The House Armed Services Committee passed the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a 44-to-12 vote after a 14-hour markup of roughly 900 amendments.

Adopted measures include a right-to-repair provision that requires contractors to share data and parts, plus an amendment renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War.

Democratic efforts to cut the topline, strip Trump-class battleship funds, and bar new Iran operations failed, sending the bill to the full House.

The House voted 226 to 195 to pass the Ukraine Support Act, which authorizes $8 billion in military financing loans and extends the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative through 2027.

Eighteen Republicans, including several Armed Services members, backed the bill over the administration's opposition after Rep. Kevin Kiley became the decisive 218th discharge-petition signature.

Senate Republican leaders have not committed to a vote, leaving companion sanctions legislation in limbo and the bill's path to the President's desk uncertain.

US Cyber Command's new Cyber Warfare Innovation Center will place industry developers and operators side by side to test concepts against realistic threats and speed fielding.

The center is one of three enabling bodies under CYBERCOM 2.0 and will feed tactics and requirements to the command's J9 acquisition pipeline rather than build tools itself.

Officials said elements are already operational, aiming to shorten the feedback loop and close the so-called valley of death between prototypes and the field.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded Planet Labs a $22 million option for AI-enabled maritime analytics, building on a $13 million contract from last year.

The Luno B work automates detection of ship-to-ship transfers and "dark fleet" activity, with a separate undisclosed award adding near-daily change detection from Planet's SuperDove constellation.

The deal deepens commercial imagery's role in unclassified intelligence, delivering analytics within hours of collection to field operators without specialized geospatial training.

Defense Unicorns launched UDS Fleet, a product within its Unified Defense Stack that centralizes deployment and management of software across distributed tactical systems in contested environments.

The company holds a $300 million Defense Department-wide contract for software and generative AI in classified and air-gapped settings, plus a $15 million Space Force launch-range deal.

The tool targets operators running dispersed system fleets, reflecting a push to manage secure software at the front lines at the speed of modern missions.

Members of Congress are pushing the Navy to develop a containerized version of its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system through the draft NDAA.

HELIOS is the only drone-killing laser installed on an active Navy warship, and a containerized design could enable directed energy to be fielded across more ships, unmanned vessels, and future frigates.

The same draft bill trims $5 million from the Navy's directed energy line, reflecting continued scrutiny of a program that has faced years of testing hurdles.

Satellite manufacturer Apex's valuation rose to $2.3 billion following a new $200 million funding round, roughly doubling the unicorn valuation it reached in September 2025.

The Los Angeles company mass-produces configurable satellite buses and counts defense customers among its base, positioning it for proliferated constellations tied to missile defense.

The raise signals sustained investor appetite for production-rate space manufacturing as government demand for resilient low Earth orbit constellations accelerates.

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