Air Force
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUSTR Began Section 301 Investigation into Chinese Semiconductors in December
On Dec. 23 last year, less than a month before the handover of presidential power, the Biden administration’s U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Katherine Tai, announced an investigation under Section 301 […]
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Business/FinancialMoog Expects Increase in Space and Defense Sales
New York-based Moog, Inc. [MOG.A] is predicting a rise in its space and defense business this year. Moog builds flight actuators, switches, and controls for a number of DoD platforms, […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looks Into Replacement of Minuteman III Flight Control Units
The U.S. Air Force is considering the replacement of flight control units for the engines on the three-stage Minuteman III ICBM by Boeing [BA]. The 90th Missile Wing at F.E. […]
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Air ForceUSAF Awards BAE Systems Nearly $1.2 Billion Extension for ICBM Support
The day before BAE Systems‘ nearly dozen year, $1.9 billion Integrated Support Contract for the ICBM fields was to expire, the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center’s ICBM directorate at […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Wins B-21 Second LRIP Lot Award, Company Positioned for Sixth Generation Aircraft Competitions, CEO Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Thursday that it received, as expected, a U.S. Air Force contract in the fourth quarter last year for the second low-rate initial production (LRIP) lot […]
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SpaceL3Harris Receives Space Force Software Contract to Meet ATLAS IOC, Planned for September
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded L3Harris Technologies [LHX] a nearly $90 million cost-plus-fixed fee contract through October 2027 with two option periods for the Advanced Tracking […]
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Air ForceFive Teams to Focus on Space Domain Awareness for Space Rapid Capabilities Office
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) at Kirtland AFB, N.M., on Wednesday identified five teams of small businesses and “leading prime integrators to advance integrated satellites” under […]
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SpaceArray Labs Teams with Raytheon and Umbra Space on 3D Imaging
Silicon Valley’s Array Labs, Inc.–a four-year-old startup that aims to field a constellation of low Earth orbit, three dimensional, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) cube satellites with 20 centimeter x 20 […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLos Alamos’ Plutonium Pit Production of 30 Annually for Sentinel May Have to Wait Beyond 2026
As the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awaits its marching orders from the Trump administration, the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is now saying it will get […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyGE Aerospace and RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Score Big Prototype Contracts for NGAP
GE Aerospace [GE] and RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney on Monday received U.S. Air Force contracts worth up to $3.5 billion each for technology maturation and risk reduction (TMRR) in […]
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