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Cal Biesecker
Articles By Cal
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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
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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
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Friday, August 21, 2026
- Qatar Could Become Fourth Country With KC-46As, As State Department Okays $4.5 Billion Sale
- Army Eyes Plans To Begin Production Of New T901 Helicopter Engine By 2031
- Saildrone And Lockheed Martin Test Fired Missiles Off USV During RIMPAC
- Castelion Raises $1 Billion To Produce Hypersonic Weapon Sooner, Develop New Weapons
- ThinKom Nabs Army Award To Begin Testing Prototype High-Power Microwave For Countering Drones
- Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs
- Portal Space Plans First Launch Of Transorbital Supernova Spacecraft In 2028
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Friday, August 21, 2026
- Qatar Could Become Fourth Country With KC-46As, As State Department Okays $4.5 Billion Sale
- Army Eyes Plans To Begin Production Of New T901 Helicopter Engine By 2031
- Saildrone And Lockheed Martin Test Fired Missiles Off USV During RIMPAC
- Castelion Raises $1 Billion To Produce Hypersonic Weapon Sooner, Develop New Weapons
- ThinKom Nabs Army Award To Begin Testing Prototype High-Power Microwave For Countering Drones
- Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs
- Portal Space Plans First Launch Of Transorbital Supernova Spacecraft In 2028
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SpacePortal Space Plans First Launch Of Transorbital Supernova Spacecraft In 2028
Portal Space Systems on Thursday said it has contacted with SpaceX [SPCX] to launch the company’s Supernova spacecraft in mid-2028, which will feature Portal’s FLARE solar thermal power propulsion system. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyThinKom Nabs Army Award To Begin Testing Prototype High-Power Microwave For Countering Drones
ThinKom this week said the Army has awarded it a potential $46 million contract to deliver up to four prototype fire-on-the-move counter-drone high-power microwave (HPM) systems for field testing beginning […]
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Business/FinancialCastelion Raises $1 Billion To Produce Hypersonic Weapon Sooner, Develop New Weapons
Hypersonic weapons developer Castelion Wednesday night said it has raised $1 billion in a new funding round to accelerate production of its Blackbeard hypersonic weapon and develop new, longer-range strike […]
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Thursday, August 20, 2026
- DoD Declined To Brief CBO On Golden Dome
- X-Bow Planning Flight Test Of Low Cost Interceptor For MDA In Early 2028
- Air Force Interested In New, Lower-Cost Aerial Targets
- Hanwha Defense USA To Deliver First K9 Mobile Howitzer Prototype To Army This Fall
- Army To Test And Evaluate Elroy Air’s Hybrid-Electric VTOL Under New Contract
- REGENT Demonstrated Autonomous Seaglider At Navy Drone Event
- U.S. Innovation Technology Fund Lists More Than $1.5 Billion Raised In Private Equity Sale
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Thursday, August 20, 2026
- DoD Declined To Brief CBO On Golden Dome
- X-Bow Planning Flight Test Of Low Cost Interceptor For MDA In Early 2028
- Air Force Interested In New, Lower-Cost Aerial Targets
- Hanwha Defense USA To Deliver First K9 Mobile Howitzer Prototype To Army This Fall
- Army To Test And Evaluate Elroy Air’s Hybrid-Electric VTOL Under New Contract
- REGENT Demonstrated Autonomous Seaglider At Navy Drone Event
- U.S. Innovation Technology Fund Lists More Than $1.5 Billion Raised In Private Equity Sale
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyArmy To Test And Evaluate Elroy Air’s Hybrid-Electric VTOL Under New Contract
The Army this week awarded a $46.1 million contract to Elroy Air to test and experiment with the company’s Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for heavy […]