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Defense Watch: Welding School, Bomber Task Force-Europe, Freedom’s Forge, Faulty Welds, New Rheinmetall JV
Welding School. The Navy’s Submarine Industrial base program announced the opening of the John D. Haynes School of Welding Technology at Mount Vernon High School on Oct. 24 to help […]
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Defense Watch: SRM Timelines, Air Force C-sUAS, Rocket Ship, Navy Clean Energy RFI
SRM Timelines. A partnership between Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics to add a new manufacturing source for solid rocket motors (SRMs) will result in first article testing in 2025, followed […]
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Defense Watch: Apache EW, Shield AI-Palantir Partner, BAE/Konsberg, More AMPVs
Apache EW. The Army has tapped Lockheed Martin to develop the Gen 3 Radar Frequency Interferometer (RFI)/Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) APR-48B system for its Apache attack helicopter fleet. Lockheed Martin […]
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Defense Watch: SECNAV Meets With Steelworkers, Malabar 2024, Precision Castparts Settlement, Super Tucano
SECNAV Meets Steelworkers. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro met with the President of the United Steelworkers David McCall and President of the Wessel Group, Michael Wessel, on Sept. […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch: C-UAS, Link-16 Valkryie, Space Logistics, Lockheed Dividend Hike
C-UAS Advice. The challenges associated with detecting an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in protected airspace, characterizing whether the object is hostile, and if a threat, defeating it, requires layered capabilities […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA ‘Diamond-Stamped’ First Plutonium Pit For W87-1 Warhead
The National Nuclear Security Administration on Tuesday finished its First Production Unit of a plutonium pit for the planned W87-1 warhead, an agency press release said. The National Nuclear Security […]
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Viper Shield Is in Production: Priming the F-16 for Tomorrow’s Fight
L3Harris’ Viper Shield—the only modern F-16 electronic warfare system currently in production—harnesses the power of software to give pilots and commanders the edge in an increasingly contested battlespace. With an […]
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Defense Watch: Mistral Protest, Counter-Drone Bill, Space Force Award, Integrated Capabilities Command
Under Protest. Mistral Inc. on Sept. 6 protested the Army’s award to AeroVironment (AV) of a potential $990 million, five-year contract for Switchblade loitering munitions. AV has said it will […]
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Defense Watch: More Bradleys, Tester, B-21 Basing, Tactical Autonomy
More Bradleys. The Army has definitized a contract modification with BAE Systems worth over $440 million to produce more than 200 additional Bradley A4 infantry fighting vehicles, the company said […]
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Defense Watch: Launch Cadence, Chinese Needles, ITEP Engine, CH-47 Block II
Launch Cadence. On Aug. 28, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Director Chris Scolese said that the agency will have put into orbit more than 100 satellites between June last year and […]