Weapons
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Air Force
$250 Million for Penetrating Munitions in DoD Reconciliation Bill Takes on New Light After Strikes on Iran
Last year, in their versions of an FY 2025 defense bill, Senate and House appropriators proposed reductions for the U.S. Air Force’s Hard and Deeply Buried Target Defeat System (HDBTDS) […]
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Air Force
U.S. Needs to Examine First Person View and Kamikaze Drones, Grynkewich Testifies
The U.S. Air Force may need a significant increase in its drone force to help defend Europe, if Russia tries to invade Eastern European nations beyond Ukraine. Dedicated close air […]
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Business/Financial
Saab Taps Anduril To Supply Rocket Motors For Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb
Anduril Industries last Friday said it has been selected by Saab, Inc. to design, develop, qualify, and produce solid rocket motors for the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB). Saab Inc. […]
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Weapons
Navy Freezes Hypersonic HALO Missile To Restructure Due To Cost, GAO Says
The Navy has paused and now intends to restructure its anti-ship hypersonic missile program because acquisition offers were too expensive, according to the latest Government Accountability Office (GAO) annual weapons […]
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Business/Financial
Leidos Taps Pratt & Whitney For Engine To Power Black Arrow Cruise Missile
Pratt & Whitney on Monday said that Leidos [LDOS] has awarded the company a contract to supply TJ150 engines for the Black Arrow small cruise missile being developed to provide […]
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Air Force
Zelenskyy Re-Iterates Call for U.S. Air Defense Systems, As DoD Diverts APKWS to Middle East
On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy re-iterated his call for the provision of U.S. air defense systems to aid his country in repelling Russian kamikaze drone attacks, the most numerous […]
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Air Force
GE Plans Summer Full-Scale Test of DMRJ in Evendale
By the end of the summer, GE Aerospace [GE] plans to conduct a full-scale test in Evendale, Ohio of the company’s dual-mode ramjet (DMRJ) hypersonic engine with rotating detonation combustion (RDC) […]
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Navy/USMC
New $1.1 Billion AIM-9X Sidewinder Award Largest In Program, Will Boost Annual Production To 2,500 Missiles, RTX Says
The Navy on June 2 awarded RTX [RTX] a $1.1 billion modification award exercising options to production and delivery of many more AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Air-To-Air Missiles in Lot […]
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Weapons
Northrop Grumman Expects Near Quintupling of SRM Build in Elkton by 2027
ELKTON, Md.—Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] propulsion systems and control (PS&C) business expects to build 440 solid rocket motors (SRMs) here annually by 2027–up from the current 90–as part of a $100 […]
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Weapons
L3Harris Breaks Ground On New Rocket Motor Facilities, This Time In Virginia
CULPEPER, Va. – L3Harris Technologies’ [LHX] Aerojet Rocketdyne division started clearing trees for new roads and facilities in recent months as it breaks ground to expand its Orange County, Virginia […]
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