Air Force
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Air ForceConventional Wisdom On S-300 Effectiveness Called Into Question
Conventional defense wisdom has held that Russian-made long-range S-300 surface-to-air missiles (SAM) pose significant threats to U.S. military aircraft, including the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 stealth fighter, yet the Jan. […]
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PentagonBozeman’s Lattice Materials To Gear Up Germanium Production
Bozeman, Montana-based Lattice Materials said that it will use an $18.5 million Pentagon award last month under the Defense Production Act to produce optical-grade germanium and silicon crystals and gear […]
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SpaceSDA Surveying Industry On Ability To Provide Ground Entry Points For Tranche 3
The Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to hear from companies able to build ground entry points (GEP) for Tranche 3 of the agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). […]
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InternationalBoeing Awarded $8.6 Billion Deal To Build Israel’s New F-15IA Fighter Jets
Boeing [BA] has been awarded a contract worth up to $8.6 billion for its work building upgraded F-15 fighter jets for Israel, the Pentagon announced Monday evening. The deal covers […]
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SpaceTory Bruno Hops From ULA, Skips To Blue Origin
Tory Bruno is to be the new head of the national security division of Blue Origin, owned by Amazon [AMZN] billionaire Jeff Bezos and a top competitor to SpaceX in the […]
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Air ForceBoeing Receives Sole Source Award For C-17 Flight Deck Replacement, As USAF Projects Spares For Two LRUs Will Run Out in FY 2028
Last week, the Air Force awarded Boeing [BA] a $266 million sole source contract through 2031 to replace the flight deck of the company’s C-17 airlifter. The avionics redesign through […]
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PentagonDoD Awards First Round Of APFIT Projects Using FY ’26 Funds
The Defense Department on Monday said it has awarded over $400 million in more than a dozen contracts to aid companies in moving technologies into production under the Accelerate the […]
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SpaceParsons Receives $30 Million Under DARPA Blackjack Program, Company Says
Parsons Corp. [PSN] has received a $30 million contract for flight demonstration under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Space Development Agency (SDA) Blackjack program, the company said […]
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Air ForceUSAF Designates Talon CCA Contender As YFQ-48A
YFQ-48A is the designation for Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Project Talon series of drone contenders for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, the service said on Monday. The […]
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Business/FinancialNammo And Firehawk Aerospace Make More Rocket Motor Investments In U.S.
Norway’s Nammo has awarded Parsons Corp. [PSN] a more than $100 million task order to build a new rocket motor plant in Perry, Fla., in the next two years, and […]