SpaceX agreed to purchase radio airwaves licenses from Grain Management to complete spectrum needed for nationwide Starlink Mobile cellular coverage, pending FCC approval.
The North Dakota firm is building 2 Troublemaker drones per week with Navy sponsorship, capable of scaling to 20 weekly. The 15-foot wingspan system offers 750+ nautical mile range and 10+ hour endurance.
The FCC will vote October 29 to remove a 1991 airborne restriction on drones using 50 MHz of licensed 800 MHz spectrum, enabling BVLOS operations in agriculture, inspection and delivery with unanimous industry support.
The Defense Department awarded $350 million in contracts since December to Alvarez & Marsal entities, including a $281 million no-bid deal, raising ethics concerns tied to George Kollitides, a former A&M partner now leading Pentagon procurement.
The Coast Guard awarded $400 million to modernize its Cape May, New Jersey training facility as it enlists 5,445 active-duty members in fiscal 2026, the largest intake in nearly four decades.
The U.S. Air Force conducted an in-flight test of the unarmed Mk21A reentry vehicle at Vandenberg Space Force Base, advancing Lockheed Martin's development of the warhead delivery system for the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM program.
Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited secured its largest contract ever, a GBP 370M (~$465M) foreign military sale for nationwide counter-drone defense system deployment with a GCC member state.
DoD, CISA and NIST set phased timelines for post-quantum cryptography migration: inventory through 2027, pilots 2027-2028, complete migration by 2035. High-value assets must be PQC-ready by 2030.
The Defense Innovation Unit launched the Bridge Program in August to lower barriers for small businesses and nontraditional contractors to access classified defense programs through Top Secret clearances, portable secure facilities, and private capital partnerships.
The R2S joint venture delivered the first Tamir interceptor for Israel's Iron Dome system built entirely in the U.S., at its Camden, Arkansas plant, which opened in November 2025 alongside a $1.25 billion supply contract.
The joint venture produced its first fully American-made Tamir interceptor for Israel's Iron Dome system at the East Camden, Arkansas plant, which opened in November 2025 with a $1.25B contract backing production.
The U.S. Navy modified an existing agreement to award Shield AI $150 million for X-BAT development, with Shield AI matching the funding. Total investment in the runway-independent drone now reaches $400 million.
TOTE Services will manage construction and Hanwha Philly Shipyard will build the first Missile Range Instrumentation Vessel for the Missile Defense Agency, replacing 1960s-era tracking ships. No contract value was disclosed.
The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs awarded five prototype agreements to advance the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile, with work running through December 2027 to design flight-integration systems and launch canisters for Virginia-class submarines.
Nvidia, AMD, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and seven other companies pledged $2.4 billion in cloud and software compute credits to support over 15 federal agencies. DoD separately committed up to $350 million for quantum computing.
The Department of Defense announced $350 million in investments across quantum computing development, manufacturing and prototyping. DARPA named four organizations advancing to the final stage of its initiative targeting computational value parity by 2033.
Bollinger Shipyards is executing early production work on the Arctic Security Cutter program under a $2.2 billion Coast Guard contract for medium polar icebreakers under the trilateral ICE Pact framework.
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon a $6.3 billion multi-year contract for Standard Missile-3 Block IB production, with a $4.4 billion base and $1.9 billion in options over five to seven years.
Gecko Robotics will deploy AI-powered inspection technology at Anduril's Arsenal-2 shipyard and Orange County protofactory, reducing inspection timelines by up to 90% to support Anduril's $3.7 billion Virginia-class submarine production expansion.
Raytheon Technologies received a five-year undefinitized contract from the Missile Defense Agency to produce Standard Missile-3 Block IB interceptors with a base value of $4.4 billion and potential total value of $6.3 billion through 2034.
German lawmakers approved exercising an option for four additional MEKO A-200 DEU frigates from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, bringing the planned fleet to eight ships and shifting away from the failed F126 program.
The Air Force is actively considering opening military test ranges to approved contractors, mirroring an Army initiative that compresses traditional weapons testing timelines from 18 months to 30 days.
Mecka closed a $60 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital to scale robotics training data capture and commercial robot deployments. The company surpassed $100 million in run-rate revenue by June 2026.
Congress awarded the Coast Guard a record $25 billion one-time infusion to acquire new cutters, including purpose-built Arctic Security Cutters scheduled for 2030 service entry, and expand personnel by 15,000.
Greece announced a $4 billion military sales package from the U.S. including Stryker 8x8 armored vehicles, upgrades for approximately 38 F-16 Viper fighters, and weapons for F-16 and future F-35 aircraft.
DARPA selected four companies for Stage C of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative through 2029, with IonQ securing a deal worth up to $300 million to test utility-scale quantum systems.
Turkey's Secretariat of Defence Industries awarded ASELSAN its largest contract in company history, €2.46 billion to expand the layered Steel Dome air defence system with hybrid systems, missiles and radars.
Vice President JD Vance told Reuters that Tehran must make a "meaningful" cut to its enrichment capacity, not promise future drawdowns. A senior Iranian official said the U.S. demands are at odds with Iran's.
SRC secured a three-year indefinite-delivery contract with a $500 million ceiling for counter-drone radars and services, with an initial $10.24 million order for Gryphon systems.
The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $209 million firm-fixed-price modification to produce AN/SLQ-32(V)6 surface electronic warfare systems through September 2029, with options that could bring the contract's cumulative value to about $1.71 billion.
The Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital offered Wolfspeed up to $1.5 billion over 30 years for SiC and GaN production. No money has moved, and the first $600 million would refinance 2030 notes.
TOTE Services signed as vessel construction manager for the Missile Range Instrumentation Vessel program, with Hanwha Philly Shipyard building the first ship. The VCM model cuts acquisition costs by at least 50% versus traditional government shipbuilding.
Romania signed a contract for 12 Airbus H225M military helicopters valued at €757 million, financed through the EU's SAFE loan program, with plans for 30 additional aircraft post-2030 to establish production at the state-owned IAR facility.
Ondas announced $270 million in aggregate orders since late June, including a $56 million Electronic Safe & Arm Devices award to subsidiary Bron for European loitering munitions. ULTRA and IonStrike autonomous systems advanced through customer validation milestones.
Hanwha Defense USA received a follow-on order for 3 K9 MH wheeled mobile howitzers from the US Army, exercising an option from an August 2026 contract for 6 units under the Mobile Tactical Cannon-Wheeled program.
The Air Force has designated point defense as a core mission function and is investing in counter-drone weapons and a new career field following Iranian attacks on bases during Operation Epic Fury.
The Defense Department implements a new profit margin policy directing contracting officers to use commercial-sector benchmarks tailored to specific industries rather than traditional cost-based measures.
The U.S. Army increased its K9 Mobile Howitzer prototype order from 6 to 9 units under the Mobile Tactical Cannon-Wheeled program, exercising 3 of 12 available options in a $262.9 million maximum-value agreement to evaluate M777 replacement.
The Pentagon activated a new program office to harden military installations against cyberattacks, sabotage, and supply chain disruptions across five strategic pillars including energy independence and domestic supply chain security.
The U.S. Army has integrated sensor data across 156 platforms and deployed 10 autonomous air defense systems operationally since May as part of Operation Jailbreak, marking a shift toward networked layered defense architecture.