Navy/USMC
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Announces $705 Million Award for USAF Stand-in Attack Weapon
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Sept. 25 that the U.S. Air Force has awarded it a contract worth about $705 million to deliver the air-to-ground Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW). “During […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Issues RFP For TACAMO Recap Program
The Naval Air Systems Command issued a request for proposals for the Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) Recapitalization (E-XX) Program on September 21, using a modified Lockheed Martin [LMT] […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Has Made Partial Progress On 2020 Unmanned Recommendations, Board Member Says
A member of a National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board (TRP) told a congressional panel this week that the Coast Guard has only made partial progress on recommendations it […]
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CongressGallagher, Khanna Call Out Corporate Refusal to Testify on Defense Innovation
Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) cyber, information technologies and innovation (CITI) panel, and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the HASC CITI panel’s ranking […]
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Air ForceGAO: F-35 Fleet Remains ‘Far Below’ MC Rate Goals
A new study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) cites depot and organizational maintenance challenges as being partly responsible for a lagging mission capable (MC) rate for the Lockheed Martin […]
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InternationalAustralia Plans To Buy Fourth MQ-4C Triton Drone
The Australian Ministry of Defense announced on Sept. 19 it plans to spend $975 million to acquire a fourth Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle and also upgrade […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin in ‘Late Stage Negotiations’ With Company to Create Solid Rocket Motor Provider
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is pursuing the creation of a provider of solid rocket motors beyond the two main suppliers–Northrop Grumman [NOC] through its 2018 buy of Orbital ATK and L3Harris [LHX] […]
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CongressWicker: ‘I Would Not Leave Anything Off the Table’ for Aid to Ukraine
If Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) can ever get his House in order, some continuing aid for Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia may be forthcoming, as leading Republicans on the Senate side […]
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Navy/USMCSmith Orders Marine Aviation Safety Stand-down After Three Crashes
The Acting Commandant of the Marine Corps ordered a two-day safety stand-down of aviation units following three crashes in less than two months. Most recently, on Sept. 17 a pilot […]
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Unmanned SystemsNavy’s MQ-4C Triton UAV Achieves IOC, Back For Second Deployment
The Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle reached a Navy declaration of initial operating capability (IOC) on Aug. 3 and the aircraft are back in Guam for another […]
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