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Missile Defense
U.S. To Deploy THAAD To Israel To Increase Air Air And Missile Defense Amid Iran Conflict
The Defense Department on Sunday said President Biden directed the deployment of one Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and associated U.S. military crew to Israel to […]
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Army
L3Harris Unveils Diamondback Autonomous Ground Vehicle Prototype, Aims To Demo In 2025
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] this week is unveiling a new ground vehicle prototype, called Diamondback, intended to fill an Army capability gap for autonomous reconnaissance and security missions, with an aim […]
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Weapons
More Than $2 Billion in UAE/Saudi Arabia Foreign Arms Sales Approved by U.S. State Department
As the U.S. tries to deter Iran and its proxies, the U.S. State Department has approved more than $2 billion in foreign military sales (FMS) to Saudi Arabia and the […]
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Unmanned Systems
Boeing Laser System Defeated Group 3 UAS In Recent Red Sands Experiment
A directed energy system based on laser technology successfully defeated large drones in a recent counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) exercise hosted by U.S. Central Command and Saudi Arabia, Boeing […]
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Space
Marine Corps Using New Viasat Satellite Communications Service
The Marine Corps is now leveraging satellite communications from the first spacecraft in an eventual three-satellite constellation that delivers secure, high-throughput connectivity, making the military service the initial government customer […]
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Cyber
DoD Publishes Final Rule For Contractor Cybersecurity Compliance
The Defense Department last Friday published its final rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Certification (CMMC) program, meaning certain cybersecurity requirements will be included in solicitations and contracts in early to […]
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Navy/USMC
AI Integration Occurring In All Domains, Says Navy Requirements And Capabilities Officer
A top admiral this week said artificial intelligence (AI) is already being integrated across all domains for the service at several levels. “So artificial intelligence is one of our key […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
NATO Plans Assignment of Space System Quantitative Targets by Next October
As the five step North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defence Planning Process (NDPP) wends its way over the next year to assigning quantitative space system targets to the alliance’s 32 […]
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Unmanned Systems
Anduril Adds To Autonomous UAS Portfolio With Bolt VTOL Family
Maintaining a steady drumbeat of new product releases, Anduril Industries on Thursday unveiled its Bolt family of small, man-packable autonomous air vehicles that include surveillance and munition variants, which the […]
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Navy/USMC
Over One Week The Navy Awards GD Electric Boat Nearly $2 Billion In SSN Submarine Contracts
The Navy awarded General Dynamics’ Electric Boat [GD] nearly $2 billion in four contracts related to Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN) industrial base support over the past week as the service […]
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