SAN DIEGO – The commander of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) said Thursday while the Navy is only delivering 30 percent of its destroyers out of maintenance on time, he is pushing to improve that. He added that contracting strategies are part of the problem, and said delays in USS Dwight D. ...
President Trump has signed off on a directive that would put the Air Force in charge of the Space Force, pending congressional approval. Trump signed Space Policy Directive-4 (SPD-4) Feb. 19, marking the first official administration notice outlining the president’s coveted Space Force. The ...
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday at IDEX unveiled a new short and medium-range air defense, developed with Germany’s Diehl Defence and Sweden’s Saab, at an international defense conference, with officials positioning the system as a potential option for international customers. The new Falcon ...
The Army has awarded BAE Systems $575 million in contract modifications to move its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) into low-rate initial production, the company said Tuesday. The latest deals bring the total for LRIP to $873 million as the Army looks to move forward with its program to ...
The FAA has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology [GD] a $99 million contract to help modernize the national airspace system (NAS) through work on its data, visualization, analysis and reporting system (DVARS). The FAA’s requirements define DVARS as needing to provide “ ...
Mack Defense said Tuesday it has started production on five test platforms for the production vehicle testing phase of its $296 million deal with the Army to deliver its future heavy dump truck. The company is building five M917A3 heavy dump trucks (HDT), which will then go into 40 weeks of ...
Army Futures Command’s ground vehicles center said Tuesday it will host an industry day in April with the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team to provide updates on the Robotic Combat Vehicle program and areas of future technology investment. The new Combat Capabilities ...
Florida’s congressional delegation and governor are pushing hard for the Pentagon to base its future U.S. Space Command in the Sunshine State. A bipartisan group of House members led by House Armed Services Committee (HASC) members Reps. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) and Bill Posey (R-Fla.) on Tuesday ...
