Weapons

As part of an effort to field more affordable, counter drone systems, the U.S. Air Force in April issued a relatively small, $1.6 million contract to BAE Systems‘ site in […]

The Navy on Friday awarded RTX [RTX] a $205 million modification to continue procurement of the MK 15 Close-In Weapons Systems. The Defense Department contract notice said this entails procuring […]

The Army awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $9.8 billion contract to produce 1,970 Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors for the U.S. and international partners, […]

The State Department last Thursday announced an $825 million foreign military sale for long-range missiles that will be supplied to Ukraine by Zone 5 Technologies and CoAspire and paid for […]

BAE Systems on Aug.28 won a $1.74 billion contract vehicle for production and delivery of up to 55,000 full rate production lots 13 to 17 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System […]

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division is preparing to issue an opportunity for vendors to demonstrate prototype high speed weapons, with the goal of seeing a wide range of […]

The U.S. State Department has notified Congress of the department’s approval of a request by Nigeria to buy $346 million of munitions and technical support in a foreign military sale […]

Companies developing hypersonic weapons are collaborating to explore reducing their cost, a Leidos [LDOS] official said on Thursday. One of the arguments against hypersonic missiles has been their cost—at least […]

The fiscal 2025 reconciliation law includes $1.5 billion over the next four years for low-cost cruise missiles–$1 billion for DoD and another $500 million for “exportable” low-cost cruise missiles. Possible […]

One of the arguments against hypersonic missiles has been their cost—at least $15 million per weapon, but panelists at a Monday discussion at the Hudson Institute on modular weapons said […]