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Defense and aerospace news on affordable mass and sustainment: the low-cost systems the military is buying in quantity, and the work that keeps its fleets flying.

What we cover

GSD News follows the programs, contracts, companies and capital behind two shifts in defense. The first is affordable mass: fielding large numbers of low-cost, attritable and autonomous systems. The second is sustainment: keeping aircraft and other platforms ready, safe and affordable to operate for decades.

• Affordable Mass: drones, loitering munitions, low-cost cruise missiles, uncrewed vessels, counter-drone systems, and the production contracts that turn prototypes into inventory.
• Rotorcraft Safety: Army and Navy rotorcraft programs, survivability and the technology that keeps crews flying.
• Corrosion: the sustainment problem that grounds aircraft and drives readiness costs, along with the fixes.
• A&D Venture Capital: funding rounds, new entrants and investors backing affordable mass and sustainment.
• Podcasts: episodes worth your time from the builders and program people shaping the sector.

Who it's for

Engineers and founders building defense hardware. Program managers, primes and suppliers watching who wins production and sustainment work. Investors looking for the companies behind both. If you need to know what the Pentagon is buying in quantity, who builds it and who keeps it running, GSD News is for you.

What to expect

Short, focused stories every weekday, each linked to its original source and tagged to one of the sections above, so you can follow only what matters to you. No filler, no recycled hot takes.

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