Month: October 2024
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Air ForceB-21 In ‘Mix’ As Part Of USAF Force Structure Review, Northrop Grumman CEO Says
An ongoing congressionally-mandated review of the U.S. Air Force’s force structure includes the B-21 bomber but it is too early to say if the production quantities for the stealth aircraft […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman and Boeing’s Millennium Receive Big Missile Defense Awards
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Boeing‘s [BA] Millennium Space Systems on Wednesday received U.S. Space Force (USSF) missile defense awards of nearly $1.8 billion and $386 million, respectively. The almost $1.8 […]
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InternationalU.S. State Department Clears $7.3 Billion for F-16 Viper Mid-Life Upgrade
The U.S. State Department has approved an up to $7.3 billion foreign military sale to Poland of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 Viper Midlife Upgrade, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyX-Bow Validates Advanced Manufacture Of Rocket Motor Propellant With Successful Flight
X-Bow Systems on Tuesday said it successfully launched its Bolt rocket in a test that validated the company’s advanced manufacturing process for solid rocket motor (SRM) propellant, a big confidence […]
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ArmyLockheed Anticipates Army To Move Sentinel A4 Radar Into Full-Rate Production In 2025
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has confirmed it’s set to support planned proposal activities later this year with the Army on moving the Sentinel A4 radar program into full-rate production (FRP) in […]
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SpaceDIU Rolling the DICE to Align DoD Innovation Arms
While the Defense Innovation Unit Community of Entities (DICE) is a bureaucratic-sounding term of word salad–a simple DICE synonym would be “group”–a key DICE effort is aimed at the opposite […]
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Navy/USMCGD Nabs Navy MEDUSA Mining Contract
The Navy recently awarded General Dynamics’ Mission Systems [GD] a contract worth up to $58 million for a new submarine-launched unmanned minelayer. The original solicitation or the program said the […]
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Business/FinancialCore Commercial, Defense Businesses Will Remain But Portfolio Review Underway At Boeing, Ortberg Says
New Boeing [BA] Chief Kelly Ortberg has initiated a portfolio review to assess what adds to the company and what does not but said on Wednesday that the core commercial […]
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UncategorizedNavy Work, Aerospace Lift GD To Strong Third Quarter; Submarine Supply Chain Woes Persist
General Dynamics [GD] on Wednesday reported strong third quarter financial results supported by its businesses that make ships and submarines for the Navy and business jets and aircraft services for […]
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Unmanned SystemsSaronic Introduces Corsair, An ASV With Range And Speed To Keep Pace With Surface Fleet
Autonomous surface vessel developer and manufacturer Saronic on Wednesday unveiled its latest, and largest new craft, Corsair, which it said gives the Navy and allied partners capabilities not found in […]
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