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Unmanned SystemsHevenDrones Targeting Border Security With Drone Offerings
HevenDrones on Wednesday said it has launched a new platform focused on capturing business around securing borders, leveraging its battle-proven technology for a new market area. Heven Border Solutions builds […]
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SpaceSlingshot Aerospace Nabs AFWERX Award To Apply AI Tool For Space Domain Awareness
The Air Force’s innovation arm has awarded Slingshot Aerospace a small award to further develop an artificial intelligence capability that rapidly analyzes data about spacecraft in low Earth orbit to […]
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Unmanned SystemsLimited Resources Limit DIU’s Ability To Clear Commercial Drones For DoD, Industry Official Says
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) lacks the resources to adequately assess commercial unmanned aircraft system (UAS) vendors and their wares at scale, limiting the Defense Department’s access to the rapidly […]
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PentagonDoD Strategic Capital Office Receives $9 Billion In Loan Applications
The Defense Department’s new loan program to boost investment in critical manufacturing areas garnered $8.9 billion financing requests against a loan capacity of $984 million, the department said on Tuesday. […]
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Special OperationsLeidos Successfully Flies Guided Small Cruise Missile
U.S. Special Operations Command has said that Black Arrow, flight tested from an Air Force Special Operations Command AC-130J last November, may become operational in late fiscal 2026 (Defense Daily, […]
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Business/FinancialL3Harris Closes $800 Million Sale Of Commercial Aviation Solutions Business
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Monday said it has completed the sale of its Commercial Aviation Solutions (CAS) business to the investment firm TJC L.P. for $800 million, shedding a non-core […]
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Military Space Update, Wednesday, April 2, 2025
// PDF View- Rocket Lab, Stoke Space Nab Spots On National Security Space Launch Program
- ULA Vulcan Rocket Now Certified for US National Security Missions
- Space Force Warfighting Strategy Coming Soon
- Space Imagery Sharing Pause With Ukraine Damages Private Sector’s Standing With Other Customers, Warner Warns
- Meink Favors Multiple Competitions Within Programs, Examining Large ‘Heavy Press’-Type Industrial Investment
- Restoring the U.S. Advantage in Satellite Navigation
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CongressNominee For DoD CTO Sees Room For Culture Change; Supports APFIT Program
President Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department’s research and engineering (R&E) efforts says based on his experience in the technology industry there are some changes he could bring to […]
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Business/FinancialAllen Control Systems Nets $30 Million To Speed Deployment Or Robotic Gun Platform
Allen Control Systems (ACS) last week said it raised $30 million in a Series A round to accelerate its engineering growth and deployment of its Bullfrog counter-drone robotic gun system. […]
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SpaceRocket Lab, Stoke Space Nab Spots On National Security Space Launch Program
Space Systems Command (SSC) on Thursday announced a potential $5.6 billion multiple award contract for its National Security Space Launch (NSSL), with Rocket Lab [RKLB] and Stoke Space Technologies being […]