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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) asked the military service chiefs last Friday to identify “obsolete” weapons systems and other possible areas […] ...

Firefly Aerospace said on Friday that its Alpha rocket will launch another U.S. Space Force Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission–VICTUS SOL–under a nearly $22 million U.S. Space Force contract. For […] ...

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi late last Thursday announced a new initiative between the two countries, the Autonomous Systems Industry Alliance (ASIA), that will begin with […] ...

Japan has a signed deal to acquire 17 of Boeing’s [BA] CH-47 Block II Chinooks Extended Range heavy-lift helicopters, the company announced Thursday. A Boeing spokesperson confirmed to Defense Daily […] ...

Blue Origin laid off 10 percent of its workforce on Thursday as the launcher shifts from research and development (R&D) into scaling manufacturing for its launch business. The company is […] ...