Weapons
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CongressU.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says
The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]
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WeaponsCoAspire Wins $70 Million Contract For Navy Affordable Coalition Missile Program
The Navy recently awarded CoAspire a $70 million prototype Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for its Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile-Extended Range (RAACM-ER) ground-launched variant for its new Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Seeks Bomber Prototypes In Drone Dominance Program
The Pentagon’s $1.1 billion Drone Dominance Program (DDP) plans to award $32 million for “reusable bomber/dropper” prototypes–with “additional orders planned”–in the latest instance of DoD’s affordable drone push. “One-way attack […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Takes Charges On GEM 63XL, SiAW In Second Quarter
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Tuesday reported another charge on a large solid rocket motor program that suffered an anomaly during a launch in February, and also said development work on […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman To Produce SRMs For PAC-3 Missiles As Second Source
A solid rocket motor (SRM) being developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC] was qualified in June as a second source to power Patriot air defense missiles and the company expects a […]
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Air ForceAir Force May More Than Triple JASSM/LRASM Buy Over FYDP
The Air Force planned buy of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) family may nearly quadruple over the future years defense plan (FYDP) through fiscal 2031. […]
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Air ForceYFQ-44A Fired AMRAAM In Recent Test In Mojave Desert
A YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototype by Anduril Industries recently conducted a live-fire test of an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) in the Mojave Desert against […]
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PentagonAnduril, CoAspire, Zone 5 Ink Multiyear Frameworks For Low-Cost Cruise Missile Production
The Pentagon has signed new multiyear production agreements with Anduril Industries, CoAspire and Zone 5 Technologies for the companies’ low-cost cruise missiles under the Air Force’s Family of Affordable Mass […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Releases Draft Notice For Naval Modular Missile Interceptor
The Navy on Tuesday released a draft Request for Solutions (RFS) for the Naval Modular Missile Terminal Stage Interceptor (TS) prototype project, with plans to initiate solicitations after reviewing industry […]
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WeaponsSOCOM to Buy Leidos AGM-190A for Small Cruise Missile Program
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has awarded Leidos [LDOS] a more than $27.2 million fixed price incentive contract for procurement of the company’s AGM-190A “Havoc Spear” Small Cruise Missile (SCM) […]