Weapons
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InternationalPoland 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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InternationalState 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/USMCNavy 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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CongressCentral 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 TechnologyUSAF 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 TechnologyIncorporation 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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Air ForceTHOR Defeats Swarm of Drones in AFRL Test Last Month, Lab Says
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory said that its directed energy directorate at Kirtland AFB, N.M., used the high-power microwave Tactical High-power Operational Responder (THOR) system to shoot down drones […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Looks to Additive Manufacturing to Accelerate Hypersonic Ground Testing
The U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tullahoma, Tenn., wants additive manufacturing to aid the building of parts for DoD hypersonic test facilities, including Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] […]
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WeaponsAARGM-ER Tested Against Advanced Emitter Target on Land, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on May 8 that the U.S. Navy conducted a recent test of the company’s AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER)–the “first firing overland against […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Awards Contracts to Bolster Hypersonic/Strategic Systems’ Supply Chain
The Pentagon’s office of industrial base policy has awarded contracts to three companies to strengthen the hypersonic and strategic systems’ supply chain in the United States. On Apr. 28, DoD […]