Navy/USMC
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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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Navy/USMCAutonomous Vessel Technology Developer Magnet Defense Acquires Metal Shark
Magnet Defense LLC, which is developing unmanned surface vessels (USVs), has acquired Metal Shark, a builder of patrol boats and other marine craft in a deal that gives it shipyards […]
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Navy/USMCGD and HII To Work On Trump’s New BBG(X) Battleship Design For Six Years, Analysts See $10-15 Billion Cost
The Navy plans to award a sole source contract to the service’s two largest shipbuilders, General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works and HII [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding, for the Trump administration’s […]
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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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Navy/USMC
Navy To Award Leidos’ Gibbs & Cox Contract For New Battleship Design
Less than an hour after President Donald Trump announced a new battleship class named after himself on Monday, the Navy said that it is to award a sole source contract […]
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Navy/USMCTrump Wants To Bring Back Battleships With New Ship Class Named After Himself
As the anchors of a “Golden Fleet,” President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to build 20 to 25 gun and missile-equipped battleships–each “100 times more powerful than the Iowa class.” […]
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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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Advanced / Transformational Technology3D Printing Tech Company Velo3D Nabs $33 Million DIU Award To Help Weapons Program
Velo3D [VELO], a developer of medal additive manufacturing solutions used in aerospace, defense and other industries, won a $32.6 million contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to help the […]
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Navy/USMCNew Navy Frigate Will Be “Mothership” To Control Unmanned Systems For Future Hybrid Fleet
The Navy’s future small surface combatant will serve as a command-and-control platform to coordinate with, and operate, unmanned systems as part of the service’s hybrid fleet, a Navy official said […]
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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 […]