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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy Re-Issues RFI For Longer Anti-Radiation Missile
The Navy on July 1 re-issued a version of a Request for Information (RFI) for a new Advanced Emission Suppression Missile (AESM), a longer-range anti-radiation missile. The service originally issued […]
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InternationalUK Replaces Plans For Future Destroyer With Drone Controller Ships
The United Kingdom on Monday announced plans to replace a planned destroyer with a new drone controller ship instead, the Common Combat Vessels (CCV). The U.K. Ministry of Defence previously […]
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WeaponsRTX Nabs $1.1 Billion Mod For Nearly 2,000 Sidewinder Missiles
Naval Air Systems Command on June 26 awarded RTX [RTX] a contract modification worth over $1.1 billion for production and delivery of nearly 2,000 IM-9X Sidewinder missiles for the U.S. […]
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Monday, June 29, 2026
- Defense Watch: PAC-3 Plant, Quantum Tech Investment, Military Labs Review, ULTV Order
- House Appropriators ‘Concerned’ With JLTV A2 Delays, Shift Funds For Marines’ Second Supplier Effort
- OMB Director Calls For Fifth Public Shipyard, Doubles Down On Foreign Shipbuilding
- PACAF Evaluating Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat In Valiant Shield
- U.S. AFRICOM Experimenting With ‘Zone Defense’ Concept For Countering Drones
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Monday, June 29, 2026
- Defense Watch: PAC-3 Plant, Quantum Tech Investment, Military Labs Review, ULTV Order
- House Appropriators ‘Concerned’ With JLTV A2 Delays, Shift Funds For Marines’ Second Supplier Effort
- OMB Director Calls For Fifth Public Shipyard, Doubles Down On Foreign Shipbuilding
- PACAF Evaluating Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat In Valiant Shield
- U.S. AFRICOM Experimenting With ‘Zone Defense’ Concept For Countering Drones
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Navy/USMCOMB Director Calls For Fifth Public Shipyard, Doubles Down On Foreign Shipbuilding
The director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Wednesday said the administration is pushing for the Navy to get a fifth public shipyard to improve […]
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Friday, June 26, 2026
- House Appropriators Approve $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill Amid Reconciliation Uncertainty
- Lockheed Secures $8.4 Billion PrSM Ceiling Increase To Support Production Boost Framework
- USAF Considering EO/IR Upgrade for MH-139A
- House Appropriators Uncertain Navy Will Award F/A-XX Contract By August
- NNSA introduces AI flight test vehicle
- Longtime Space Force senior heads to Nuclear Weapons Center
- Mitsubishi Electric Contracts MDA Space for Digital Payload for Japanese Defense Satellite
- Capella Prepares to Validate Mynaric Optical Terminal on Latest SAR Satellite
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Friday, June 26, 2026
- House Appropriators Approve $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill Amid Reconciliation Uncertainty
- Lockheed Secures $8.4 Billion PrSM Ceiling Increase To Support Production Boost Framework
- USAF Considering EO/IR Upgrade for MH-139A
- House Appropriators Uncertain Navy Will Award F/A-XX Contract By August
- NNSA introduces AI flight test vehicle
- Longtime Space Force senior heads to Nuclear Weapons Center
- Mitsubishi Electric Contracts MDA Space for Digital Payload for Japanese Defense Satellite
- Capella Prepares to Validate Mynaric Optical Terminal on Latest SAR Satellite
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Uncertain Navy Will Award F/A-XX Contract By August
House appropriators said they are skeptical the Defense Department will award the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract for the Navy’s F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based fighter program by the most recent […]
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Thursday, June 25, 2026
- White House’s Supplemental Request Seeks $67.1B For Iran War Costs, Including $21B For Munitions
- House Appropriators Concerned With ‘Risky’ Reconciliation Approach To Fund Munitions, F-35 Plans
- Lockheed Martin Nabs $35 Billion THAAD Contract For Framework Agreement
- Space Force Awards Boeing $2 Billion MUOS Service Life Extension Contract
- House Appropriators Add Restrictions And Reporting Requirement To Battleship, Reject Cut
- $300 Million for FAMM Pulled Forward By House Appropriators
- Lawmakers Push Shipbuilding Accountability And Submarine Reports In House Appropriations Bill
- BAE Systems to Build Buses for Vantor’s Vantage Imaging Satellites