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Air Force

Boeing Combines Army Rockets With Air Force Bombs To Create Smarter Artillery Option

Mai Hanoon

Monday, September 30th, 2013

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Boeing [BA] is working to integrate the Air Force’s Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) with the rocket motors from the Army’s M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System to create a smarter ground-launched artillery option for combatant commanders while creating cost savings for the Army. The M26 system is being demilitarized, with its Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munition having been banned in a 2008 cluster munitions treaty. The Army must get rid of its entire stockpile of about 400,000 worldwide by 2019, leaving…

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]

Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for infrastructure–a $4 billion contracting hub for SSC–is completing a move from Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. to […]

Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]