🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Monday

• The Army expanded its AV LASSO prototyping competition to include Textron, Uvision, and AeroVironment, accelerating development of next-generation loitering munitions for anti-armor missions.
• NGA awarded Vantor a $70 million contract to operate and enhance its Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery platform, reinforcing modernization of an unclassified, web-based data environment for commercial and national geospatial intelligence.
• The U.S. approved more than $5 billion in foreign military sales to Qatar for PATRIOT air defense and APKWS precision-guided rockets, signaling continued demand for integrated air and missile defense architectures.

Sources:

1) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/05/army-awards-av-lasso-award-joining-textron-uvision-in-prototyping-competition/
2) SpaceNews — https://spacenews.com/vantor-wins-70-million-award-to-enhance-nga-data-delivery-platform/
3) Army Technology — https://www.army-technology.com/news/us-qatar-arms-sales/

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