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Congress  |  by Matthew Beinart
Senate To Take Up Foreign Aid Bills On Tuesday, ATACMS May Be Headed To Ukraine By End Of Week

Following the House’s passage this weekend of billions of dollars in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, the Senate is set to consider the trio of supplemental spending bills as soon as Tuesday. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), chair of…

Missile Defense  |  by Cal Biesecker
Lockheed Martin Transfers Long Range Discrimination Radar To MDA

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday said it has transitioned the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) to the Missile Defense Agency, setting up plans for a decision on an Operational Baseline Capability and the final transition to the warfighter. Lockheed Martin…

Missile Defense  |  by Cal Biesecker
Space Systems Command Releases Draft RFP For Epoch 2 Satellites

U.S. Space Systems Command last Friday released the draft request for proposals (RFP) for the planned medium-Earth orbit (MEO) space vehicles for future missile warning and tracking defense. Currently, Space Systems Command (SSC) still expects to release a final RFP…

Business/Financial  |  by Cal Biesecker
Private Equity Firm Arcline Completes Acquisition Of Kaman

Arcline Investment Management last Friday completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of Kaman Corp., taking the aerospace and defense company private. Arcline paid Kaman stockholders $46 per share in cash. The acquisition was first announced in January. “As we enter our…

Nuclear Modernization  |  by DDN Staff
Top End of Pit-Plant Acquisition North of $35 Billion, NNSA Administrator Says

It could cost up to $37 billion to acquire the pair of plutonium pit production facilities needed to produce new nuclear weapon cores for the rest of this century, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration said at a…

Business/Financial  |  by Cal Biesecker
Sigma Defense Acquires EW Technologies Company EWA

Sigma Defense on Monday said it has acquired EWA Inc., a small developer and provider of electronic warfare (EW) products and services, enhancing its ability to provide combined joint all domain command and control (CJADC2) solutions to its customers. Terms…

Army  |  by Rachel Jewett
Kratos Demonstrates Virtualized Ground System for U.S. Army Futures Command Over SES O3b Constellation

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and SES demonstrated a virtualized satcom ground system for the U.S. Army Futures Command over the SES O3b satellite network, the companies said April 17. The project was funded through the Network Cross-Functional Team (N-CFT) established by…
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