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⚡ Hegseth Warns: “Move Faster or Fade Away” as DoD Rolls Out Acquisition Overhaul

⚡ Hegseth Warns: “Move Faster or Fade Away” as DoD Rolls Out Acquisition Overhaul

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told defense CEOs the Pentagon will reward speed and volume, urging primes to invest their own capital; firms resisting change will “fade away.”

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🪐 Portal Space Unveils Starburst, a Maneuverable Micro-Spacecraft for Responsive Missions

🪐 Portal Space Unveils Starburst, a Maneuverable Micro-Spacecraft for Responsive Missions

Washington-based Portal Space Systems introduced Starburst, a highly maneuverable micro-spacecraft designed for rendezvous, proximity operations, and rapid orbital changes to support national security and commercial constellations.

🛩️ “Gambit” Evolves: General Atomics Introduces New Stealth Attack Drone

🛩️ “Gambit” Evolves: General Atomics Introduces New Stealth Attack Drone

General Atomics revealed a stealth-optimized Gambit variant designed for high-end strike and survivability in contested airspace, following the Gambit 6 announcement.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
💥 DOD Draft Memo Points to Sweeping Acquisition Reform

💥 DOD Draft Memo Points to Sweeping Acquisition Reform

A leaked draft memo obtained by Breaking Defense shows the Pentagon preparing to overhaul its acquisition system, prioritizing speed and accountability over bureaucratic process.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛩️ Anduril Drone Wingman Prototype Completes First Flight for U.S. Air Force

🛩️ Anduril Drone Wingman Prototype Completes First Flight for U.S. Air Force

Anduril’s YFQ-44A prototype achieved its first flight under the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, joining General Atomics’ YFQ-42A as the second drone to reach flight testing.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🕸️ Florida Firm Conducts ‘World’s First’ Non-Lethal Human Takedown With Drone

🕸️ Florida Firm Conducts ‘World’s First’ Non-Lethal Human Takedown With Drone

Florida-based Wrap Technologies successfully completed the first-ever non-lethal human takedown using a drone, employing its Merlin-Interdictor to deploy a BolaWrap device that safely entangled a human target from above.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚁 Army’s New 3D-Printed FPV Drone Can Put Lethal Effects on Target “Right Now”

🚁 Army’s New 3D-Printed FPV Drone Can Put Lethal Effects on Target “Right Now”

The Army’s 25th Infantry Division unveiled its first 3D-printed first-person-view drone armed with a detonation system, marking the first in-house design capable of delivering lethal effects in theater.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
✈️ NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Makes Historic First Flight

✈️ NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Makes Historic First Flight

NASA’s X-59 demonstrator completed its first flight, testing low-sonic-boom signatures and aero/flight regimes to validate technologies aimed at enabling routine overland supersonic flight with reduced environmental impact.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
⚡ The Railgun Returns: General Atomics Unveils a Reinvented Electromagnetic Weapon

⚡ The Railgun Returns: General Atomics Unveils a Reinvented Electromagnetic Weapon

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is reviving its railgun initiative with new electromagnetic weapons capable of launching tungsten-pellet payloads at hypersonic velocities.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🎯 “American Shahed”: Griffon’s Low-Cost Kamikaze Strike Drone Pitches Massed One-Way Attack Capacity

🎯 “American Shahed”: Griffon’s Low-Cost Kamikaze Strike Drone Pitches Massed One-Way Attack Capacity

Griffon Aerospace is converting its MQM-172 Arrowhead target drone into a low-cost, one-way strike weapon, pitching a U.S.-made alternative to attritable “Shahed-style” attack drones.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🔫 Avenger Drone Concept Pairs High-Energy Laser for Counter-Air Missions

🔫 Avenger Drone Concept Pairs High-Energy Laser for Counter-Air Missions

A new Avenger drone variant concept integrates a high-energy laser payload for counter-air and missile defense missions, combining directed energy with traditional munitions for flexible engagement.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚤 Saronic & NVIDIA Partner to Accelerate Edge AI Autonomy for Unmanned Naval Vessels

🚤 Saronic & NVIDIA Partner to Accelerate Edge AI Autonomy for Unmanned Naval Vessels

Texas-based Saronic announced a partnership with NVIDIA to integrate high-performance edge computing aboard its unmanned surface vessels, bringing AI model training and inference directly to sea.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
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