🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Tuesday

• The US Navy has brought its 150 kW “one-of-a-kind” laser weapon back into limited operation, signaling continued investment in shipboard directed energy despite prior technical and program setbacks.
• The European Commission adopted a $1.7B European Defence Industry Programme work plan and opened calls for proposals, marking a coordinated push to scale weapons production and industrial capacity across the EU.
• NGA launched three CubeSats to test new geomagnetic data collection methods for the World Magnetic Model, indicating a shift toward smaller, iterative space assets to improve navigation resilience.

Sources:

1) Defense News — https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2026/03/31/the-us-navy-brought-a-one-of-a-kind-laser-weapon-back-from-the-dead/
2) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/03/european-commission-adopts-1-7b-work-program-to-ramp-up-weapons-production/
3) DefenseScoop — https://defensescoop.com/2026/03/30/nga-spacex-launch-cubesats-geomagnetic-data-collection/

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