🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Thursday

• Lockheed Martin is standing up a command-and-control software factory in Saudi Arabia, signaling a shift in defense partnerships from hardware delivery to in-country software development and sustainment.
• The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency awarded Vantor a $5.3M contract to detect terrain changes using commercial satellite data, reinforcing the IC’s reliance on commercial space data fused with analytics.
• The U.S. Army selected Swarmbotics AI to develop attritable autonomous ground-vehicle swarms, indicating growing confidence in AI-enabled autonomy for near-term operational formations.

Sources:

1) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/02/lockheed-martin-to-launch-c2-software-factory-in-saudi-arabia/
2) SpaceNews — https://spacenews.com/vantor-wins-5-3-million-nga-contract-to-spot-terrain-changes-using-commercial-satellite-data/
3) Defence Blog — https://defence-blog.com/u-s-army-selects-swarmbotics-ai-for-autonomous-robot-swarms/

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