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- Army unveils plans to acquire two different sizes of autonomous launchers
- Nearly one in 10 ‘Tier 1’ subcontractors to defense primes are Chinese firms: Report
- DARPA’s DRACO nuclear propulsion project ROARs no more
- France’s Thales and Norway’s Kongsberg ink communications joint venture
- EVADE: DARPA pivots shipboard drone program to rapidly field tech later this year
- Space Force ponders shakeup to LEO satellite strategy, potentially hiring SpaceX for data relay
- Air Force cancels E-7 Wedgetail, citing survivability and cost concerns
- Pentagon formally unveils $961.6 billion budget for 2026, with reconciliation help
- Multi-mission airlift/tanker aircraft: The C-390 offers unique advantages
- Navy’s 2026 shipbuilding budget seeks just 3 warships in base request, 16 in reconciliation
- At the NATO Summit at The Hague, Ukraine takes a backseat
- Hegseth: ‘No one’s under there able to assess’ efficacy of US strike on Iranian facility
- Streamlining federal operations: Achieving mission success with unified network observability
- Thales, KNDS expand protection system RAPIDFire for bases on land
- Who’s Who in Defense: Rick Scott, Chairman, Senate Armed Services (SASC) Subcommittee on Seapower
