Pentagon
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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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Business/FinancialDoD Makes Additional Investments In Solid Rocket Motor Industrial Base
The Defense Department last month made two Defense Production Act (DPA) investments worth a combined $32.7 million to expand the solid rocket motor (SRM) industrial base. The largest award, $27.7 […]
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PentagonU.S. Used Over 150 Aircraft In Operation To Capture Venezuela’s Maduro, Caine Says
The overnight U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro utilized over 150 aircraft, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said Saturday, including advanced fighters, bombers and drones. Caine added […]
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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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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 […]
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PentagonCadenazzi Plans More Discrete Approach To Supply Chain Investments
The Defense Department’s new industrial base policy chief plans to take a more tailored approach to how his office invests in the supply chain that supports the defense industry versus […]
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Congress‘Right To Repair’ Reforms Mostly Stripped From Final FY ‘26 NDAA
The negotiated version of the next defense policy bill mostly strips out language that would have provided the Pentagon with greater ability to repair its own equipment. The “Right to […]
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PentagonHegseth Says Trump Supports ‘Substantial’ Defense Spending, Expect Increased Investment
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday he expects that the percentage the U.S. spends on defense will increase in coming years, adding that President Donald Trump has also offered his […]
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PentagonTrump’s Security Strategy Calls For ‘National Mobilization’ To Bolster Defense Industrial Base
The Trump administration’s newly-released National Security Strategy (NSS) calls for a “national mobilization” to bolster the defense industrial base’s capability to innovate “powerful defenses at low cost,” production of arms […]