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Lockheed Martin Receives $64 Million To Move JAGM Forward

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, August 20th, 2012

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] Friday received a not-to-exceed $64.15 million value contract for Joint-Air-To-Ground Missile (JAGM) guidance section work in the Extended Technology Development (TD) Phase. The JAGM Extended TD Phase will address affordability and reduce overall risk before entering the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase by adopting an incremental strategy for qualification of the JAGM guidance section, according to the Program Executive Office, Missiles and Space which, in conjunction with the Aviation and Missile Command, issued the contract. Additionally,…

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

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Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

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Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

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Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]