🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Friday

• The U.S. Air Force has awarded production contracts for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, moving autonomous fighter teammates from prototype into manufacturing and formalizing manned–unmanned teaming as a core force design element.
• Rheinmetall and Vantor plan a joint ISR space venture for the Bundeswehr, signaling continued European investment in sovereign military satellite capabilities and vertically integrated defense-space partnerships.
• NASA added eight firms to its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition contract, expanding its ability to buy higher-frequency commercial Earth observation data and reinforcing the government’s shift toward hybrid space architectures.

Sources:

1) AVweb — https://avweb.com/aviation-news/military-aviation/air-force-awards-uncrewed-fighter-contract/
2) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/06/rheinmetall-vantor-plan-joint-isr-venture-for-bundeswehr/
3) GovConWire — https://www.govconwire.com/articles/nasa-commercial-satellite-data-acquisition-on-ramp-2

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