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  "title": "THE LEAGUE TABLE — the Marquee",
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  "description": "Weekly power rankings of the major hard-power moves. Week of 10 – 16 August 2026.",
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      "title": "1. Lockheed Martin — $211.4M — Missile Defense",
      "content_text": "Missile defense leads a fourth straight edition. THAAD launchers to the Gulf — and the entire $211.4M is funded by the United Arab Emirates, the clearest sign yet that allied capitals are paying for the interceptor build-out, not only receiving it.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-12T12:00:00Z",
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        "Missile Defense"
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      "id": "https://futureunion.co/the-board.html#northrop_grumman|158|electronic_warfare___sensing",
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      "title": "2. Northrop Grumman — $158.8M — Electronic Warfare & Sensing",
      "content_text": "The electronic-warfare surge is the quieter story of the week: four of the top ten rows are self-protection, threat-warning or electronic-attack work. Northrop leads it.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-13T12:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "Electronic Warfare & Sensing"
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    },
    {
      "id": "https://futureunion.co/the-board.html#persistent_systems|104|military_ai___software",
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      "title": "3. Persistent Systems — $104.7M — Military AI & Software",
      "content_text": "A rare software-and-networking entry near the top: resilient tactical networking for the nuclear enterprise, and the week's second-largest new obligation of scope.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-10T12:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "Military AI & Software"
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    },
    {
      "id": "https://futureunion.co/the-board.html#am_general|82|air___land_systems",
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      "title": "4. AM General — $82.2M — Air & Land Systems",
      "content_text": "Ground-vehicle production returns to the board: the newest row of the week by award date, and proof the atoms-heavy industrial base is still turning.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-14T12:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "Air & Land Systems"
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    },
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      "id": "https://futureunion.co/the-board.html#leonardo_drs|39|electronic_warfare___sensing",
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      "title": "5. Leonardo DRS — $39.6M — Electronic Warfare & Sensing",
      "content_text": "A U.S.-domiciled arm of an allied prime, delivering the connective tissue of the electronic-warfare fight.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-12T12:00:00Z",
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        "Electronic Warfare & Sensing"
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    },
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      "id": "https://futureunion.co/the-board.html#boeing|109|air___land_systems",
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      "title": "6. Boeing — $109.0M — Air & Land Systems",
      "content_text": "The largest single production line of the week by face value, though older news by the time the digest cleared.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-10T12:00:00Z",
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        "Air & Land Systems"
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      "id": "https://futureunion.co/the-board.html#general_dynamics_mission_systems|30|space",
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      "title": "7. General Dynamics Mission Systems — $30.4M — Space",
      "content_text": "Space infrastructure work, unglamorous and essential: the ground segment that keeps the constellation useful.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-11T12:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "Space"
      ]
    },
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      "id": "https://futureunion.co/the-board.html#boeing|32|electronic_warfare___sensing",
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      "title": "8. Boeing — $32.3M — Electronic Warfare & Sensing",
      "content_text": "Allied co-development in plain sight: Australian funds ride on the same order, extending the survivability upgrade across two navies.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-11T12:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "Electronic Warfare & Sensing"
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      "id": "https://futureunion.co/the-board.html#parsons|15|electronic_warfare___sensing",
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      "title": "9. Parsons — $15.1M — Electronic Warfare & Sensing",
      "content_text": "The name says the direction of travel: artificial intelligence pointed at the electromagnetic spectrum, funded as a program of record in the making.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-13T12:00:00Z",
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        "Electronic Warfare & Sensing"
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    {
      "id": "https://futureunion.co/the-board.html#vertex|19|counter_drone",
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      "title": "10. Vertex — $19.1M — Counter-Drone",
      "content_text": "Counter-drone keeps its seat at the table, though the ceiling structure discounts it against the firm-cash rows above.",
      "date_published": "2026-08-11T12:00:00Z",
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        "Counter-Drone"
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