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• General Atomics will upgrade its ground control stations to fly newer MQ-9B drones

  24-06-2026 23:50 via defenseone.com
  
  General Atomics is working to enable older MQ-9 ground stations to control the latest version of the drone, allowing longtime operators moving to newer models to buy the upgrade package instead of a whole new terminal.The company is expected to announce this week that its Block 30 ground control stations,  introduced in 2016 to control the MQ-9A Reaper, will be modified to also fly the MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian drones. General Atomics expects to begin flight testing with the new sta
  
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• General Atomics plans upgrade so ground stations can fly newer MQ-9 drones

  24-06-2026 23:50 via defenseone.com
  
  General Atomics is working to enable older MQ-9 ground stations to control the latest version of the drone, allowing longtime operators moving to newer models to buy the upgrade package instead of a whole new terminal.The company is expected to announce this week that its Block 30 ground control stations,  introduced in 2016 to control the MQ-9A Reaper, will be modified to also fly the MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian drones. General Atomics expects to begin flight testing with the new sta
  
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• Sen. Warren seeks ethics pledge from Raytheon exec nominated to top space acquisition job

  24-06-2026 18:09 via defenseone.com
  
  A U.S. senator wants a Raytheon executive who was nominated to serve as a top Air Force space acquisition official to commit to impartial and ethical business dealings if confirmed to the post, according to a new letter reviewed by Defense One. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is seeking an ethics pledge from Erich Hernandez-Baquero, Raytheon’s vice president for space intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, according to the letter sent from her office on Tuesday. He was nomina
  
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• Space Force must prepare for all-out warfare, think tank says

  24-06-2026 04:52 via defenseone.com
  
  The Space Force needs to better define its policies regarding conflict in space and better rehearse for various scenarios, a new research paper argues.The paper flowed from a January workshop held by the Mitchell Institute. About 50 space experts envisioned various new ways that satellites and spacecraft might be used in gray-zone or even wartime conflicts. These included Russian cyber-attacks in Europe, jamming of U.S. satellites, the mysterious destruction of Cape Canaveral’s bridges, th
  
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• Senate joins House in rebuke of Trump over his war in Iran

  24-06-2026 04:07 via defenseone.com
  
  The Republican-led U.S. Senate served up a rare public check on President Donald Trump’s agenda Tuesday when it voted to approve a House-passed War Powers Resolution to end hostilities in Iran.Senate approval marked the first time both chambers have agreed in a rebuke of Trump over his war in Iran.The concurrent resolution, which passed 50-48, does not require the president’s signature and its enforceability has been a perennial topic of debate. The Sena
  
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• Parts of NSA lose Mythos 5 access after White House imposes limits

  24-06-2026 02:43 via defenseone.com
  
  Parts of the National Security Agency have lost access to Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model after the Trump administration restricted its export, though the agency may have limited ways to use the technology, according to two people familiar with the matter.Some agency analysts were notified Friday that they would lose access to Mythos, one of the people said. The NSA may still be able to use earlier versions of the technology under prior arrangements, said the second person. Both were granted an
  
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• Army aims to sync two divisions using next-gen C2 by year’s end

  24-06-2026 02:32 via defenseone.com
  
  Two Army infantry divisions will soon run the same next-gen command-and-control system, if all goes as planned, bringing the service one step closer to digitally sharing key battle data.That’s the next phase for NGC2, which began as experiments in 2024 and became a program of record in April 2025. In recent months, two divisions have been working on prototypes: the 25th Infantry Division, led by Lockheed Martin, and the 4th Infantry Division, led by Anduril and Palantir. The Colorado-based
  
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• Don't abandon the US-UK nuclear relationship

  24-06-2026 01:41 via defenseone.com
  
  The United Kingdom will have a new prime minister by the end of summer. While sure to inherit a host of challenges at home, Downing Street’s newest occupant will also have to contend with a troubling reality across the Atlantic: Britain’s special relationship with the United States is on shaky ground. These brewing tensions raise the question of whether London should—and if it could—reduce its reliance on Washington. And perhaps nowhere is this reliance heavier than nucle
  
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