SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
WASHINGTON — The Space Rapid Capabilities Office has selected three companies to develop sensors that help U.S. military satellites in geosynchronous orbit detect ground-based tracking activity. The effort signals continued investment in satellite survivability as adversaries expand space reconnaissance and tracking.
DefenseNews.com
• Rudy Ruitenberg
By DefenseNews.com: The companies said Thundart is fully designed and produced in France.
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Breaking Defense
• Jonas Olsson
By Breaking Defense: “The effect is marginal. I think the other customers will get vehicles earlier,” Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, general manager of BAE Systems Hägglunds, said during a media visit to its Ornskoldsvik site.
Washington Post
• Dan Lamothe, Tara Copp
By Washington Post: The USS Gerald R. Ford, at sea for 10 months, is in need of repair. Its exit, though, reduces the firepower on hand as Trump presses Tehran to make peace.
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
By The War Zone: The MQ-58 with conventional landing gear will mark the beginning of the Marines’ operational Collaborative Combat Aircraft journey, with other types likely to follow.
Vertical Mag
• Oliver Johnson
By Vertical Mag: The two autonomous platforms — finalists in the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next program in their manned variants — are being developed by Sikorsky and Near Earth Autonomy.
Vertical Mag
• Elistair Press Release
By Vertical Mag: Explore the role of DroneBox in ORION 2026, a major military exercise in France with over 1,200 drones deployed.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: AE Systems WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded BAE Systems an $11.8 million contract to demonstrate satellite-to-satellite communications using Link-182, a radio-frequency data link standard adopted for its planned MILNET data relay network supporting the Golden Dome missile defense shield.
DefenseNews.com
• Defense News staff
