defense_procurement

Fairfax, Va. – September 10, 2026 -- CoAspire has appointed Brigadier General (Ret.) Jason L. Hawk as Executive Vice President, adding a former Pentagon capability-development chief who oversaw roughly $200 billion in Air Force RDT&E and procurement decisions across three programming cycles.

Hawk led Air Force Futures capability development before retiring in August 2025

Hawk retired from the U.S. Air Force in August 2025 after serving as Deputy Director, Capability Development, Air Force Futures, at Headquarters U.S. Air Force. In that post he directed capability development and Joint integration across next-generation airpower, weapons and sensors, autonomous systems and artificial intelligence, command and control, space and cyber, base defense, and mobility portfolios. His work touched modernization efforts for Next Generation Air Dominance, Collaborative Combat Aircraft, C3BM, and B-21.

Columbia, Md. – September 07, 2026 -- TCOM has secured a Foreign Military Sales contract valued at more than $600 million to supply Airspace and Surface Radar Reconnaissance (ASRR) Aerostat Systems to the Polish Armed Forces, marking one of the largest awards in the company's history.

Poland Gains Persistent Radar Coverage Against Air, Sea and Ground Threats

The program was awarded through the U.S. Army's PAE C2/CC2 Office and equips Poland with elevated surveillance systems designed to detect, track and respond to airborne, maritime and ground threats. The systems pair TCOM's aerostat platform with open-architecture Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar and electronic warfare capabilities, delivering continuous early warning and long-range tracking that integrates into existing command-and-control networks.

Allen, Texas – September 07, 2026 -- Elsight has secured a Basic Ordering Agreement with the US Army for its Halo connectivity technology, deepening its ties with the branch following its recent addition to the DCMA Blue UAS Cleared List.

Halo connects uncrewed systems across 500,000 operational hours

The technology enables beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations across air, land, and maritime domains by bonding cellular, satellite, and RF communications into a single resilient layer that automatically selects the optimal path. Elsight reports the system has logged over 500,000 operational hours across more than 100 customers, with active deployments in high-intensity combat environments and multiple conflict front lines globally.

Boise, Idaho -- September 01, 2026 -- Perpetua Resources Corp. (Nasdaq: PPTA; TSX: PPTA) said dual autoclaves for its Stibnite Gold Project in central Idaho are now being fabricated at a custom facility in Europe, one of several construction milestones the company detailed on August 31, 2026. Four drill rigs have completed roughly 5,800 meters of a 10,000-meter 2026 exploration program that has returned high-grade gold, antimony and tungsten intercepts. The update follows an August 18, 2026 ruling by the U.S. District Court of Idaho upholding federal approvals for the project, and a July 29, 2026 ribbon-cutting for a military antimony processing plant at Idaho National Laboratory.