🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Friday

• The CIA’s deputy director said agency employees will work alongside AI “coworkers” and eventually manage teams of AI agents, signaling a shift toward operationalizing generative AI in core intelligence workflows.
• The Space Force launched a $1.8B, decade-long competition among 14 firms to replace GSSAP with commercially provided space domain awareness satellites, deepening reliance on commercial architectures for on-orbit surveillance.
• The Army outlined plans to allocate nearly $19B in RDT&E across FLRAA, THAAD, hypersonics, counter-drone, and M-SHORAD programs, clarifying modernization priorities across air defense and long-range strike portfolios.

Sources:

1) Defense One — https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2026/04/cia-ai-coworkers-agents/412746/
2) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/space-force-slates-1-8b-for-commercial-sats-to-replace-gssap-neighborhood-watch-birds/
3) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/how-the-army-could-spend-nearly-19-billion-in-rdte-funding/

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