🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Wednesday

• The Space Force consolidated missile warning and tracking acquisition under SDA Director Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo, signaling tighter alignment between proliferated LEO architectures and next-gen missile warning programs.
• The Pentagon awarded Perennial Autonomy a $500M contract to accelerate counter-drone procurement, underscoring C-UAS as a scaled acquisition priority rather than an experimentation effort.
• DARPA’s robotic servicing spacecraft is set to launch this summer, marking the first U.S. on-orbit GEO servicing capability and a shift toward operational satellite sustainment in contested space.

Sources:

1) SpaceNews — https://spacenews.com/sda-director-sandhoo-takes-on-broader-space-force-missile-warning-portfolio/
2) Defense News — https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2026/05/19/pentagon-inks-500-million-deal-with-perennial-autonomy-for-counter-drone-tech/
3) Breaking Defense — https://breakingdefense.com/2026/05/darpas-robotic-servicing-spacecraft-to-finally-fly-this-summer/

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