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Defense Watch: Wedgetail, Energetics Partnering, Drone News
Wedgetail Deployment. The deployment term of a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail to Poland last July to aid Ukraine has ended. The plane has provided “critical surveillance, communications […]
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Boeing Wins $2.7 Billion In PAC-3 Seeker Production Contracts, Lockheed Martin And Diehl Make A Deal
Boeing [BA] on Tuesday announced it won a series of multiyear contracts worth $2.7 billion total to produce more Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) seekers. Boeing produces the seekers under prime […]
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AV Adds To Switchblade, UAS Product Lines In Pursuit Of Army LASSO, MRR Programs
AeroVironment [AVAV] is expanding its array of loitering munitions and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by adding capabilities to two products and introducing a medium-range suicide drone and a vertical takeoff-and-landing […]
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Defense Watch: AUSA Up, German SPY-6, Space Fund, Funding Rounds
AUSA 2025. The Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) will hold its annual conference in Washington D.C. from October 13 to 15. The annual event is the largest landpower trade […]
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AEI Releases Space-Based Interceptor Calculator, Costs Can Balloon Into Trillions For Larger Constellations
An American Enterprise Institute (AEI) official created an interactive Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) Calculator to help show how the government’s design choices can vastly affect system cost, size and performance as […]
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Defense Watch: DDGs, Shutdown Impacts, NGC2
DDG-126. The Navy christened the future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG-126), during a Sept. 27 ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, Maine. The ship is […]
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Defense Watch: Sec War/Brass Meeting, China Space Plans, Army Acquisition Boss
Hegseth’s Meeting. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will meet with senior military leaders early next week, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed, but the topic for the gathering remains undisclosed. The […]
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Defense Watch: AFA Up, Army FUZE, Partnering in Taiwan
Air, Space & Cyber Conference. As the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force prepare for the week’s annual Air and Space Forces Association Air, Space & Cyber Conference, eyes […]
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Amendment To House Defense Bill Would Allow DoD Office To Acquire Equity In Companies
A relatively new Defense Department office whose goal is to attract private capital to critical areas of the defense industrial base that suffer from a lack of investment would be […]
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DoD Taps Three Vendors For Funds To Expand Solid Rocket Motor Capacity
The Defense Department last Friday said it awarded three companies a combined $39.6 million using Defense Production Act (DPA) funding to expand the industrial base for solid rocket motors (SRMs). […]