Business/Financial
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Business/Financial
Cerberus Capital Acquires Hypersonic Business From TransDigm, Stands Up New Company
The private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management last Thursday said it has acquired the Calspan hypersonic and defense test systems business from TransDigm [TDG] and will create a new portfolio […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
CDAO Awards Palantir Production Contract For Maven Smart System, Marking Build Out Of CJADC2
Marking a major expansion in the Defense Department’s premier effort to create greater battlespace awareness in near-real-time for its theater commands and key staff, the Chief Digital and Artificial Office […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
USAF and Merlin Labs Explore Autonomous Options for KC-135
Boston-based Merlin Labs, Inc. said on May 30 that it is using data from flights of a KC-135 at MacDill AFB, Fla., “to better understand crew workload drivers and gather […]
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Business/Financial
Terran Orbital Hires Peter Krauss as COO Amid Executive Changes
Terran Orbital is making changes to its executive team, hiring a new COO, CFO, and chief accounting officer (CAO). The company said Wednesday that Peter Krauss will join Terran Orbital […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Ursa Major Begins Proving Out New Liquid Engine For Hypersonic Applications
Engine developer and manufacturer Ursa Major has hot-fired its new Draper liquid engine dozens of times since the first test in early March, a strong early endorsement of the performance […]
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Business/Financial
TransDigm To Acquire Test And Instruments Company Raptor Scientific
TransDigm Group [TDG] on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Raptor Scientific, a manufacturer of proprietary test and instruments equipment for aerospace, defense, and other industries, from the private […]
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Congress
Rep. Banks Wants DoD To Consider Creating Panel To Revitalize DIB
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Wednesday approved a provision that would direct the Defense Department to study whether it should create a panel of stakeholders and experts to […]
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Pentagon
DoD Industrial Base Office Wants To Enable DIB Use Of Artificial Intelligence
The Defense Department’s office charged with monitoring the health of the defense industrial base (DIB) is seeking public input on how it can enable the vendors, and their suppliers, that […]
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Air Force
DoD Implements Rule on Limiting Fixed Price LRIP Contracts
One of the Aerospace Industries Association’s (AIA) 22 bullet point priorities for the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill is to limit contracting officers in buying “not more than one lot […]
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Pentagon
AIA Argues for Reduction of Barriers to International Defense Cooperation
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) wants Congress in the upcoming fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill to reduce barriers to cooperation with foreign allies and partners to help fulfill current and […]
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