🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Sunday

• The U.S. Army issued an RFI for sub-$1 million interceptors to replace higher-cost air and missile defense rounds, signaling a push toward affordable mass for counter‑UAS and cruise missile threats.
• The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $398 million contract to build a protected communications satellite to test resilient, jam-resistant capabilities for operations in contested space environments.
• The Royal Australian Navy selected PteroDynamics’ Transwing VTOL drone for distributed maritime logistics, marking an operational move toward autonomous resupply from ships at sea.

Sources:

1) Defence Blog — https://defence-blog.com/u-s-army-looks-for-1m-missiles-to-replace-expensive-interceptors/
2) SpaceNews — https://spacenews.com/space-force-awards-northrop-grumman-398-million-satellite-contract/
3) Defence Blog — https://defence-blog.com/australia-orders-u-s-made-transwing-vtol-drones-for-ship-logistics/

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