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Space Development Agency taps GD-Iridium team for complex ground system

Space Development Agency taps GD-Iridium team for complex ground system
Space Development Agency taps GD-Iridium team for complex ground system

Under the $324.5 million contract, the team will develop the “ground Operations and Integration (O&I) segment for Tranche 1 of the National Defense Space Architecture.”

Finland needs ability to ‘react rapidly’ to any Russian aggression: Minister

Finland needs ability to ‘react rapidly’ to any Russian aggression: Minister
Finland needs ability to ‘react rapidly’ to any Russian aggression: Minister

With a wary eye on Russia, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said that so far it’s mostly quiet on the eastern front.

DARPA’s revolutionary seaplane wants to change how the Pentagon hauls cargo

DARPA’s revolutionary seaplane wants to change how the Pentagon hauls cargo
DARPA’s revolutionary seaplane wants to change how the Pentagon hauls cargo

For it’s Liberty Lifter project, the research agency is betting on a concept called the “wing-in-ground effect,” an aerodynamic principle that’s well-known but proven difficult to master, a DARPA official told Breaking Defense.

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The global market for Tactical Wheeled Vehicles is booming: here’s what it takes to compete

The global market for Tactical Wheeled Vehicles is booming: here’s what it takes to compete
The global market for Tactical Wheeled Vehicles is booming: here’s what it takes to compete

Building on its recent success equipping the first U.S. Army unit with the Infantry Squad Vehicle, GM Defense is expanding into the international market for tactical wheeled vehicles.

Space Force adding new cyber squads, improving satellite control

Space Force adding new cyber squads, improving satellite control
Space Force adding new cyber squads, improving satellite control

Space Force’s Delta 6, known as the “Cyber Delta,” currently has three squadrons assigned to cyber defense. Four new squadrons will stand up in the summer, Col. Roy Rockwell, who heads the delta, said. 

Army official teases updated cloud plan, expected later this year

Army official teases updated cloud plan, expected later this year
Army official teases updated cloud plan, expected later this year

“What you’re going to see is a greater level of detail and maturity for not just leveraging commercial cloud computing, but really how that starts to extend into our on-premise locations, how this starts to extend into our tactical locations,” Paul Puckett, director of the Army’s Enterprise Cloud Management Office said.

State Department clears $3B in weapons sales for Egypt, Australia, Netherlands

State Department clears $3B in weapons sales for Egypt, Australia, Netherlands
State Department clears $3B in weapons sales for Egypt, Australia, Netherlands

The three potential deals cover CH-47F Chinook Helicopters for Egypt, HIMARS Launchers for Australia, and AIM_9X missiles for the Dutch.

Laura Taylor-Kale officially nominated as DoD industrial policy chief

Laura Taylor-Kale officially nominated as DoD industrial policy chief
Laura Taylor-Kale officially nominated as DoD industrial policy chief

Taylor-Kale, who has a long history of working on manufacturing issues, is currently a fellow for innovation and economic competitiveness at the Council on Foreign Relations.

NATO nations should invest more on air defense, fires, EUCOM nominee says

NATO nations should invest more on air defense, fires, EUCOM nominee says
NATO nations should invest more on air defense, fires, EUCOM nominee says

Gen. Christopher Cavoli, nominee for Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said that NATO nations could supply more air and missile defense technology, armor vehicles and more.

Next step for AFRL’s space-based solar power quest: energy beaming

Next step for AFRL’s space-based solar power quest: energy beaming
Next step for AFRL’s space-based solar power quest: energy beaming

SSPIDR consists of several small-scale flight experiments that will mature technology needed to build a prototype solar power distribution system.

Gilday: Navy could offer retired Littoral Combat Ships to South American nations

Gilday: Navy could offer retired Littoral Combat Ships to South American nations
Gilday: Navy could offer retired Littoral Combat Ships to South American nations

The Navy faces an uphill battle on trying to retire nine Littoral Combat Ships, but where will those vessels go after leaving the fleet?

Updated autonomous weapons rules coming for the Pentagon: Exclusive details

Updated autonomous weapons rules coming for the Pentagon: Exclusive details
Updated autonomous weapons rules coming for the Pentagon: Exclusive details

“We want to make sure, of course, that the directive still reflects the views of the department and the way the department should be thinking about [autonomous] weapon systems,” Michael Horowitz told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview.

Not ‘cookie cutter’: Navy’s unmanned tech should answer threats, advisors say

Not ‘cookie cutter’: Navy’s unmanned tech should answer threats, advisors say
Not ‘cookie cutter’: Navy’s unmanned tech should answer threats, advisors say

The Navy has stood up a special task force for unmanned systems, but can it overcome congressional skepticism?

NRO keeps 3 vendors for commercial imagery with new 10-year contracts

NRO keeps 3 vendors for commercial imagery with new 10-year contracts
NRO keeps 3 vendors for commercial imagery with new 10-year contracts

Commercial imagery has proven invaluable in the Ukraine conflict, both to the US government’s information war against Russia and to the Ukrainian military.