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Last Updated: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, 9:05 PM PDT
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Boeing, Defense Workers’ Union to Resume Mediated Talks After Nearly Eight-Week Strike
By Bloomberg: Boeing Co. and the union representing striking defense workers have agreed to resume negotiations with a federal mediator in a bid to end a nearly eight-week work stoppage.

The spreadsheet behind the Golden Dome sticker shock
By SpaceNews.com: The spreadsheet behind the Golden Dome sticker shock The spreadsheet behind the Golden Dome sticker shock.

First Official Images Show F‑35s Deployed to Puerto Rico; Raises Questions About Potential Domestic Use
By The War Zone: The F-35's presence could play a major role in inland attacks on cartels if the Trump administration chooses to escalate.

US Senators, including Sanders, urge Boeing to end eight-week St. Louis strike that is disrupting fighter and munitions production
By Reuters: Boeing is expanding plans to replace striking St. Louis-area workers who assemble fighter jets and munitions with new hires through year's end, management announced on Thursday in an internal memo shared with Reuters.

Picogrid adds ‘universal translator’ to Palantir Maven; Legion integrated with Northrop Grumman’s AiON counter‑drone system
By Breaking Defense: The small company’s Legion software is also being integrated with Northrop Grumman’s AiON counter-drone system.

Despite Airspace Aggression in Eastern Europe, Russia Faces Naval Setbacks in the Mediterranean
By Politico: Russia is increasingly violating neighbors' airspace and menacing NATO throughout Eastern Europe and along the Baltic, but there’s one area where its strength is waning: the waters of the Mediterranean.

Space Rapid Capabilities Office to put radars on sats to warn of space-bound threats
By Breaking Defense: The plan is to award two vendors 24-month Direct to Phase II SBIR grants worth $3M each to demo low-cost, low-weight radars on Space Force satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit.