🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Thursday

• The Pentagon is turning to AI and advanced data tools to manage contested logistics, underscoring that decision advantage in future conflicts will hinge on real-time supply chain visibility.
• China is formalizing an industrial and policy framework to accelerate space-based computing infrastructure, signaling a push to extend data processing and AI workloads into orbit.
• The Air Force selected GE Aerospace and Rolls-Royce to advance medium-thrust engines for next-generation drones, reinforcing propulsion as a pacing item for scalable unmanned combat systems.

Sources:

1) DefenseScoop — https://defensescoop.com/2026/06/03/military-technology-contested-logistics/
2) SpaceNews — https://spacenews.com/china-builds-institutional-framework-for-space-computing-push/
3) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/06/air-force-awards-ge-rolls-royce-for-medium_thrust-drone-engines/

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