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Space
Apex SN1 Satellite, Launched in March, Has Anduril Payload
Anduril Industries is teaming with Los Angeles-based Apex to help bring Anduril’s philosophy of mass produced, high tech aircraft, ships, and land systems to space. “We recognize as a company […]
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Business/Financial
Amentum, Jacobs Complete Merger
The new Amentum Holdings, comprising the former privately-held Amentum and the Critical Mission Solutions and cyber businesses spun off by Dallas-based Jacobs [J], started trading on the New York Stock […]
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Unmanned Systems
DIU Interested In Low-Cost, Long-Range, Expendable UAS For Different Missions
The Pentagon’s lead innovation arm on Monday issued a solicitation seeking one-way commercial-built ground-launched drones that be fashioned for various missions over long-ranges and that can operate in contested environments. […]
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Air Force
Continued Use of Chinese Printed Wiring Boards on KC-46 Low Risk, DoD Says
Chinese-made printed wiring boards (PWBs) on U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus tankers by Boeing [BA] represent a low technical risk, DoD acquisition chief William LaPlante ruled last year. PWBs, like […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Lockheed Martin Touts Success Using Domestic Microelectronics For Electronic Warfare
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and partner Altera recently demonstrated the successful integration of domestically-produced semiconductor technology as part of a digital electronic component that delivered electronic warfare effects during a flight […]
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Air Force
USAF Awards Lockheed Martin $3.2 Billion for JASSM/LRASM
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is receiving a firm fixed price contract worth up to $3.2 billion for a “large lot” buy of the company’s AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and […]
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Space
No Comment from ODNI on Maximizing Commercial Imagery/Analytics, GAO Says
More than two years ago, the Government Accountability Office advised that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) ensure that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National […]
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Space
Space RCO Places First Delivery Orders for R2C2
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) at Kirtland AFB, N.M., said that it has placed the first $12 million in delivery orders for the Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) […]
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Intelligence Community
Open Source Data Presents Challenge for IARPA
One of the main challenges that the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) faces is ensuring the reliability of open sources to help form an accurate picture for the intelligence […]
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Missile Defense
MDA Chooses Northrop Grumman For Hypersonic Defender Over RTX
The Missile Defense Agency on Wednesday selected Northrop Grumman [NOC] over RTX [RTX] to continue developing the counter-hypersonic missile defense program, the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI). MDA said this means […]
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