Weapons
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WeaponsEvolution Space Static Fires Full-Scale Rocket Motor
Rocket motor and launch vehicle startup Evolution Space on Monday said it successfully conducted a full-scale statie fire of a solid rocket motor (SRM) designed to meet current tactical applications. […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Pegs Third Quarter For F-35 Tech Refresh 3 Deliveries
Flight testing of F-35 fighters with new data upgrades is underway and aircraft with the technology refresh are expected to be delivered beginning in the third quarter, and overall this […]
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WeaponsL3Harris, Kratos Successfully Hot-Fire Large Solid Rocket Motor
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Monday said it successfully hot-fire tested the Zeus 2 large solid rocket motor (SRM) that it developed commercially with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] in […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Contracts With Ursa Major To Develop Rocket Motor For Standard Missiles
Propulsion technology startup Ursa Major on Monday said it has received an engineering contract from the Navy to develop and test a new design for the legacy Mk 104 solid […]
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Navy/USMCSub Industrial Base Tops Navy’s Unfunded List, Also Guam Repairs And Munitions
The Navy’s $2.2 billion fiscal year 2025 unfunded priorities list is topped with funding for the submarine industrial base, repair damage to Guam and various munitions. The Pentagon is required […]
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Air ForceSpecial Operations Personnel and Airmen Rehearse Palletized Munitions Delivery
U.S. Central Command said on March 5 that Special Operations Task Group-Central (SOTG-C) and Air Forces Central airmen recently had hands-on training for the rapid installation and delivery of palletized […]
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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 […]