Month: October 2024
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InternationalDuring Kyiv Visit, Austin Announces $400 Million In New Weapons Aid For Ukraine
During a previously unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a new $400 million weapons aid package for Ukraine with additional munitions. “We’ve moved heaven and […]
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ArmyArmy Light Brigade Tests S-MET, Small Drones In Hawaii For Transformation In Contact Effort
An Army unit recently completed a training rotation in Hawaii putting new tech, including small drones and equipment-carrying ground robots, to the test in the field capturing the latest set […]
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Air ForceLeonardo’s BriteStorm May Be Future CCA Payload
The U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program may be a fit for a five and a half pound BriteStorm stand-in jammer that Leonardo said that it is developing to […]
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Business/FinancialThales To Acquire Boeing Unit Serving Intelligence Market
A U.S. based business of France’s Thales will acquire a small unit of Boeing [BA] that serves the intelligence, defense, and homeland security markets. Terms of deal were not disclosed. […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Nabs Over $200 Million In Maintenance And Modernization Contracts For DGG and Amphib
The Navy awarded BAE Systems’s Norfolk Ship Repair unit two contracts on Oct. 18 for maintenance, modernization and repair of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Laboon (DDG-58) and amphibious assault […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Relieves Top Two Officers Of Japan Naval Repair and Maintenance Facilities
The Navy relieved the top two officers of the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC) on Oct. 20, the service said on Sunday. Capt. Zaldy […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU Seeks AI-Based Business Intelligence Platform For Budget Planning And Execution
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Monday issued a solicitation seeking commercial solutions that can quickly collect budget and contract data from across an enterprise to enhance program management and […]
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Business/FinancialAirbus to Cut 2,500 Jobs in Defence and Space
Airbus Defence and Space plans to cut up to 2,500 positions within the group as it reorganizes after financial troubles. Airbus announced the cuts last week and said they will […]
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Air ForceEarly Fuel System Inspection Helps Reduce B-2 PDM Time, USAF Says
U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers by Northrop Grumman [NOC] typically undergo a 470-day programmed depot maintenance (PDM) every nine years in Palmdale, Calif., to repair the bomber and […]
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Air ForceTarantulas and Asian Giant Hornets Subplot in RTX Settlement with DoJ
Tarantulas and Asian giant hornets in Taiwan are a subplot of a nearly $1 billion settlement RTX [RTX] reached last week with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Deterring a […]
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