🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Friday

• The Marine Corps advanced its Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle program into a second rapid prototyping phase with GDLS and Textron, signaling continued investment in digitally integrated, multi-variant platforms to replace legacy Light Armored Vehicles.
• The Space Force is deploying “integrated test teams” that merge developmental and operational testing, a structural shift aimed at accelerating capability fielding and tightening feedback loops across space acquisition programs.
• The Pentagon awarded Raytheon $45 million for the GPS ground system while reassessing the program’s future, underscoring both the urgency and instability surrounding modernization of critical PNT infrastructure.

Sources:

1) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/marine-corps-awards-textron-general-dynamics-second-rapid-arv-prototype-contract/
2) DefenseScoop — https://defensescoop.com/2026/04/02/space-force-integrated-test-teams-speed-up-capability-delivery/
3) SpaceNews — https://spacenews.com/pentagon-awards-raytheon-45-million-for-gps-ground-system-as-program-future-is-reassessed/

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