Month: October 2024
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Air ForceBeyond Line-of-Sight Communications for Mobility Fleet Among Reed Priorities
U.S. Air Force Gen. Randall Reed, the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) head who assumed command four days ago from now retired Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, has said that some of […]
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UncategorizedForging Industry Wants DoD And Primes To Know It Has Capacity To Meet Demand
Despite misgivings from the defense industry and the Defense Department about U.S. capacity to produce forged parts for aircraft, ordnance, tanks, and submarines, the domestic supply chain has more than […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuclear Weapons Agency, Environmentalists Get More Time to Negotiate Agreement After Government Loses Lawsuit
A judge Monday granted an extension for parties involved in a three year-old lawsuit against the Department of Energy to reach a compromise, a court document shows. The new due […]
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Navy/USMCHII Launches First Flight II San Antonio-Class LPD Amphib
HII [HII] launched the first Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, the future USS Harrisburg (LPD-30), on Oct. 5 at its Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard. The process entailed having […]
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ArmyNorthrop Grumman To Unveil New Dual-Feed M230 Chain Gun, Eyes Demos In 2025
Northrop Grumman [NOC] will unveil a new dual-feed version of its M230LF Bushmaster chain next week, with plans to conduct initial live-fire demonstrations for potential customers in 2025. John McCollum, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Has Enough VLS Cells For Now But Looking To Boost In Future, Official Says
A Navy official on Tuesday said that in the near-term, “we have plenty of VLS cells for the Tomahawk missiles that we have in inventory, both on the surface and […]
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Air ForceJWICS Tech Refresh Almost Complete, DIA Official Says
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has nearly completed a technology refresh upgrade of the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS)–a DoD/intelligence community network for the dissemination of Top Secret Sensitive […]
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WeaponsAnduril Discloses $250 Million DoD Air Defense Contract For Roadrunner, EW Systems To Defeat UAS
Anduril Industries on Tuesday said it has received a $250 million Defense Department contract to deliver more than 500 munition variants of its Roadrunner autonomous air vehicle (AAV) and an […]
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Navy/USMC3D Printing Key To Future Contested Logistics, Navy Officials Say
CHANTILLY, Va. – Two logistics officials from the Department of the Navy this week highlighted the growing importance of additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, to managing contested logistics, especially […]
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Navy/USMCRTX Barracuda Mine Neutralizer Completed Test Series
RTX’s [RTX] Barracuda Mine Neutralization System passed a milestone by completing a series of controlled environmental tests earlier this year, the company said Monday. The company said it had a […]
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