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The U.S. military’s most recent endeavor to create an airborne laser weapon, designed to safeguard ground troops from incoming ballistic missiles, seems to be on track for abandonment after years of development.The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) was launched in 2016 with the aim of developing a laser weapon system …

SpaceX received its first U.S. Space Force contract for Starshield, its defense-focused Starlink satellite internet service. The one-year contract can reach $70 million, a U.S. Air Force representative told Bloomberg. “The contract provides for Starshield end-to-end service via the Starlink constellation, user terminals, ancillary equipment, network management and other related …