Australian USVs. A Royal Australian Navy (RAN) official recently announced a $3.3 million contract to acquire five Ocius Technologies Bluebottle Unmanned Surface Vehicles. On Nov. 24, Rear Adm. Pete Quinn, Head of Navy Capability at the RAN, said this will be an important investment in naval ...
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Data Informed Culture. A report this month by the Pentagon Inspector General (IG), Fiscal Year 2023: Top DoD Management Challenges, says that the tri-service and international program for the Lockheed Martin F‑35 fighter “serves as an example of the barriers that the DoD must overcome to build ...
The Navy awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $114 million modification on Nov. 18 to build and deliver more AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles and related support parts. The award is focused on additional AIM-9X production Lot 22 requirements. It is divided into 145 AIM-9X Block II all-up-round ...
F135 Engine Repair. The Navy said on Nov. 15 that Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) was recently activated as a Department of Defense second depot source of repair (DSOR) for the F135 engine, which powers the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The first DSOR for the F135 was previously designated in ...
After Russia failed early in its war against Ukraine to accomplish some strategic objectives through offensive cyberattacks, its turn to physical attacks against Ukrainian critical infrastructure demonstrates “the context of armed conflict dwarfs the cyber impacts,” a Defense Department ...
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has directed Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) and the U.S. government to make their final written arguments by next February over the shipbuilder’s protest of the Coast Guard’s $3.3 billion contract to Austal USA in June for the second stage of the offshore ...