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US Army Taps TERN for $11.3M GPS-Independent Navigation System

The US Army has awarded TERN an $11.26-million contract to deploy a system that lets military vehicles determine their position without relying on GPS.

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US Space Force Picks Texas for Final Deep-Space Radar Site

The US Space Force has selected Lake Kickapoo, Texas, as the preferred location for the third and final site of a deep-space surveillance network.

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America Can’t Afford to Test Drones at Peacetime Speed

The US can't keep testing and fielding small drones at peacetime bureaucratic speed while adversaries iterate at wartime speed.

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Poland Secures New $4-Billion US Defense Financing 

The US government has signed a $4-billion Foreign Military Financing loan guarantee agreement with Poland to support military purchases.

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Hermeus Targets Faster, Cheaper High-Mach Testing With ‘Ramjet-X’

US startup Hermeus aims to make high-Mach flight testing more accessible with Ramjet-X, a low-cost, expendable test vehicle powered by a ramjet engine.

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L3Harris Moves Toward WIDMO Radio Production in Poland 

L3Harris and Poland’s CTM have signed an agreement covering the potential domestic production of WIDMO tactical radios.

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Sea Machines Robotics Secures US Special Operations Maritime Autonomy Contract

Sea Machines Robotics has secured a five-year contract to provide rapidly deployable vessel autonomy systems to US Special Operations Forces.

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The MQ-9 Reaper’s Proposed Successor Emerges: Meet ‘Wildfire’

The MQ-9A Reaper’s proposed successor has finally stepped into view, with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) revealing a lower-cost, highly autonomous aircraft called “Wildfire.”

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Quantum Sensing Steers Northrop’s Lumberjack Drone Through GPS Denial

Cut off from GPS, Northrop Grumman’s Lumberjack drone turned to Earth’s magnetic field in a milestone navigation test conducted over land and open water.

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Mach Industries Raises $600M to Scale Defense Manufacturing

Mach Industries has raised $600 million as it expands manufacturing capacity for autonomous aircraft, long-range strike systems, and counter-drone weapons.

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