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SDA expects Northrop Grumman Transport Layer satellites to launch soon, advancing deployment of its delayed proliferated LEO network.

VULCANFORMS, SPECTER AEROSPACE partner on hypersonic weapons... SES O3b mPOWER constellation complete... New CFO for DRONESHIELD...

Lockheed Martin now plans to build five prototypes of its Skunk Works-designed Vectis Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

AEROVIRONMENT gets first Locust international order... ACS expands in Austin for Bullfrog production... LOCKHEED gets Mk. 48 torpedo award...

LOCKHEED gets JASSM/LRASM award... CAE to install 747-8i simulator at Andrews... New CEO for LUFTHANSA TECHNIK...

Directed energy is at a precipice for the U.S. military services—the technology is ready, the military services just need to buy in to field it at scale.

The Australian Defense Department has announced AU$2.4 billion ($1.75 billion) in investment for integrated air and missile defense capabilities.

BOEING gets Super Hornet/Growler flight control surface repair award... PRATT expanding Polish manufacturing facility... SPACEWERX funds wireless satellite charging research...

Sweden and Finland are to cooperate on rocket artillery systems as Sweden acquires Lockheed Martin’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars).

Albany renegotiates Sikorsky CH-53K contract, improves Earhart facility’s performance, and secures positive cash flow to keep Salt Lake City site.

The U.S. Navy pushes for high-energy lasers on ships, aiming to enhance fleet defense by overcoming engineering challenges and boosting industry involvement.

On June 2 Canada signed a $1.88 billion contract for 26 Lockheed Martin-made HIMARS launchers and a preliminary stock of surface-to-surface missiles.

Starfighters Space is in litigation with its ex-CEO and his wife for allegedly removing or spending millions of dollars of the Florida company’s funds without board authorization.

U.S. defense startup Castelion will expand manufacturing capacity for a ballistic missile, accelerate development of a long-range hypersonic weapon and invest in new defensive interceptors after raising more than $1 billion in additional funding.

XTI AEROSPACE management shakeup... New GBSD maintenance facility... F-35 flight equipment award...

The company that invented the MQ-9A Reaper is now aiming to reinvent the medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) category.

U.S. Army seeks major GMLRS production increase to replenish stocks, with deliveries of 19,002 rockets annually beginning 2030.

United Launch Alliance has promoted Chief Operating Officer Mark Peller to president and CEO, succeeding Tory Bruno, who left ULA in December.

The U.S. Space Force is bringing in five satellite builders to develop a new orbital mesh network.

LOCKHEED MARTIN producing new THAAD launchers for UAE... XTI partners with DBOX on drone docking... GATX promotes new chief planning and investment officer...

TORCH TECHNOLOGIES gets $1b Eglin support award... PRINCIPAL MINERAL acquires CONDUCIVE GROUP... New CFO for SUMMIT AVIATION...

Lockheed Martin and Verizon have demonstrated the ability to detect small drones using signals from existing cellular networks.

Lockheed Martin announced Aug. 12 that it had conducted the first live-fire test of its new containerized Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) launcher.

A competition is underway to develop the U.S. Army’s next long-range, surface-to-surface missile for potential use on the Lockheed Martin High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).

Firefly Aerospace now expects to launch its upgraded Alpha small-lift launch vehicle for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2026, company CEO Jason Kim said Aug. 11.