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Air ForceURS Wins $3.6 Billion Air Force Contract For Unmanned Aircraft Services
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $3.6 billion, 17-year contract to AECOM [ACM] URS Federal Services for remotely piloted aircraft services, the Pentagon announced April 6. URS, of Germantown, […]
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Missile DefenseU.S. Needs More Long-Range Interceptor Missiles, Senator Says
A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee said April 7 that the United States should more than double its inventory of long-range, ground-based interceptors to defend against North Korea’s […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch
Green Tapped for Army Secretary. President Donald Trump says he intends to nominate Mark Green, a medical doctor and state senator in Tennessee, to be Secretary of the Army. Green […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Grounds T-45C Trainers To Address Safety Concerns
The U.S. Navy has grounded its fleet of T-45C Goshawk trainer jets for several days to address safety concerns raised by instructor pilots, the service announced late April 5. The […]
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Navy/USMCSOUTHCOM Says It Needs More Ships, Aircraft To Intercept Drugs
A shortage of ships and aircraft prevents U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) from stopping much of the illegal drug flow to the United States, the organization’s leader said April 6. SOUTHCOM […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Military Still Grappling With Interoperability Challenges, Officials Say
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. military’s attempts to achieve interoperability remain a work in progress despite decades of effort to get its weapon systems to better communicate with each […]
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Unmanned SystemsNAVAIR Reviewing Bids For UAS Surveillance Services
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are reviewing industry proposals to continue the “Close Range” program, in which companies deploy and maintain small unmanned aircraft systems to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA, Aurora Finish Flight Tests Of Subscale VTOL X-Plane
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Aurora Flight Sciences, which are developing an unmanned, tilt-wing, vertical-takeoff-and-landing experimental airplane (VTOL X-Plane) called LightningStrike, have a achieved a significant milestone by […]
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InternationalBoeing Gets $2.2 Billion Contract To Build P-8As for U.S., Australia, UK
Boeing [BA] was awarded a $2.2 billion contract last week to build a total of 17 P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for the U.S. Navy and the Australian and British […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Weighing Approach To Building Unmanned Surface Vehicles
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The U.S. Navy plans to take a “hard look” at what its future unmanned surface vessels (USVs) should look like, including whether it should develop “purpose-built” vessels or […]