Weapons
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman To Produce SRMs For PAC-3 Missiles As Second Source
A solid rocket motor (SRM) being developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC] was qualified in June as a second source to power Patriot air defense missiles and the company expects a […]
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Air ForceAir Force May More Than Triple JASSM/LRASM Buy Over FYDP
The Air Force planned buy of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) family may nearly quadruple over the future years defense plan (FYDP) through fiscal 2031. […]
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Air ForceYFQ-44A Fired AMRAAM In Recent Test In Mojave Desert
A YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototype by Anduril Industries recently conducted a live-fire test of an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) in the Mojave Desert against […]
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PentagonAnduril, CoAspire, Zone 5 Ink Multiyear Frameworks For Low-Cost Cruise Missile Production
The Pentagon has signed new multiyear production agreements with Anduril Industries, CoAspire and Zone 5 Technologies for the companies’ low-cost cruise missiles under the Air Force’s Family of Affordable Mass […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Releases Draft Notice For Naval Modular Missile Interceptor
The Navy on Tuesday released a draft Request for Solutions (RFS) for the Naval Modular Missile Terminal Stage Interceptor (TS) prototype project, with plans to initiate solicitations after reviewing industry […]
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WeaponsSOCOM to Buy Leidos AGM-190A for Small Cruise Missile Program
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has awarded Leidos [LDOS] a more than $27.2 million fixed price incentive contract for procurement of the company’s AGM-190A “Havoc Spear” Small Cruise Missile (SCM) […]
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InternationalRaytheon Qualifying More European Suppliers for AMRAAM, Company Says
In a bid to boost production of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon is qualifying more European suppliers for the missile, the company said on Tuesday […]
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WeaponsAARGM-ER Delays Push IOC To September 2026, GAO Says
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) annual assessment of major weapon systems revealed that delays to the Navy’s long-range anti-radiation guided missile program has pushed back initial operational capability (IOC) […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Re-Issues RFI For Longer Anti-Radiation Missile
The Navy on July 1 re-issued a version of a Request for Information (RFI) for a new Advanced Emission Suppression Missile (AESM), a longer-range anti-radiation missile. The service originally issued […]
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WeaponsRTX Nabs $1.1 Billion Mod For Nearly 2,000 Sidewinder Missiles
Naval Air Systems Command on June 26 awarded RTX [RTX] a contract modification worth over $1.1 billion for production and delivery of nearly 2,000 IM-9X Sidewinder missiles for the U.S. […]
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