Month: October 2024
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch: SRM Timelines, Air Force C-sUAS, Rocket Ship, Navy Clean Energy RFI
SRM Timelines. A partnership between Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics to add a new manufacturing source for solid rocket motors (SRMs) will result in first article testing in 2025, followed […]
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ArmyArmy Details Payload Approach To Expand S-MET Inc. II Beyond Equipment Carrying
The Army has said it will look to “drive commonality” with the next iteration of its Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (S-MET), as it aims to integrate payloads that expand the […]
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Homeland SecurityIn First Operational Posture, Coast Guard Outlines Need To Prioritize, And Subtly Pitches For More Resources As Demands Climb
The Coast Guard last Friday issued a new posture statement, a document that outlines the relentless pace of operational demands on the service, the need to make priorities within its […]
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Air ForceUSAF ‘Out of Compliance’ on Software Sustainment for F-35’s EOTS
The U.S. Air Force’s software sustainment for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AN/AAQ-40 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS), carried on the F-35 fighter, is “out of compliance” with a law that requires […]
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Business/FinancialL3Harris Reports Solid Third Quarter; Efficiency Initiative Delivering
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] last Thursday reported solid third quarter results with mid-single digit organic sales and net income growth. Net income rose 6 percent to $404 million, $2.10 earnings per […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNew White House Memo Urges Increase Of AI Adoption For National Security
President Biden has signed the first-ever national security memorandum on artificial intelligence, urging agencies to increase and speed up adoption of AI capabilities and setting up new safety guardrails, in […]
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Navy/USMCIncoming Philly Shipyard Owners Aim To Bring It Back To 1940s Prominence Plus Incoming M&As and Partnerships
The CEO of the U.S. subsidiary of a Korean conglomerate buying Philly Shipyard recently said they want to return to the level of national prominence it had in the 1940s […]
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SpaceSDA’s HALO Pool Opens the Door to Non-Traditional PWSA Vendors
The Space Development Agency has selected 19 space companies to be a part of a hybrid acquisition pool known as HALO to compete for demonstrations for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) constellation. […]
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Intelligence CommunityNROL-167 Launch Another Step in ‘U.S. Government’s Largest Satellite Constellation in History’
The NROL-167 mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., is a step toward what the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is calling […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Reports Higher Earnings, Sales In Third Quarter
Solid operating performance combined with a pension benefit and a lower tax rate lifted Northrop Grumman [NOC] net income in the third quarter amid a slight increase in sales. Net […]