🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Sunday

• The Pentagon’s FutureG office will release its Open Centralized Unit/Distributed Unit (OCUDU) 5G/6G radio access network stack to GitHub, signaling a shift toward open architectures to accelerate military telecom innovation and vendor competition.
• The U.S. Army confirmed the first combat use of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) from HIMARS, marking the operational debut of its next-generation long-range fires capability.
• Intuitive Machines raised $175 million to expand a commercial deep space communications network, reinforcing the growing role of private-sector infrastructure in cislunar and national security space operations.

Sources:

1) DefenseScoop — https://defensescoop.com/2026/03/01/pentagon-to-publish-open-source-software-stack-5g-6g-networks/
2) Defence Blog — https://defence-blog.com/u-s-uses-new-ballistic-missile-in-combat-for-first-time/
3) SpaceNews — https://spacenews.com/intuitive-machines-raises-175-million-in-stock-sale/

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