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Air ForceNavy Awards Lockheed Martin $920 Million For F-35s
The Navy on Thursday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] an advance acquisition contract worth nearly $920 million for long lead time, materials, parts and components for the manufacture and delivery of […]
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Air ForceAir Force Awards Boeing $467 Million For Minuteman III ICBM Guidance Repair Work
The Air Force on Tuesday awarded Boeing [BA] an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract worth nearly $467 million for repairing Minuteman III ICBM guidance sets, according to a Defense Department statement. Work […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Accepts MUOS-3 Communications Satellite
The Navy has accepted the third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-3) communications satellite following successful completion of on-orbit testing, according to prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT]. MUOS-3, launched Jan. 20, […]
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Air ForceAir Force Details Award Structures For Next-Gen Rocket Propulsion System Efforts
The Air Force could award as many as four contracts totaling $160 million as part of its next-generation rocket propulsion system request for proposals (RFP) released Tuesday, according to a […]
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Air ForceDoD In ‘Intense Discussion’ Over RD-180 Waiver, Air Force Releases Rocket Engine RFP
High-level Air Force and Defense Department officials are in “intense discussion” over whether to enact the waiver that would allow the service to use Russian-developed RD-180 rocket engines banned for […]
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Northrop Grumman Unveils OpenPod IRST Sensor System
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Tuesday unveiled its OpenPod infrared search and track (IRST) sensor system that allows maintainers to swap sensors in theater. The OpenPod system consists of line-replaceable units […]
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Air ForceAir Force Could Order Additional Combat Rescue Helicopters, Carlisle Says
A key Air Force officer said Monday the service could order more than the 112 HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRH) it is currently planning to procure. “Right now the order […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch
Budget Watch. The House and Senate are back on the Hill this week, and there could be lots of momentum pushing the authorization and appropriations bills forward. The House Appropriations […]
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Air ForceSASC Bill Creates Launch Capability Contract Exemption For Possible Delta IV Use
The fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) eliminates the reported $1 billion launch capability contract with United Launch Alliance (ULA) moving forward, […]
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ArmyArmy, Northrop Grumman Achieve Ballistic Missile Intercept In Inaugural Flight Test
The Army and Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Thursday destroyed a ballistic missile using the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) in its first flight test, according […]