The Navy awarded TOTE Services a $2.2 billion vessel construction management contract to accelerate delivery of Medium Landing Ships.

Under the deal, TOTE will oversee subcontracts with Bollinger Shipyards and Fincantieri Marinette Marine to build the first five of up to eight vessels.

The program targets a 35-ship fleet and first delivery by fall 2029, filling the gap between small landing craft and large amphibious ships.

The Pentagon unveiled more than $500 million in new APFIT awards, including over $70 million for software tools for the first time.

Software procurements include an AI decision-advantage platform for INDOPACOM and a Cyber Command binary-analysis tool, each valued at $10 million.

The round pushes APFIT's total awards past $2 billion, reinforcing the program's push to speed non-traditional vendors' tech to combatant commands.

The Space Development Agency awarded L3Harris and Sierra Space a combined $1.75 billion to build 36 more missile tracking satellites.

Each company will deliver 18 spacecraft for the Tranche 3 tracking layer, growing that layer's total to 104 satellites.

The satellites are set to reach orbit by the end of 2028, supporting the Golden Dome missile defense architecture.

Boeing awarded BAE Systems a contract to supply Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System electronic warfare units for South Korea's F-15K Slam Eagle fleet.

The upgrade equips 59 aircraft with radar warning, geolocation, and self-defense capability tied to a broader DAPA modernization effort.

The award extends EPAWSS production already underway for F-15EX and F-15E jets, deepening allied interoperability with US Eagle variants.

DHS personnel twice dismissed intrusion signs on the Homeland Security Information Network as harmless before confirming a breach in June.

Hackers installed backdoors and stole credential data over roughly three weeks while the network supported World Cup security coordination.

Investigators have not attributed the intrusion, and DHS may brief Congress in a classified setting in coming weeks.

Air defense startup Singularity emerged from stealth with an oversubscribed $80 million Series A at a $400 million valuation.

The company, founded by veterans of SpaceX, Tesla, and Anduril, is building an automotive-style assembly line to mass-produce low-cost interceptors.

Backers include Khosla Ventures and Felicis, positioning Singularity to compete for Pentagon interceptor demand amid rising drone and missile threats.

Check Point research found AI now assists every stage of a cyberattack, from target identification through data theft.

Criminal groups used AI to generate commands and move through victim networks with less human direction than previously observed.

The shift signals AI is becoming an active operator in intrusions rather than an occasional aid, researchers said.

The Pentagon froze upcoming CMMC Phase 2 cybersecurity requirements after research showed the rules could push small firms out of the industrial base.

A new 60-day review will assess costs estimated at more than $7 billion annually against only about 100 approved third-party assessors.

DOD will enforce NIST 800-171 self-assessments in the interim, and officials have not ruled out canceling CMMC entirely.

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