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🔷 Saved Rounds 6.17.25
Welcome to Tuesday's Saved Rounds, where we send out all the goodies we couldn't squeeze into our Sunday newsletter.
In that Number
400%
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called for a 400% boost in the alliance’s air and missile defenses to counter growing threats from Russia.
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They Said It
“Frankly, simple autonomy, simple algorithms, a little bit of AI sprinkled in.”
— Maj. Gen. Joseph Kunkel, head of the Air Force’s force design, on what they learned in the Combat Collaborative Aircraft (CCA) so far, and not requiring complex algorithms. Keeping the autonomy relatively simple is a key part of building and fielding the drones faster.
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Saved Rounds
The Air Force released the first official render of the AGM-181 LRSO nuclear cruise missile
General Atomics sealed a long-term deal with the UK for Mk1 (MQ-9) drone support
Xplore unveiled hyperspectral imagery from its first satellite
L3Harris was tapped for more VAMPIRE anti-drone systems to support European operations
BAE won a $10.5M Navy deal for MK64 Archerfish, a helicopter-launched mine countermeasure
Blighter unveiled a new border surveillance radar that can detect humans 10 miles away
BAE & Hanwha are partnering to develop a multi-sensor satellite system
Northrop Grumman and Marshall are partnering to propose for the UK’s Ground-Based Air Defense (GBAD) program
Lockheed won a $1.7B Army contract for Apache helo sensor upgrades
The Navy reached initial operating capability with the T-54A trainer aircraft
Kymeta unveiled a new antenna that can provide multiband access to different satellite networks
Belgium is slated to receive its first F-35 jet delivery by fall
Integrate won a 5-year $25M Phase III SBIR from the Space Force for its project management software
Booz Allen Ventures invested in ConductorAI, a company using AI to speed up federal admin tasks
The Army is killing its MFEW airborne jammer program after 10 years in the making
Northrop Grumman unveiled a submarine-launched AARGM-ER anti-radiation missile concept
Australia signed a deal to jointly produce Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM)
Sierra Space launched a defense division to focus on national security
Dassault reintroduced a Rafale fighter with conformal fuel tanks (CFT)
The Pentagon is reviewing the AUKUS Submarine Deal with Australia and Britain
The Italian Air Force retired its MB-339A jet trainer fleet
Gecko Robotics raised a Series D funding and is now valued at $1.25B (inspection robots for ship hulls)
Airbus Helicopters launched HTeaming, enabling helicopter crews to control drones in flight
The Army officially terminated the M10 Booker light tank program
Oklo is set to win an Air Force contract to build and operate the military’s first 5-megawatt microreactor
Lockheed Martin is exploring industry participation with Portugal in case the country decides to buy the F-35
Northrop Grumman delivered the 200th GQM-163A Coyote target drone to the Navy
Planet Labs signed a major seven-figure deal with NATO for AI-enabled satellite surveillance over key areas of interest
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