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Defense Watch: AUKUS Pillar Two, Roadrunner, Kratos Targets, CUSV Test
Pillar Two Expansion. A State Department Official recently said the administration sees AUKUS Pillar Two eventually expanding to others, but not yet. “I think right now what we want to […]
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Nuclear ModernizationY-12 Uranium Facility Hurt By Contractor Performance, Other Problems Latest Stockpile Plan Says
Substandard contractor performance delayed the launch of a new Uranium Processing Facility at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee until 2029, according to the agency’s […]
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InternationalFrance Test-Fires New bM51.3 Sub-Launched Missile Over Atlantic
France successfully test-fired an M51.3 long-range submarine-launched ballistic missile, without a nuclear warhead aboard, over the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 18. The test firing was conducted by the General Directorate […]
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Business/FinancialAmentum To Merge With Jacobs’ Government Biz, Creating Publicly-Traded Company
In a deal rumored for weeks, two of the largest players in the Department of Energy’s weapons complex will merge into a public company majority-owned by Jacobs [J] shareholders. Virginia-based […]
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Defense Watch: New HASC Member, CR Impact, Lockheed Martin Missile Lab
South Korea FMS. The State Department has approved a potential $52.1 million deal with South Korea for 42 AIM-9X Block II and five Block II-plus Sidewinder missiles. “This proposed sale […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDems Want Cost Estimates Congress Didn’t Ask For in Nuke Modernization Report
Lawmakers who created an independent commission to study U.S. nuclear modernization efforts without estimating the cost, now want to see what replacing all three legs of the triad and rehabbing […]
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch: SDA Study, Red Hawk Testing, Third Nuke Shipyard?
SDA Classified Study. The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded L3Harris’ Salt Lake City location nearly $2.6 million under SDA’s Systems, Technologies, and Emerging Capabilities (STEC) program for a classified […]
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch: AI Strategy, Intel Budget, Lithuania Deal, More Tritons
DoD AI Strategy. The Pentagon on Nov. 2 released the new 2023 DoD Data, Analytics, and AI Adoption Strategy, which it said “unifies previous strategic guidance to scale advanced capabilities […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Will Develop Higher-Yield B61 Gravity Bomb
The U.S. military will develop a new, higher-yield variant of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb designed for delivery by modern aircraft, the Pentagon announced on Oct. 27. Designated the B61-13, […]
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Defense Watch: Silicon Valley, Rheinmetall/UKR, CBO Report
Silicon Valley. The non-profit Silicon Valley Defense Group (SVDG) is urging Congress to retain a House-passed provision in the final fiscal year 2024 defense appropriations legislation to provide $1 billion […]