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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAustralia Unveils New Anduril Ghost Shark UUV Payloads
The Australian government on Monday revealed three new payloads developed for the Anduril Industries Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle (XL-AUV), some soon to be tested under AUKUS Pillar 2 […]
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SpaceTech7 Receives Small SpaceWERX Contract For PWSA Testbed
SpaceWERX has awarded The Tech7 Company a contract to develop and deliver a testbed for government and industry to test their applications for extracting and making sense of vast amounts […]
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SpaceScale Top Modernization Priority for SPACECENT, As Commander Says He Talks Daily With CENTCOM Commander
The U.S. Space Forces Central (SPACECENT) commander and Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), speak several times a day, a pace heightened by the nearly 10-month […]
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Business/FinancialBAE Agrees To Increase APKWS Production Under Multi-Year Framework With DoD
BAE Systems will “surge” production of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) to 25,000 annually for the Defense Department under a new agreement that also creates a path to […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Authorizes Full Construction of Savannah River Plutonium Facility
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has authorized full construction of the pit production facility’s main processing building at the Savannah River Site, the agency said Oct. 16. […]
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Capitol Hill Report 10.19.26
- Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome
- Trump Announces Cleveland As Pick For New Sub Component Repair Center
- DoD Finds GD Bath Iron Works Now Has Two-Destroyer Production Capacity
- LaNeve Redesignates Army’s FCC To Be New Futures and Autonomous Systems Command
- Army’s Drone And Counter-Drone Marketplaces Expand To 30 Allies And Partners
- The ‘Warfighting Acquisition System’ and What it Means for Weapons Development
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Monday, October 19, 2026
- Defense Watch: RTX C-UAS Award, MQ-25 Software Test, PrSM Inc. 4, Taiwan V-BAT, Autonomous Black Hawk
- Sikorsky’s Unmanned U-Hawk Enters Flight Test Program, Sees ‘More Interest’ From Marines
- U.S. Space Force Forecasts Buy of 32 to 56 Meadowlands Jammers
- BAE Systems Receives Space Force Contract For Small RF Terminals
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Monday, October 19, 2026
- Defense Watch: RTX C-UAS Award, MQ-25 Software Test, PrSM Inc. 4, Taiwan V-BAT, Autonomous Black Hawk
- Sikorsky’s Unmanned U-Hawk Enters Flight Test Program, Sees ‘More Interest’ From Marines
- U.S. Space Force Forecasts Buy of 32 to 56 Meadowlands Jammers
- BAE Systems Receives Space Force Contract For Small RF Terminals
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ArmySikorsky’s Unmanned U-Hawk Enters Flight Test Program, Sees ‘More Interest’ From Marines
Sikorsky’s [LMT] U-Hawk platform, an unmanned version of its Black Hawk helicopter optimized for autonomous cargo-carrying operations, has officially moved into a flight test program, the company’s lead official said. […]