U.S. Army bets $500 million on AeroVironment's drone shield. 17:01, 2 July 2026 AeroVironment Inc. has been awarded a $500 million U.S. Army contract for commercial counter-drone systems, Qazinform News Agency reports. According to the U.S. Department of War, the California-based company received a firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of commercial counter-unmanned aerial systems and counter small-unmanned aerial systems capabilities. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order. The estimated completion date is June 29, 2029. The Army Contracting Command at Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity. The award was the largest contract listed by the Pentagon for July 1. Other major contracts included a $400 million Defense Logistics Agency contract awarded to Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp. for grain oriented electrical steel and a $347.5 million U.S. Army contract awarded to Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control for the development, fabrication and testing of improvements to prototype air and missile defense systems. Lockheed Martin also received a separate $35.8 million Army contract for the Advanced Capability-3 Software Task. In the Navy sector, StratasCorp Technologies was awarded a $99 million bridge contract for continued command, control, communications and computers support for Military Sealift Command's fleet of ships. Earlier, Qazinform News Agency reported that the U.S. Department of War had released a third batch of declassified files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or UAP, as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters initiative.

Noncarrier acquiring 11-mile line philadelphia-area line. A noncarrier has filed a verified notice of exemption to acquire a roughly 11-mile rail line in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, from Cleveland-Cliffs Railways Inc., which does business as the Upper Merion & Plymouth Railroad. According to the verified notice, 900 Conshohocken Rail LLC is a new, noncarrier subsidiary of MLP Ventures, LLC, formed to acquire the line. According to the verified notice, Conshohocken Rail and CCRI have reached an agreement under which Conshohocken Rail will acquire the line and provide rail service as needed, either directly or through a service provider under contract. Records indicate that the transaction will be undertaken in connection with MLP's acquisition of the property of an idled steel plate finishing facility owned by Cleveland-Cliffs Plate LLC, an affiliate of CCRI. Conshohocken Rail said that the proposed acquisition does not involve an interchange commitment. Conshohocken Rail expects to become a Class III carrier upon consummation of the deal. However, it said that its projected annual revenues from this transaction are not expected to exceed $5 million and that the proposed transaction will not result in Conshohocken Rail becoming a Class I or Class II rail carrier. The earliest this transaction may be consummated is July 12, the effective date of the exemption and 30 days after the verified notice was filed. The Line does not have assigned mileposts. Railfanning review podcast. Before you copy and paste this information to your website, please keep in mind this research took a lot of effort. Appreciate it. Learn from it. But do not plagiarize it. Yes, if you think Railfanning Review might be talking to you, Railfanning Review is.