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Navy Taps Three Companies To Build Next-Gen Missile Radar Prototypes

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Monday, October 11th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford The Navy has awarded contracts to three competing companies to develop prototypes for next-generation radars that will improve the service's ability to thwart anti-ship and ballistic missiles. Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC], and Raytheon [RTN] each received a 24-month contract on Sept. 30 for the technology-demonstration phase of the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) S-band and radar suite controller (RSC). The Navy hopes to eventually have a scalable radar suite, with S-band (AMDR-S) and X-band…

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]