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Firefly files for initial public offering

The eight-year-old maker of launch vehicles and other spacecraft gives a deeper look at its business for the first time, as is required before the listing completes.

Defense

Drones are now bullets: How a new Pentagon policy may accelerate robot warfare

The new policy also allows more units to buy drones, which should boost the demand signal to industry.

Defense

Allies struggle to work with US military in space operations, GAO finds

An excess of overlapping roles, classification, and unfilled jobs are hurting U.S. collaboration with partners in space.

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Securing the Operational Edge: Addressing API Risk in the Age of Generative AI

This white paper from RavenTek and Akamai outlines how DoD leaders are securing APIs—vital for fast, connected missions—as usage grows and threats rise with GenAI integration.

Ideas

How China’s new rare-earth export controls target the Pentagon—and the world

The licensing system replaces a cruder, less flexible means of economic leverage.

Defense

How the National Guard’s domestic missions build deterrence

The Guard’s citizen-soldiers and -airmen boost American resiliency, complicating any adversary’s calculations.

Defense

Space Force Taps Boeing to Build Next-Gen Strategic Comms Satellites

The $2.8B ESS contract marks a major milestone in NC3 modernization, with a shift to more resilient and proliferated satellite architectures.

Defense

What the R&D budget proposal says about the future of war

The Pentagon’s research-and-development section heralds several quiet, monumental shifts.

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Securing the Federal Cloud: Adapting to Evolving Threats

At an ATARC and Palo Alto Networks roundtable, federal experts discussed the challenges of securing the federal cloud, citing skills gaps, evolving procurement strategies, and the need for modern, product-focused security approaches.

Science & Tech

Secure comms with allies is hard. The Pentagon wants to change that

The department is working on an effort to streamline a complex set of classified networks they use with allies and partners.

Science & Tech

Spat over Europe’s next-gen fighter program spills over at Paris Air Show

Public bickering between France and Germany doesn’t bode well for the continent’s efforts to build up military capability.

Science & Tech

F-35 engine upgrade hits delay, casting doubt on timeline

Critical design review has been pushed back a year, according to Pratt & Whitney.

Science & Tech

As CCAs make international debut, companies pitch European co-production

General Atomics said their robot wingman offering will be “far less than $20 million” a pop.

Defense

Air Force chooses joint venture for $430M technical data contract

The service branch is seeking help in functions such as management, updates, conversion, distribution and library services.

Defense

US strikes on Iran not a step toward ‘open-ended war,’ SecDef says

Operation Midnight Hammer saw the first use of the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator.