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Defense

* USSF selected Anduril, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics, GITAI, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Quindar, Raytheon, Sci-Tec, SpaceX, True Anomaly, and Turion Space for over 20 golden dome Space Based Interceptor contracts totalling $3.2B. [source]

* USSF awarded $1.4M and $500K to Leidos and Maplarge respectively for battle planning software through the Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Kronos program. [source]

* The Pentagon released a budget request for $2.3B for Maven AI battlefield software from Palantir including a total of $58.5B tied to AI. [source]

* The Pentagon officially ended Raytheon’s OCX program after years of delays and underperformance on deliveries. [source]

* The Pentagon invested $1B in L3Harris Missile unit to boost key component production and prep L3Harris Missile Group for a stock market debut later this year. [source]

Communications

* The FCC granted AST Spacemobile a cellular license to sell Supplemental Space Coverage through the 700-800 MHz frequency range partnering with cellular service providers to unlock Direct-to-Device data capability. [source]

* The FCC declined a request to enable and allow Mobile Space Spectrum sharing citing a desire to maintain strong incentives for innovation among the industry. [source]

* Oneweb announced an order of 1300 more antennas / 400 more antenna systems from MDA to service their 340 satellite constellation built on Airbus platforms. [source]

* Oneweb announced future versions of their satellite would add hosted payloads to their product offerings. [source]

* Danish GomSpace and Ukrainian STETMAN formed the UASAT joint venture focused on developing sovereign dual-use satellite capabilities for Ukraine. [source]

* The Polish Ministry of Defense signed an agreement with Thales and Airbus to develop a military GEO communications satellite with RADMOR. [

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