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PentagonUkraine Has Sought Up To 128 U.S. Fighter Jets But Not A Pressing Need, DoD Official Says
Ukraine has asked for upward of 128 U.S.-made 4th generation fighter aircraft, but these are not among the top three priorities that country needs in its war against Russia and […]
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Air ForceRaytheon’s Pratt & Whitney Holds Supplier Day on Capitol Hill for Proposed F135 Engine Core Upgrade
Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Pratt & Whitney held a supplier day Feb. 28 on Capitol Hill for the company’s proposed F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 […]
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PentagonDoD Fiscal 2024 Budget Likely to Address Shoring Up Industrial Capacity to Respond to Surge Demands
One of the central thrusts of the upcoming DoD fiscal 2024 budget is likely to be building industrial capacity to satisfy surge demands for materiel in response to requests from […]
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InternationalHealthy Defense Industrial Base, Supply Chain Part Of Biden’s Conventional Arms Transfer Policy
President Biden last week issued new guidance for U.S. weapons transfers and sales to allies and partners, highlighting that the strength of the U.S. defense industrial base and related supply […]
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Air ForcePentagon May Award Performance-Based Logistics Contract for F-35 This Year
DoD may award a five-year Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) contract for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter this year, if the program is able to meet conditions set out in the […]
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PentagonBiden Says Objects Shot Down Likely Not Surveillance Assets, Cites Improving Detection Capacity
President Biden said Thursday “nothing right now suggests” the three unidentified high-altitude objects the U.S. military shot down recently were surveillance capabilities, and may have likely been balloons for weather […]
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PentagonFirst AIM-9X Missile Fired At Object Over Lake Huron Missed, Officials Detail Debris Recovery Updates
The first AIM-9X Sidewinder missile fired from an F-16 fighter jet on Sunday to take down an unidentified high-altitude object over Lake Huron on Sunday missed the target, a top […]
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PentagonRadar Enhancements May Explain Uptick In Detection Of Objects In U.S. Airspace, Officials Say
U.S. officials have said the uptick in detection of high-altitude objects intruding into U.S. airspace, to include three such objects shot down since Friday, may be due to recent radar […]
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PentagonU.S. Military Shoots Down High-Altitude Object Off The Coast Of Alaska
The U.S. military on Friday shot down another high-altitude object that crossed into territorial airspace, taking it out off the coast of Alaska with a Raytheon Technologies [RTX]-built AIM-9X Sidewinder […]
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CongressTester Wants FY ‘24 Budget To Bolster Airspace Detection, Presses DoD On Chinese Balloon Decisions
The Senate’s top defense appropriator has said he wants the fiscal year 2024 budget to include funding and plans to help the Pentagon avoid future intrusions into U.S. airspace following […]