🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Monday

• The Defense Intelligence Agency has centralized its previously fragmented AI initiatives under a new Digital Modernization Accelerator, signaling tighter governance and scaled deployment of AI across the intelligence enterprise.
• Lockheed Martin secured a $4.7 billion U.S. government contract for PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors, reinforcing sustained demand and production scaling for integrated air and missile defense.
• Atomic-6 launched an online marketplace for orbital data centers, introducing a commercial procurement layer for on-orbit compute infrastructure that could accelerate space-based data processing for government and defense users.

Sources:

1) RealClearDefense — https://www.realcleardefense.com/2026/04/13/dia_centralizes_ai_efforts_with_digital_modernization_accelerator_1176202.html
2) Army Technology — https://www.army-technology.com/news/lockheed-martin-pac3-missile/
3) SpaceNews — https://spacenews.com/atomic-6-unveils-online-marketplace-for-orbital-data-centers/

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