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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Offers Modular Missile Technologies And Related Storefront
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday launched a family of missile components that include radio frequency sensors, datalinks and seeker technologies “built on a common baseline” that can be used in […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyArcher Acquiring Boeing Businesses That Add Drones, Autonomy And Air Traffic Management
Archer Aviation [ACHR] on Monday said has agreed to acquire three businesses from Boeing [BA], including the company’s Insitu subsidiary that develops and manufactures Group 3 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyEpirus Tightens Relationship With Marines To Counter Drones Using Directed Energy
With a new $11 million contract in hand from the Marine Corps, Epirus will deliver a second-generation version of its directed energy system to be integrated with an existing short-range […]
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Business/FinancialDoD Investing More Than $2 Billion In Batteries, Critical Minerals And Magnets
The Defense Department late Friday afternoon announced more than $2 billion in potential loans and equity investments to strengthen supply chains for batteries, critical minerals and magnets used by the […]
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Monday, August 10, 2026
- Defense Watch: CSO Schiess, SSGNs, Golden Dome Sats, Big DHS C-UAS Award
- Army Launches Effort To Speed Up Industry’s Access To Test Ranges
- TOTE Hosts LSM Industry Day With Over 30 Companies
- Navy Establishes Drone DRPM And Replaces PAE RAS
- Air Force Looking For Drone Production In Remote, Forward Locations
- Coast Guard Evaluates Small Drones Aboard FRC For RF Interference
- DoD Plans $150 Million Loan To Boost U.S. Rare Earth-Free Magnet Production
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Monday, August 10, 2026
- Defense Watch: CSO Schiess, SSGNs, Golden Dome Sats, Big DHS C-UAS Award
- Army Launches Effort To Speed Up Industry’s Access To Test Ranges
- TOTE Hosts LSM Industry Day With Over 30 Companies
- Navy Establishes Drone DRPM And Replaces PAE RAS
- Air Force Looking For Drone Production In Remote, Forward Locations
- Coast Guard Evaluates Small Drones Aboard FRC For RF Interference
- DoD Plans $150 Million Loan To Boost U.S. Rare Earth-Free Magnet Production
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PentagonDoD Plans $150 Million Loan To Boost U.S. Rare Earth-Free Magnet Production
The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) on August 7 said it signed a $150 million conditional loan commitment with Niron Magnetics, Inc., to scale the company’s permanent magnets that […]
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Unmanned SystemsCoast Guard Evaluates Small Drones Aboard FRC For RF Interference
The Coast Guard in July aboard a Fast Response Cutter (FRC) evaluated drones from two vendors for potential radio frequency (RF) interference between the shipboard systems and the aircraft as […]
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Friday, August 7, 2026
- Army’s G-TEAD Launches Autonomous Sustainment Sprint For USARPAC, Plans ‘Very Big’ FY ‘27
- Hadrian Raises $1.4 Billion To Cache Firepower Amid Surging DoD Demand For Weapons Manufacturing
- Kratos Views Engines For Low-Cost Cruise Missiles As Growth Area
- HII Locking In Autonomous Robotic Help For Shipbuilding With $900 Million In Production Agreements
- Israel, U.S. Successfully Test Arrow Missile Defense System
- Deep Elected To General Dynamics Board
- HII And HD Hyundai Pilot Welding Automation For Shipbuilding
- Yeaw Ties Nuclear Testing Concerns To Arms Control, Modernization
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Friday, August 7, 2026
- Army’s G-TEAD Launches Autonomous Sustainment Sprint For USARPAC, Plans ‘Very Big’ FY ‘27
- Hadrian Raises $1.4 Billion To Cache Firepower Amid Surging DoD Demand For Weapons Manufacturing
- Kratos Views Engines For Low-Cost Cruise Missiles As Growth Area
- HII Locking In Autonomous Robotic Help For Shipbuilding With $900 Million In Production Agreements
- Israel, U.S. Successfully Test Arrow Missile Defense System
- Deep Elected To General Dynamics Board
- HII And HD Hyundai Pilot Welding Automation For Shipbuilding
- Yeaw Ties Nuclear Testing Concerns To Arms Control, Modernization