Gilat Satellite Networks agreed to acquire Comtech's Satellite and Space Communications segment for $157.5 million in cash, with the deal expected to close by year-end.

The acquisition roughly doubles Gilat's defense revenue and lifts defense to about 38% of the combined company's sales, expanding its US market presence.

The deal faces a CFIUS review of the Israel-based buyer and would push combined revenue above $700 million as Gilat builds out its defense satcom business.

Teledyne FLIR Defense launched Black Recon at Eurosatory, an autonomous micro-drone weighing about 450 grams that deploys directly from military vehicles and fixed sites.

Crews can launch, operate, recover, and recharge up to three drones without leaving their platform, sustaining reconnaissance in GPS-jammed or spoofed conditions.

Deliveries begin in 2027, extending continuous target tracking beyond conventional ranges while keeping soldiers inside protected vehicles.

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works and Divergent Technologies built Replicator, a 2.7-meter-wingspan drone, from concept to flight-ready hardware in under 12 months.

The prototype used Divergent's digital manufacturing platform, compressing a timeline that conventional aerospace development would take several years to complete.

Replicator remains an early-stage prototype not selected for production, but signals how additive manufacturing could speed future defense acquisition.

KNDS showed its new CaPINT main battle tank at Eurosatory, pitched as a gap-filler for France's aging Leclerc fleet, which is retiring around 2037.

The design pairs an upgraded Leopard 2 A8-derived chassis with an unmanned Ascalon turret and 120mm gun, plus counter-drone systems.

Leonardo and Rheinmetall presented a rival tank for the Italian Army with a 30mm anti-drone gun, both targeting service entry by 2030.

The US Army awarded General Atomics a contract to validate a maneuvering 155mm artillery round under its Extended Range Artillery Projectile Program.

In testing last year, the projectile hit targets more than 74 miles away after firing from an M777 howitzer, without rocket assist.

The round uses deployable wings and redundant guidance with a non-GPS mode, with the Army targeting initial operational capability by fiscal 2030.

DARPA issued a request for information seeking technologies to rapidly reconstitute space assets lost to anti-satellite attacks, debris collisions, or demand surges.

The agency wants to restore critical services on timelines of hours to weeks, citing 20 interest areas including on-orbit manufacturing and assembly.

Listed priorities include software-defined satellites and very low Earth orbit operations, with vendor responses due July 8.

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