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Air Force

Northrop Grumman Enters LRIP For B-2 EHF Increment 1

Friday, October 12th, 2012

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The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $108 million low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract Sept. 28 to provide its fleet of B-2 stealth bombers with new high-speed processing subsystems, according to a company statement. The new hardware and software, which include an integrated processing unit, a high-capacity disk drive and a network of fiber optic cable, will allow the aircraft to perform advanced communications and weapons delivery in the future. The new subsystems are being produced as part of…

Congress

House Authorizers Retain Battleship Funding, But Want Nuclear-Power Report

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Thursday markup of the FY 2027 defense authorization bill rejected an amendment to cut funding for the new Trump-class battleship (BBG(X)), but did agree […]

Congress

HASC Rejects $150 Billion Topline Cut, Iran Cost Transparency Proposals At NDAA Markup

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Thursday rejected a Democrat-led proposal to cut the $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by $150 billion, as the […]

HASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Pentagon to inform the committee of critical technical data rights for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter and how much it would […]

Space

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has said that it has launched more than 200 proliferated low Earth orbit satellites in the last two years to supplement the costly high-end systems […]