Author: Michael

The Space Force’s acquisition arm announced on Friday the 12 companies who have received contracts to develop space-based interceptor (SBI) prototypes for President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome.
The service awarded other transaction authority (OTA) agreements — worth up to a combined $3.2 billion — to the vendors in late 2025 and early 2026, according to a Space Systems Command press release. Under the contracts, the companies will develop prototypes of a space-based architecture that can shoot down enemy missiles after they’re launched.

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On the first day of the 2026 Best Sapper competition, 1st Lts. Bryce Sullenger and Christopher Barrett rushed to a swimming station, read over the task and challenge, and hit the water. They swam, got out and were told they had to swim an additional 50 meters each. They had missed part of the challenge and made a crucial mistake. That threw them off, especially because it was so early in the competition, when a lot of points were at stake. 
“We just had to brush it off our shoulders and move on to the next event and not get carried away,” Sullenger said.

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The Pentagon’s premier research and development agency released a solicitation Thursday for a program that aims to boost innovation in autonomous undersea vehicles.
The program, dubbed Deep Thoughts, is focused on several technical areas, including AUV and pressure vessel designs, materials science, manufacturing techniques, embedded subsystems and payloads, mission engineering and digital engineering capabilities.

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