Air Force
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International
‘Security Guarantees’ for Ukraine May Require Dozens of Aircraft
U.S. and allied leaders are working out the details of what NATO “security guarantees” will mean for Ukraine, as President Trump on Tuesday surmised that U.S. support would come in […]
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Space
Anduril Receiving Air Force Contract for Rocket Cargo Design Study
Anduril Industries is receiving an up to $1 million contract for a Department of the Air Force (DAF) Rocket Cargo-related design study, Air Force Materiel Command and the Air Force […]
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Space
As Space Force Plans Zeroing of Fiscal 2026 Funds for Tranche 3, Transport Layer, Service Plans Sole-Source Award to GD for Ground Segment of Tracking Layer
While the U.S. Space Force explores future communications options and plans to halt fiscal 2026 funding for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 3, Transport Layer low Earth orbit satellites, […]
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Air Force
Allvin Latest Casualty in Involuntary Departures of Top Officers
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin will be at least the fifth top echelon military officer to leave his post involuntarily since the start of President Trump’s […]
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Space
Space Force Association Warns of ‘Federal Overreach’ That May Result from Executive Order on Commercial Space Launch
Upon the release of the Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry executive order last week, NASA Administrator Sean Duffy predicted that the deregulation would lead to 1,000 commercial space […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
DoD R&E Office Awards More APFIT Contracts
The Defense Department’s Research and Engineering (R&E) office in June quietly announced a dozen new awards under a program designed to help small businesses transition their technologies into production. The […]
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Space
RGNext Drops Court Protest of $4 Billion SFRC Award
Last week, the Range Generation Next LLC (RGNext) joint venture of RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon and General Dynamics‘ [GD] information technology business dropped a U.S. Court of Federal Claims bid protest […]
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International
Lockheed Martin and Polish MRO to Upgrade Country’s 48 F-16s to Block 70/72 Standard
Poland has finalized a letter of office and acceptance with the United States to upgrade Poland’s 48 Lockheed Martin [LMT] Block 52+ F-16s to the most recent Block 70/72 F-16V […]
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Pentagon
DoD Materiel Readiness ‘In Precarious Position,’ Govini Scorecard Says
In-the-field availability of reliable parts for weapons systems is a major problem for the military services, according to Govini‘s 2025 national security scorecard. “Nearly half of all parts evaluated across […]
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Business/Financial
Merlin Labs to Go Public Next Year Through SPAC
The Boston-based Merlin Labs said on Thursday that it plans to go public early next year through Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. [BACQ], a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) led by Inflection […]