🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Wednesday

• The White House has directed NASA, DoD, and DOE to field space nuclear power systems as early as 2028, signaling a policy-level push to operationalize nuclear energy for sustained space operations.
• The U.S. Space Force will finalize a new acquisition portfolio structure within two months as it rebuilds its acquisition corps, indicating structural reform in how space capabilities are bought and fielded.
• The Defense Logistics Agency’s Troop Support unit is integrating AI to shift toward predictive logistics and faster decision-making, marking a data-driven modernization of military sustainment operations.

Sources:

1) SpaceNews — https://spacenews.com/white-house-releases-space-nuclear-policy/
2) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/space-force-to-finalize-acquisition-portfolio-structure-over-next-two-months/
3) DVIDS — https://www.dvidshub.net/news/562711/dla-troop-support-begins-journey-predictive-data-with-ai-integration

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