Weapons
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Air ForceU.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/FinancialSaab 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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WeaponsNavy 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/FinancialLeidos 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 ForceZelenskyy 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 ForceGE 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/USMCNew $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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WeaponsNorthrop 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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WeaponsL3Harris 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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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Expands Investment In X-Bow To Add Startup As Independent Rocket Motor Supplier
X-Bow Systems on Monday said it has received an additional investment by Lockheed Martin [LMT] that will help the startup accelerate its work to become an independent supplier of solid […]