-seed funding round that will go toward a demonstration mission in 2027 for launching a satellite that will […]
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Business/FinancialAeroVironment Posts Strong Fourth Quarter, Sees More Of the Same In New Year
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Tuesday evening reported strong fourth quarter results driven by record revenue and a handsome bottom-line. Sales in the quarter grew 40 percent to a record $275.1 million […]
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SpaceSpaceWERX Announces Winners For Sustained Maneuver Challenge
The Space Force’s innovation arm last week said it has awarded contracts to 10 companies worth a combined $19 million under its Sustained Space Maneuver (SSM) Challenge that will lead […]
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Intelligence CommunityMaxar Releases Geospatial Monitoring Solution For Predictive Intelligence
Maxar Intelligence on Wednesday announced a new solution suite that applies artificial intelligence-enabled analytics to geospatial imagery for persistent global monitoring of fixed sites and vessels on the open sea […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Approve $66 Billion DHS Bill For FY ‘26
Following a lengthy session Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the Fiscal Year 2026 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, sending the $66.4 billion bill to the full House […]
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