:

Business/Financial

Lockheed Martin Readies For August Tests of Sub Comms Buoy Effort

DDN

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

SHARE:

By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin's [LMT] effort to enable submarines to have two-way communications at speed and depth cleared critical design review (CDR) earlier this month and will move to a testing phase in August before delivering engineering development models (EDM) next year, according to a Navy official. The company is developing three capabilities at the same time, two tethered communications buoys and a more autonomous gateway buoy, Brent Starr, the Navy's communications at speed and depth (CSD) principal acquisition…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]