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Lauren C. Williams

Business Editor

Lauren C. Williams
Lauren C. Williams is Business Editor for Defense One. She previously covered defense technology and cybersecurity for FCW and Defense Systems. Williams has reported for various publications on topics from internet culture and health care, politics to crime. She has a master's in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a bachelor's in dietetics from the University of Delaware. Contact her on Signal: laurencw.62.
Business

Defense Business Brief: VR welding; News from SMD; L3Harris opens maritime factory

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Science & Tech

The lasers are coming, but don’t forget training

Army space and missile defense leaders call for more emerging tech—and training—as new systems are developed.

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Business

Defense Business Brief: The enduring case for small USVs | Battleship costs balloon | Rainey joins Bain Capital

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Science & Tech

Pentagon counterdrone task force has a new AI-powered marketplace

The platform was developed to make the foreign military sales process more efficient.

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Business

HII’s sea drone business is growing, but revenue is ‘modest,’ CEO says

The company recently booked a yearlong production contract extension for its underwater drone, Lionfish.

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Business

Defense Business Brief: Handshake deals > plane orders?; Inside the aerospace supply chain, plus thoughts on that critical minerals EO

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Business

The Army didn’t want this striking rotorcraft, but could it be what NATO needs?

Sikorsky showcased its dual-rotor Raider helicopter at the Farnborough airshow.

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Business

The German navy can’t get enough P-8 patrol aircraft

The service is building out its ability to track Russian naval activity in the High North.

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Business

Defense Business Brief: Dispatch from Farnborough

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Business

Boeing adjusts approach to court more European business

Growing international workforce, manufacturing and assembly come into focus as the aerospace giant pitches platforms abroad.

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Business

Defense Business Brief: Farnborough preview, thoughts + trends; Trade groups balk at NDAA buyback provision; Pennsylvania’s DIB

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Defense Systems

Navy teases next step in key drone boat program

A request for prototypes is expected in August.

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Business

Defense Business Brief: Rocket engine startup eyes production; NATO Summit Day 1; Anduril’s first NATO contract

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Science & Tech

Lightweight cells powered by nuclear waste could drive tomorrow's drones

DARPA program aims to create a 30-year battery minimally viable prototype by early 2027.

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Defense Systems

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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Business

Defense Business Brief: A radar-maker’s answer to the drone boom; the Army’s private capital appetite; One lawmaker’s caution for contractors

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Business

Marine Corps inks first contract for autonomous ground vehicle production

A nearly $20 million contract aims to integrate autonomous ground vehicles in the service’s ground based air defense missions.

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Science & Tech

Could the Army’s light squad vehicle power battlefield drones?

A mobile brigade in the 101st Airborne Division put drones to the test in a recent training rotation—and used the Infantry Squad Vehicle to keep unmanned systems running.

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Business

Defense Business Brief: SECARMY’s dream marketplace; USARPAC + USVs; and Quantum EOs

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Defense Systems

Army aims to sync two divisions using next-gen C2 by year’s end

The effort will be led by Anduril, which ran NGC2 prototyping at 4th ID.

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