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| Budget | by Matthew Beinart |
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Trump, Hegseth Announce Plan For $1 Trillion Defense Budget Request
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President Trump said Monday his administration’s forthcoming defense budget proposal will have a topline of around $1 trillion, a record first for the Pentagon. “We have great things happening with our military. We also essentially approved a budget, which is… |
| Budget | by Rich Abott |
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Navy May Look To Retire Cruisers Under Budgetary Pressure
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy may consider retiring early or winding down Ticonderoga-class cruisers as the service faces budget pressure under a full-year continuing resolution (CR) and the continuing focus on improving shipbuilding and adding unmanned systems. “There may… |
| Space | by Cal Biesecker |
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U.S. Space Command, SpaceWERX Sponsoring Space Maneuver Challenge
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—As part of its efforts around sustaining operations in space amid a war, U.S. Space Command and the Space Force’s innovation arm are co-sponsoring a $19 million challenge for commercial companies to offer their solutions for sustained space… |
| Space | by Cal Biesecker |
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Space Force Contracts With Astroscale For On-Orbit Fueling Demonstration
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Astroscale U.S. has contracted with the U.S. Space Force to conduct the first ever refueling missions of Defense Department assets in space, and the first time hydrazine refueling operations will be done above geostationary orbit (GEO), the company… |
| Army | by Matthew Beinart |
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Lozano: Army Looking To AI, Autonomy Capabilities For Contribution to Golden Dome
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The Army’s contribution to the Trump administration’s “Golden Dome for America” missile defense project will include looking at artificial intelligence-driven capabilities to enable remote operations and reduce the architecture’s manpower requirements, a senior official said Monday. Maj. Gen. Frank Lozano,… |
| Intelligence Community | by Cal Biesecker |
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USSPACECOM Chief Tout’s Maven’s Role In Space Domain Awareness
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—An artificial intelligence platform increasingly being used across the combatant commands is operational with U.S. Space Command, helping to improve domain awareness of adversarial activity in space, the command’s top officer said on Tuesday. Maven Smart System has… |
| Intelligence Community | by Cal Biesecker |
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NRO Launching Two More Proliferated Architecture Missions In April
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The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) this month will launch two more missions as part of its proliferated architecture, the agency’s director said Tuesday in a statement. The two launches will be within days of each other and are the ninth… |
| Missile Defense | by Cal Biesecker |
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Millennium Space, L3Harris Complete Critical Design Review For FOO Fighter
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Boeing’s [BA] Millennium Space Systems on Monday said it had completed the critical design review (CDR) for a missile defense fire control program managed by the Space Development Agency (SDA). The successful CDR mean the SDA’s Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter… |
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