Boeing [BA] and the Navy completed the first test flight of the company’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refueler test asset on Aug. 19. The Boeing test asset, named T-1, conducted an autonomous two-hour flight under Boeing test pilots operating from a ground control station at the MidAmerican St. ...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Orbital Sciences Corp. (OSC) a $1.1 billion contract on Friday to provide missile defense targets. Under the contract, OSC will specifically provide “threat-representative subscale targets with simple and complex re-entry ...

The Marine Corps is looking for more “open, honest dialogue with industry,” especially as officials look to get after large numbers of new light, expeditionary capabilities that will allow forces to remain effective in persistent engagement zones. Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, the deputy commandant for ...

Rheinmetall said this week it will move forward in Australia’s $10.2 billion future infantry fighting vehicle competition with its Lynx fighting vehicle, the same platform the German firm is offering for the U.S. Army’s Bradley replacement program.  Australia has tapped Rheinmetall and South ...

BAE Systems won two Navy contracts on Sept. 7 worth $171 million total to perform simultaneous maintenance and repair on two Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers at its San Diego shipyard, the Defense Department said on Wednesday. The extended dry-docking selected restricted availability (EDSRA) ...

The House on Thursday easily passed a bill that would keep the government running under a continuing resolution to Nov. 21 as lawmakers continue to hash out differences in authorization and appropriation bills. House Appropriations Committee Chair Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) introduced the bill, which ...