🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Thursday

• The U.S. Army’s FY27 budget request seeks to accelerate development and production of electronic warfare and signals intelligence systems, signaling priority investment in spectrum dominance and rapid fielding.
• The Space Force awarded its first contracts for satellite threat-warning radar payloads, marking a shift toward proliferated on-orbit sensing to detect and characterize adversary tracking of U.S. space assets.
• Senior U.S. officials outlined plans to revamp SBIR/STTR after reauthorization, aiming to modernize “America’s seed fund” to better transition dual-use and defense tech into operational programs.

Sources:

1) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/army-requests-funds-to-speed-development-production-of-ew-systems/
2) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/space-force-awards-first-contracts-for-satellite-threat-warning-radar-payloads/
3) DefenseScoop — https://defensescoop.com/2026/04/29/sbir-sttr-americas-seed-fund-is-being-revamped-for-modern-warfare/

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