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Cape Canaveral is building up its counter-drone defenses, Space Force says
The Florida facility is key to the Pentagon’s plans to launch a thousand rockets a year.
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US military has ‘on-orbit’ space weapons, Air Force Secretary reveals
Experts said the acknowledgment may lead to overt action by China, Russia.
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Some Navy subs are waiting years for shipyard work, and that’s costing billions of dollars
In the past decade, U.S. attack submarines have spent 41 ship-years idle, GAO found.
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Golden Dome Caucus chair says building support, funding for missile shield is a ‘tough slog’
Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., told Defense One that funding the war in Iran threatens the missile-defense project.
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Army’s Apache grounding prompted by deadly Texas crash will end this week, memo says
The service confirmed a transmission problem on the helicopters three months ago. It wasn’t a factor in this crash, an official told Defense One.
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Pentagon to solicit entrants for next giant cloud-service contract vehicle
DISA aims to expand its $9 billion cloud vehicle beyond the big four hyperscalers.
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ICBM killer passes two key tests ahead of design review, Lockheed says
The company’s Next Generation Interceptor had an 18-month delay for motor problems.
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Officials hedge SpaceX aircraft-tracking satellite bet with three smaller company contracts
Rocket Labs, STR, and one mystery company are the latest space-based AMTI awardees.
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Iran war ‘accelerated’ key tanker connectivity upgrades, top Air Force officials say
Service leaders said increasing battlespace awareness on the KC-135 was paramount.
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Up to six designs could move ahead in Air Force’s next robot-wingman effort
The concept refinement phase of CCA Increment 2 could wrap by May 2027, portfolio executive says.
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Air Force will resume B-52 radar testing with second bomber after deadly crash
“We need to look at our schedule and adjust as necessary,” a top official said.
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Selective Service System seeks software to aid the military draft
The independent agency wants better tools to evaluate staffing and resource requirements.
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US rocket-launch bottleneck worries Sweden, which just launched its first military satellite
The country sped up the launch due to the “severe security situation.”
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Anduril pitches a robot wingman for US Army helicopters
The defense firm unveiled work on an autonomous tiltrotor just weeks after winning Air Force’s CCA contract.
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Marines eye cloudless networks to keep AI tools running when the cloud goes down
The software company Ditto says it can solve a key problem by networking “whatever transports the customer brings.”
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Navy teases next step in key drone boat program
A request for prototypes is expected in August.
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Under new management: the Pentagon’s autonomous systems get new oversight
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the creation of the DRPM-UxS, or direct reporting portfolio manager for unmanned offensive and defensive systems, via memo.
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AWS launches Secret Cloud for industry’s classified workloads
The company made several announcements geared towards its government customers, including up to $1 billion in cloud credits for U.S. intelligence agencies.
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General Atomics plans upgrade so ground stations can fly newer MQ-9 drones
Upgrade package will enable current operators to fly MQ-9Bs with their existing terminals.
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