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CongressHouse Panel Rejects Some Funding For Quick Start GPS Effort, Wants Alternatives
Just as the Department of the Air Force is soliciting offers for a new constellation of resilient GPS satellites, House appropriators on Thursday will begin to mark-up a defense bill […]
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SpaceApex Ready To Increase Satellite Bus Production, Expand Product Line With New Funding Raise
Satellite developer and manufacturer Apex on Wednesday said it has closed a $95 million funding round that will allow it to begin to scale production and expand its suite of […]
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Business/FinancialGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat Files Lawsuit in Submarine Case
General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat has filed a lawsuit in Florida federal court against a retired welder and his wife–Mickey and Joanne Skobic–who worked at a Jacksonville company, Nuflo, Inc., […]
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SpaceConsortium Releases RFP For Quick Start Resilient GPS Effort
The Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) last Friday issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to consortium members to provide a resilient GPS capability under a new rapid acquisition initiative launched by […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyRocket Lab In Line For $24 Million Federal Investment To Increase Space-Grade Solar Cell Production
The Biden administration on Tuesday said it has reached a preliminary agreement with Rocket Lab [RKLB] to provide $23.9 million in federal investment to increase production of the company’s solar […]
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Business/FinancialAnduril Investing $75 Million To Boost Solid Rocket Motor Production
Anduril Industries on Monday said it is investing more than $75 million in its Mississippi-based solid rocket motor (SRM) facility to dramatically expand production to meet increasing demand for the […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Signs Long-Term Supply Agreement For Explosive Powder
Northrop Grumman [NOC] last Friday said it has signed a 15-year agreement with Norwegian chemical company Chemring Nobel AS for high-energy, explosive powder used in warhead production, locking in long-term […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Army TITAN and MSS to Complement Each Other
The U.S. Army’s Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN), the service’s new intelligence ground station, and the Maven Smart System (MSS) “absolutely complement each other,” Shyam Sankar, the chief technology […]
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Unmanned SystemsNATO-Ukraine Innovation Forum Hosts Hackathon For Automated Battlefield UAS Guidance
NATO, Ukraine, and the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week awarded cash prizes to companies and a university team for their solutions for automated guidance on the battlefield of […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyWill Novel Solid Rocket Propellant Mixing Technology Make the DoD Cut?
On Sept 18 last year, Rep Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) posted on X that he and Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel, had recently […]
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