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Navy/USMCLockheed’s Vector Hawk Drone Launched From Unmanned Sub
Lockheed Martin [LMT[ recently launched its Vector Hawk small unmanned aircraft from an unmanned submarine for the first time, the company said Sept. 28. During the test, which occurred at […]
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CongressNGA Eyes More Commercial Satellite Imagery
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) continues to expand its use of commercial satellite imagery, exemplified by the agency’s recent contract award to Silicon Valley firm Planet, the head of NGA said […]
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InternationalBrazil Still Pursuing Nuclear Subs, Aircraft Carrier Despite Economic Woes
Economic struggles in Brazil have slowed but not stopped the country’s quest to add nuclear-powered submarines and an aircraft carrier to its naval capabilities, the head of the Brazilian navy […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Contracts For New Carrier-Based Drone
The Navy has awarded two of the four contracts it plans to give industry for the recently revamped MQ-25 unmanned aircraft program. Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] received one-year […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch
Triton Milestone. Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall has authorized the Navy to begin low-rate production of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned plane, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) said Sept. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Reviewing Delivery Timing For New Ford Aircraft Carrier
The U.S. Navy may have to change the delivery schedule for the first Ford-class aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), because the program continues to grapple with technical […]
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Air ForceNavy Exploring Successor To Sub-Launched Nuclear Missile
The U.S. Navy is in the “very early phases” of exploring what the successor to its Trident II D-5 ballistic missile will look like, a service official said Sept. 22. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyIndustry Awaits Next Phase of DARPA’s Gremlins UAS Program
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), whose Gremlins program is developing an air-launched, air-recoverable unmanned air system, is nearing completion of the program’s first phase […]
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Air ForceAFSOC, Marines Pushing Industry To Resolve V-22 ‘Challenges’
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and the U.S. Marine Corps have agreed to “present a united front” to industry on the need to overcome […]
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Air ForceAir Force Directorate Seeks To Streamline Equipment Sustainment
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force’s Agile Combat Support (ACS) Directorate, which oversees about 400 programs and a $7 billion annual budget, is looking for ways to reduce equipment […]