Weapons

The Navy recently declared the RTX [RTX] GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II has reached Initial Operational Capability (IOC) on the Boeing [BA] F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The SDB II precision-guided […]

The Navy is starting market research to find a new anti-radiation guided missile to operate at longer ranges than current systems, according to a Feb. 18 Request For Information (RFI). […]

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Monday announced it received a new $400 million contract to produce more solid rocket boost motors (SRBMs) and Liquid Divert and Attitude Control Systems (LDACS) for […]

The Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and Family of Affordable Mass Munitions (FAMM) programs are early Air Force attempts to accelerate the requirements process and use operator feedback to speed up […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] officials last week confirmed the integration of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system into its Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) is proceeding […]

RTX’s [RTX] Raytheon business signed framework agreements with the Defense Department to expand production of five major munitions over seven years, the company said on Wednesday. Under the Feb. 4 […]

Last month, the U.S. Air Force conducted an Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) test of the “Rusty Dagger” cruise missile by Zone 5 Technologies. The test on the Eglin Test […]

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on Friday announced it awarded L3Harris Technologies [LHX] an 86.2 million contract for its Red Wolf launched effects vehicles for the Marine Corps’ Precision Attack […]

Defense analysts have said that insufficient attention to fielded forces’ input in the determination of military service requirements has been a chronic problem for the Defense Department, one example of […]

How can you significantly ramp up U.S. defense production and put industry on a “wartime footing,” as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed, without a full-fledged war and when it’s […]