Weapons
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Air ForceSparking U.S. Defense Industrial Base to Meet Ukraine Defense Is Key Challenge, J-4 Says
Sparking the U.S. industrial base to churn out equipment for Ukraine is the key challenge in helping that nation defeat Russia, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Leonard Kosinski, the Joint […]
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ArmyWormuth: Lack of Fiscal 2024 Appropriations and Supplemental Passage Harms U.S. Army Transformation
Congressional dawdling reflected in the pedestrian passage of continuing resolutions (CR) and the lack of approval of regular fiscal 2024 appropriations and the proposed Emergency National Security Supplemental Act harms […]
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Air ForceCongress Considering DoD Reprogramming to Ramp Up, Accelerate Replicator
DoD submitted a reprogramming request to Congress on Jan. 31, and legislators are trying to understand the Pentagon’s funding needs for the Replicator initiative, which was part of the reprogramming […]
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Air ForceRTX Highlights Test of CHIMERA Directed Energy System for Base Defense
RTX [RTX] said on Jan. 29 that the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the company’s Raytheon business unit have finished a three week field test of the Counter-Electronic […]
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CongressGallagher Issues Rallying Cry for Multi-Year Procurement of Key Munitions
Multi-year procurement (MYP) of key munitions is vital to rebuild U.S. stockpiles, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), said on Jan. 23. Gallagher chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist […]
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Air ForceRTX Says USAF Award for Company’s StormBreaker Munition Next Step in Weapon’s Production
RTX [RTX] said on Jan. 3 that the U.S. Air Force’s Dec. 29 award to the company’s Tucson, Ariz. site for GBU-53B Small Diameter Bomb IIs (SDB IIs)–so called “StormBreakers”–represents […]
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Air ForceGE Aerospace Plans to Demonstrate Full Scale DMRJ Hypersonic Engine Next Year
General Electric‘s [GE] GE Aerospace division said on Dec. 14 that it plans to demonstrate a full-scale dual-mode ramjet (DMRJ) hypersonic engine with rotating detonation combustion (RDC) next year, as […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDefense Authorizers Would Establish DoD Joint Office to Forge Path on Energetics
The fiscal 2024 defense authorization conference report establishes a Joint Energetics Transition Center under DoD acquisition chief William LaPlante. The center is to develop “an energetic materials strategic plan and […]
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Air ForceEngine, Wing Assembly Design Lead Boeing to Project More Than 300 Nautical Range for Powered JDAM
Boeing‘s [BA] future Powered Joint Direct Attack Munition (PJDAM) is to have a range of more than 300 nautical miles–seven times the range of the company’s JDAM Extended Range (JDAM […]
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Air ForceBoeing and Kratos’ MDI Sign MOU for Powered JDAM
Kratos‘ [KTOS] Michigan-based Technical Directions, Inc. (TDI) business unit within the company’s unmanned systems division said that it has agreed with Boeing [BA] to develop and field the TDI-J85 turbine […]