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UncategorizedEuropean Commission Okays Northrop Grumman Acquisition Of Orbital ATK
The European Commission has approved Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] pending $7.8 billion acquisition of Orbital ATK [OA], moving the deal one step closer to completion. Northrop Grumman said it is still awaiting the U.S. […]
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UncategorizedWhite House Blames Russian Military For NotPetya Global Cyber Attack
After months of conducting its due diligence, the U.S. government on Feb. 15 attributed Russia’s military with a cyber-attack last summer that masqueraded as ransomware but in reality was meant […]
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UncategorizedNorthrop, DARPA Launching Open Architecture Drone Swarm
Northrop Grumman [NOC] is launching an open-architecture swarm of small drones and is inviting third-party participants to test small-unit tactics with the platform designed to rapidly develop technologies through “swarm […]
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UncategorizedAirbus President Accuses Leonardo Of Treachery For Again Suing Over Helicopter Contract
Following two years of litigation that concluded and then produced a fresh lawsuit the week of Jan. 21, UH-72 Lakota manufacturer Airbus is accusing Leonardo DRS of using the courts to hold contracts hostage […]
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UncategorizedArmy Wants New Combat Vehicles, Helicopters ‘Substantially’ Sooner Than Originally Planned
The Army’s number-two civilian, who is overseeing a massive restructuring of the service’s weapons development and acquisition process, wants to push up prototyping and experimentation of new combat vehicles and […]
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UncategorizedLockheed Martin Sikorsky Pairs With Rheinmetall for German Helo Competition
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Feb. 6 its Sikorsky division has signed a strategic teaming agreement with Germany’s Rheinmetall to bid the CH-53K helicopter for the German Air Force helicopter competition, where it is […]
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UncategorizedRaytheon Wins $2.3 Billion Army Contract For International Patriot Upgrades And Refresh
The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $2.3 billion contract on Jan. 30 for engineering services to support the Patriot missile defense systems to support software and refresh obsolescence in both U.S. […]
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UncategorizedLockheed Martin Wins $524 Million Contract For More Patriot Missile Interceptors
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $524 million modification Feb. 6 to a domestic and foreign military sales (FMS) contract for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile segment enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) […]
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UncategorizedSM-3 IIA Missile Defense Test In Hawaii Reportedly Fails, Defense Tester Report Finds Lower Confidence
A Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy test intercept of a Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile(SM)-3 Block IIA from Hawaii reportedly missed its target on Jan. 31, according to a report from CNN. The […]
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UncategorizedFalcon Heavy’s Center Booster Missed Landing Ship And Splashed Into Ocean
The center booster that SpaceX used in Falcon Heavy’s first flight test late Feb. 6 failed to land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean as planned, according to company founder […]