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- In a first, Ukraine’s drone force launches interceptor drone from USV to destroy Shahed
- Delivering first Columbia-class sub in 2028 will prove ‘wicked heavy lift’: Sub czar
- Navy tests long-range JDAM, striking out to 200 nautical miles
- A new F/A-XX timeline and many, many MUSVs at Sea Air Space Day 1
- Space Force kills OCX GPS ground control system, citing ‘insurmountable’ challenges
- The sights of Sea Air Space Day 1
- Army to rely on FMS, reinvesting to ensure helicopter manufactures stay ‘healthy’
- With eyes on future NASA moon base, Space Force launches cislunar acquisition task force
- MQ-9B SeaGuardian® offers Navy-Marine Corps a decisive edge in today’s battlespace
- Saildrone unveils new medium unmanned surface vessel for anti-sub warfare, ISR
- F/A-XX fighter downselect coming in August: CNO
- Iran’s targeting of our THAAD/TPY-2 radars is a ‘big freaking deal’
- NHIndustries inks contract for NH90 Block 2 study in support of future tech
- In contested seas, autonomy has to think ahead, not just steer







