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Cal Biesecker
Articles By Cal
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026
- State Department Approves Nearly $4.7 Billion In Helicopters To South Korea, Support To India And Missiles For Belgium
- Lockheed Conducts Successful Seeker Test For QuadStar Missile Competing For Army’s NGSRI
- Perennial Autonomy Nabs $500 Million DoD Counter-Drone Contract
- DIU Picks Five Companies As Winners of Drone Dominance Program’s Lethality Challenge
- RTX Wins ONR Contract To Develop Multiplexing Radar Software
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026
- State Department Approves Nearly $4.7 Billion In Helicopters To South Korea, Support To India And Missiles For Belgium
- Lockheed Conducts Successful Seeker Test For QuadStar Missile Competing For Army’s NGSRI
- Perennial Autonomy Nabs $500 Million DoD Counter-Drone Contract
- DIU Picks Five Companies As Winners of Drone Dominance Program’s Lethality Challenge
- RTX Wins ONR Contract To Develop Multiplexing Radar Software
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Unmanned SystemsPerennial Autonomy Nabs $500 Million DoD Counter-Drone Contract
The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF)-401 has awarded Perennial Autonomy a three-year contract with a $500 million ceiling to acquire three of the company’s drone interceptors, a deal that […]
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Business/FinancialDoD Awards DPA Funds To Solid Rocket Motor Component Supplier PacSci
The Defense Department last Friday evening said it awarded Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Co. (PacSci EMC) $27.3 million to boost production of a key safety component for solid rocket motors […]
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Monday, May 18, 2026
- Defense Watch: F-35 News, Big GD Sub Award, E-7 Reversal, UxS News
- Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement
- Navy Reveals Long-Term MUSV Fleet Size; Using OTA For Off The Shelf Vehicles
- Space Force Awards Northrop Grumman $398 Million For Enhanced PTS-P
- Demand Signal For L3Harris’ Vampire Counter-Drone System Exceeds $1 Billion, Executive Says
- Australian AI Sensor Startup Arkeus Raises $18 Million To Help Expand In U.S, Europe
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Monday, May 18, 2026
- Defense Watch: F-35 News, Big GD Sub Award, E-7 Reversal, UxS News
- Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement
- Navy Reveals Long-Term MUSV Fleet Size; Using OTA For Off The Shelf Vehicles
- Space Force Awards Northrop Grumman $398 Million For Enhanced PTS-P
- Demand Signal For L3Harris’ Vampire Counter-Drone System Exceeds $1 Billion, Executive Says
- Australian AI Sensor Startup Arkeus Raises $18 Million To Help Expand In U.S, Europe
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Unmanned SystemsDemand Signal For L3Harris’ Vampire Counter-Drone System Exceeds $1 Billion, Executive Says
An affordable counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) L3Harris Technologies [LHX] began developing five years ago that Ukrainian forces have used since 2022 to fend off Russian drone attacks has a kill […]
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Unmanned SystemsAustralian AI Sensor Startup Arkeus Raises $18 Million To Help Expand In U.S, Europe
Australia’s Arkeus has raised $18 million in a Series A round to help developer of artificial intelligence-enabled hyperspectral sensors to expand and scale manufacturing in Australia, the U.S. and Europe. […]
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Friday, May 15, 2026
- Golden Dome Head Pushes Back on CBO Estimate; Sen. Sheehy Agrees On Trillion Dollar Scale
- Without Iran Supplemental Soon, Caudle Expects To Make Tradeoffs In July Timeframe
- CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones
- Teledyne FLIR Defense To Provide Rogue 1 Loitering Munition For Army’s LASSO Effort
- Space Force Soliciting Industry Prototypes For $783 Million Program To Upgrade Ground-Based Radars
- Anduril Details Scaling Up NGC2 Work At Division-Level Ivy Mass Exercise
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Friday, May 15, 2026
- Golden Dome Head Pushes Back on CBO Estimate; Sen. Sheehy Agrees On Trillion Dollar Scale
- Without Iran Supplemental Soon, Caudle Expects To Make Tradeoffs In July Timeframe
- CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones
- Teledyne FLIR Defense To Provide Rogue 1 Loitering Munition For Army’s LASSO Effort
- Space Force Soliciting Industry Prototypes For $783 Million Program To Upgrade Ground-Based Radars
- Anduril Details Scaling Up NGC2 Work At Division-Level Ivy Mass Exercise