🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Wednesday

• The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.36B contract modification to advance engineering, integration and production of the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile for Zumwalt-class destroyers, reinforcing sea-based hypersonic deployment timelines.
• NGA selected Vantor under its Luno program to monitor priority objects in low Earth orbit, signaling deeper intelligence community investment in commercial space domain awareness analytics.
• The Pentagon is standing up a “Swarm Forge” drone swarm crucible at the direction of the defense secretary, indicating a push toward operational experimentation and scaling of autonomous mass.

Sources:

1) Defence Blog — https://defence-blog.com/lockheed-gets-new-1-36b-deal-for-zumwalt-strike-missiles/
2) SpaceNews — https://spacenews.com/vantor-wins-intelligence-agency-contract-to-monitor-space-objects/
3) DefenseScoop — https://defensescoop.com/2026/03/31/pentagon-preparing-drone-swarm-crucible/

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