Weapons
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Pentagon
DoD Awards X-Bow $64 Million To Strengthen Industrial Base For Large Solid Rocket Motors
The Defense Department has awarded X-Bow Systems a $64 million contract to position the startup as a second supplier of large-diameter solid rocket motors (SRMs) for two Army and Navy […]
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Air Force
Northrop Grumman Announces $705 Million Award for USAF Stand-in Attack Weapon
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Sept. 25 that the U.S. Air Force has awarded it a contract worth about $705 million to deliver the air-to-ground Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW). “During […]
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International
U.S. State Department Okays Sale of Munitions, Radars for Canadian MQ-9Bs
The U.S. State Department has given the go ahead for a more than $313 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of munitions, radars and other equipment for Canadian MQ-9Bs by General […]
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International
Poland Buys $1.5 Billion In More Naval Strike Missile Squadrons
The Polish Ministry of National Defense signed a contract on Tuesday with Norway’s Kongsberg worth $1.5 billion for four more Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Coastal Defense System (CDS) squadrons. The […]
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International
Poland Is First International Customer Of Army’s LTAMDS Radar
Poland approved a Letter of Acceptance with the U.S. Army to be the first international customer for the RTX [RTX] Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensors (LTAMDS) alongside dozens […]
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International
State Department Approves $104 Million Sale Of JASSM-ER To Japan
The State Department approved a possible $104 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 50 AGM-158B/B-2 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles with Extended Range (JASSM-ER) missiles. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Plans To Issue EMD Contract For Carrier-Based Hypersonic Weapon In Early 2024
A recent Navy notice said the service intends to conduct a competition for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase for an aircraft carrier-based hypersonic weapon program later this year […]
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Congress
Central DoD Data Repository Critical for Pentagon AI Applications, AI Company Founder Says
Pentagon data centralization is crucial to the future of military artificial intelligence (AI) applications, an AI entrepreneur told a congressional hearing on July 18th. “AI systems are only as good […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
USAF Awards Raytheon Nearly $1.2 Billion for AMRAAM, As HASC Outlines Need for Integrated Air-to-Air Missile Development
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] missiles and defense unit in Tucson, Ariz., a nearly $1.2 billion contract for production lot 37 of the company’s Advanced Medium […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Incorporation of CL-20 on Three Munitions Proposed by HASC Panel
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) tactical air and land forces panel would require DoD to begin a pilot program for the incorporation of the CL-20 explosive on three munitions […]
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