Month: July 2023

The State Department on Friday said that it has approved two foreign military sales (FMS) of missiles worth a combined $808 million to Sweden—for the AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile […]

Spending this year by NATO countries combined on major defense equipment is expected to expected to increase 25 percent versus an estimated 8.5 percent rise in 2022, according to an […]

Kaine Challenger. Hung Cao, a retired Navy captain, has filed paperwork to run for the Republican nomination to represent Virginia in the U.S. Senate. Cao is the latest Republican to […]

Transportation Security Administrator David Pekoske last Wednesday signed off on his agency’s latest roadmap, this one focused on open architecture to enhance current and future technologies and provide new opportunities […]

Ground software as a service company Atlas Space Operations named John Williams as its new CEO, and opened a government-focused subsidiary, Freedom Space Technologies, the company said this week. Williams joins Atlas Space […]

The Army has awarded RTX [RTX] a contract worth up to $117.5 million to provide the latest Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sensor kits for installation on combat vehicles. The low-rate […]

As the Biden administration reportedly nears a decision on providing cluster munitions to Ukraine, the Pentagon said Thursday any such weapons under consideration would be newer variants with dud rates […]

BAE Systems on Thursday said it has received a $37 million contract from the Defense Department’s Ordnance Technology Consortium to design the Next Generation Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) Launch System […]

In its quest to enable dynamic space operations, U.S. Space Command has asked for a demonstration by 2026 of a maneuvering satellite in space leading to this being a sustained […]

Arianespace launched its final Ariane 5 mission on Wednesday evening from French Guiana, marking the end of an era for the workhorse rocket. With the final launch, Europe does not have […]