🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Tuesday

• The Pentagon officially terminated the long-troubled OCX GPS ground control program after years of cost growth and test failures, signaling a reset in how the Space Force modernizes mission-critical space command-and-control infrastructure.
• The Army is acquiring 13,000 low-cost interceptor drones proven in Ukraine to counter Iranian-made UAVs, marking a scale shift toward affordable, attritable air defense at mass.
• Boeing demonstrated autonomous landing of an Army CH-47 Chinook using its A2X software, advancing heavy-lift aircraft autonomy from concept to operationally relevant flight testing.

Sources:

1) SpaceNews — https://spacenews.com/pentagon-officially-ends-ocx-program-citing-risk-and-delays/
2) Defense News — https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2026/04/20/us-army-turns-to-ukraine-tested-drones-to-counter-iranian-uav-threat/
3) Defense News — https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2026/04/20/boeing-lands-chinook-without-a-pilot-at-the-controls/

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