🔷 Saved Rounds 6.3.25

Welcome to Tuesday's Saved Rounds, where we send out all the goodies we couldn't squeeze into our Sunday newsletter.

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In that Number

500

The US has 500 military trainers operating in Taiwan—more than 10 times the previously known figure—according to recent congressional testimony.

Zoom in

The Army is in the midst of a $36B transformation to pivot to the Pacific (again). But will it be another dead end?

Zoom in here for one spicy take.

They Said It

— Keoki Jackson, senior vice president and general manager of MITRE’s national security sector, on the ongoing challenge of attracting small and medium businesses to the defense industry 

It’s the first time the MITRE has polled the defense industry on acquisition.

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Saved Rounds

• Norway took command of US F-15E-launched GBU-53 network-enabled weapons in a recent test and redirected them in flight to a target

• Applied Intuition launched a UK subsidiary to develop military autonomy

• L3Harris expanded rocket motor production in Virginia

• Russia is deploying new tactics like high-altitude dives and large amounts of decoys during its latest drone strike surge on Ukraine

• Airvolve unveiled a flying 20-foot container hybrid cargo drone concept

• L3Harris was tapped for EO/IR sensors for Canada’s P-8A maritime patrol aircraft

• Alpine Eagle unveiled its autonomous counter-drone air-to-air interceptor

• Chinese scientists read tiny text from afar using a laser imaging breakthrough

• LPP Holdings unveiled an autonomous combat supply drone

• The Pentagon is looking for drone escorts for commercial ship protection

• Iran unveiled three new drone models

• The UK’s SPEAR 3 cruise missile might not field until the 2030s

• Indra tested Leopard tanks with a drone-hunting AESA radar

• China’s massive Y-20-based KJ-3000 airborne early warning jet was spotted again

• FSU engineers unveiled a world-first integrated jet power and cooling hydrogen system

• Italy may lose control of its largest military vehicle maker as foreign buyers eye Iveco Defence sale

• Russia is testing tungsten-based counter-drone ammo

• Leidos acquired Kudu Dynamic to boost its cyber ops portfolio ($300M deal)

• The Space Force bought 2 more GPS IIIF satellites from Lockheed Martin—a $509M order

• C3 AI won a $450M contract for Air Force predictive analytics

• Meta & Anduril announced a AR headset partnership for the Army

• Starfighters International is eyeing using F-4 fighter jets for quick smallsat launches

• Lockheed partnered with Red Hat to collaborate on drone swarm technology

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