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Wednesday, July 9, 2025 • 67^th Year • Volume 307 • No. 5

Budget \| by Rich Abott
	Second Ford-Class Carrier Running Another 20 Months Late, Third Adds 10 More Months In Budget Books — The Navy’s fiscal year 2025 budget request shipbuilding budget documents revealed the next two Ford-class aircraft carriers will be another 20 and 10 months late, respectively. The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) will be delivered 20 months later than…

Army \| by Matthew Beinart
	Army Aims To Deliver 10,000 Small Drones Over A Year That Each Cost Under $2,000 — The Army has laid out plans to deliver thousands of small drones over the next year, with an interest in systems that each cost less than $2,000. A new sources sought notice details the Army’s interest in potential solutions that…

Air Force \| by Frank Wolfe
	Group of Retired USAF Flags Urge Continuation of Wedgetail, Increased F-35 Buy — A group of six former U.S. Air Force chiefs of staff and 13 other retired Air Force generals are urging Congress to fund Boeing [BA] E-7 Wedgetails to replace the Air Force’s E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet…

International \| by Matthew Beinart
	Trump Confirms U.S. Has Resumed Sending ‘Primarily’ Defensive Weapons To Ukraine — President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed the U.S. has resumed sending “primarily” defensive weapons to Ukraine. “We’re going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves. They’re getting hit very hard now,”…

Business/Financial \| by Cal Biesecker
	Lockheed Martin Helping Havoc AI To Speed USV Development — HavocAI on Tuesday said it is collaborating with Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Ventures unit to accelerate the development and production of autonomous medium unmanned surface vessels (mUSVs). Lockheed Martin Ventures typically makes small investments in startups. The collaborative effort leverages HavocAI’s…

Business/Financial \| by Frank Wolfe
	Imagery Support for Ukraine in “Early Access” Agreement by BlackSky — BlackSky Technology [BKSY] has two Generation-3 Earth imaging satellites on orbit and plans to have six up by the end of the year, as the company said on Tuesday that it has signed an early access agreement with a “current…

Space \| by Rachel Jewett
	SDA Names Dr. Gurpartap Sandhoo as New Deputy Director — The Space Development Agency (SDA) has named Dr. Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo as the new deputy director, with the departure of Deputy Director Ryan Frigm. SDA announced Sandhoo’s appointment on July 8. He will support SDA Director Derek Tournear in managing the organization…

International \| by Cal Biesecker
	Maxar Nabs $205 Million In International Contracts For Defense And Intel Capabilities — Maxar Intelligence on Tuesday said it received $204.7 million in new multi-year contracts from three existing customers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region to boost sovereign defense and intelligence capabilities for the undisclosed customers. The awards exemplify the…

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