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Cal Biesecker
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyShield AI Raises $240 Million In New Round That Includes L3Harris
Shield AI on Thursday said it has raised $240 million in a new funding round to fuel growth of its autonomy software suite that it recently began offering to other […]
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SpaceYork Space Systems Completes Environmental Testing For Experimental National Security Mission
York Space Systems has completed vibration testing and is ready to ship a satellite it has developed for an experimental national security mission for an undisclosed customer to demonstrate autonomous […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySmall Startup With Natural Language Processing Tool Launches AI-Powered Public Sector Offering
Danti, a two-year-old venture backed firm specializing in natural language processing, on Thursday announced a public sector offering based on an artificial intelligence-powered knowledge engine to allow users to sift […]
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Business/FinancialAeroVironment Swings To Loss In Third Quarter; Cali Fires Clip Sales
A series of wildfires and windstorms around Los Angeles in January helped trim AeroVironment’s [AVAV] sales in its fiscal year 2025 third quarter and the company swung to a loss […]
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CongressOMB, DHS On Board With Coast Guard’s Goal Of $20 Billion Budget, Official Says
The Coast Guard’s goal of a $20 billion annual budget has received a positive reception from the Trump administration, the service’s acting operations head said on Wednesday. In discussions with […]
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Homeland SecurityDesign Nearly Complete On Polar Security Cutter, Full Rate Production Still Ahead
Bollinger Shipyards has completed more than 90 percent of the design of the Coast Guard’s first heavy polar icebreaker in 50 years and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyThunderforge Award Goes To Scale AI, Bringing Artificial Intelligence To Military Planning
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded Scale AI a contract to deliver generative artificial intelligence tools to assist the U.S. military with data driven, custom operational and theater-level planning, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyEpirus Raises $250 Million To Boost Leonidas Production, Strengthen Supply Base
Defense technology startup Epirus, which has developed a high energy system designed to thwart threats from small drones at relatively low cost, has raised $250 million in a new funding […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyGeneral Atomics Showcases Autonomy Of UCAV At Air Force Test Event
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) last month demonstrated its MQ-20 Avenger unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) flying with a government furnished reference architecture that enables air vehicles to integrate […]
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Air ForceAnduril, Zone 5 Tapped By Air Force, DIU For Next Phase Of Enterprise Test Vehicle Project
The Air Force and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) in January selected Anduril Industries and Zone 5 Technologies to move into the second phase of the Enterprise Test Vehicle (ETV) prototype […]