🚢 Saronic Acquires Louisiana Shipyard to Expand Autonomous Vessel Production

📬 In Today’s Defense Brief

🥷 Scout AI Emerges from Stealth With $15M Seed Round and DoD Contracts LINK

🚢 Saronic Acquires Louisiana Shipyard to Expand Autonomous Vessel Production LINK

🔛 U.S. Army Deploying 3D-Printed Drones to Soldiers for On-Demand Ops LINK

🪐 Space Force’s New Framework Declares Space Superiority Core to Military Power LINK

💼 Lockheed Martin Appoints Evan Scott as New CFO Amid Financial Repositioning LINK

🎱 Plus 8 other news stories you may like

📰 Full Breakdown

🥷 Scout AI Emerges from Stealth With $15M Seed Round and DoD Contracts LINK

• Scout AI announced it raised $15 million in seed funding and has secured two contracts with the Department of Defense to advance battlefield autonomy projects.

• The company unveiled "Fury," a robotic foundation model designed to enable faster, smarter decision-making for autonomous defense platforms.

• Scout’s leadership emphasizes that Fury is purpose-built for military applications and plans to embed it into future autonomous drones, vehicles, and robotic systems.

🚢 Saronic Acquires Louisiana Shipyard to Expand Autonomous Vessel Production LINK

• Saronic, a maritime autonomy startup, purchased a Louisiana shipyard to scale up production of its larger unmanned surface vessels (USVs).

• The company plans to build long-range, heavy-payload autonomous ships tailored for defense, logistics, and ISR missions in contested maritime zones.

• Officials say this acquisition will help accelerate delivery timelines for the U.S. Navy and allied customers seeking distributed maritime capabilities.

🔛 U.S. Army Deploying 3D-Printed Drones to Soldiers for On-Demand Ops LINK

• The U.S. Army is fielding 3D-printed reconnaissance drones to soldiers, allowing troops to print, assemble, and customize UAVs in the field.

• The concept, developed under the "Drone Forge" project, aims to reduce supply chain delays and enable real-time tailoring of drones for specific missions.

• Army officials expect the technology to dramatically increase operational flexibility in austere environments where traditional resupply is difficult.

🪐 Space Force’s New Framework Declares Space Superiority Core to Military Power LINK

• The Space Force released a new strategic framework stating that maintaining space superiority is foundational to all other aspects of U.S. military power.

• The document highlights growing threats from China and Russia, calling for faster fielding of resilient satellite constellations and counterspace capabilities.

• Leaders emphasized that space must be treated as a warfighting domain on par with land, sea, and air, not as a secondary or support environment.

💼 Lockheed Martin Appoints Evan Scott as New CFO Amid Financial Repositioning LINK

• Lockheed Martin named Evan Scott, a longtime company veteran, as its new Chief Financial Officer as part of a leadership reshuffle.

• Scott succeeds Jay Malave and is tasked with overseeing cost controls, margin improvements, and investment strategies in a highly competitive defense market.

• The move comes as Lockheed prepares for shifts in Pentagon spending priorities and intensifies efforts in emerging sectors like hypersonics and AI.

🌏 Other Important News

• U.S. Approves Sale of TH-73A Training Helicopters to Philippines LINK

• L3Harris Expands Indiana Facility to Meet Missile Defense Payload Demand LINK

• Air Force Eyes Upgraded E-7 Wedgetail With Advanced Radar Capabilities LINK

• General Dynamics Electric Boat Union Threatens Strike Over Contract LINK

• New Interagency Land Agreement Strengthens U.S. Border Defense Efforts LINK

• Coast Guard Solicits International Bids for New Arctic Security Cutters LINK

• U.S. Deploys NMESIS Coastal Defense Systems to Northern Philippines LINK

• L3Harris Opens Fort Wayne Facility Expansion to Support Growth LINK

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