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Air Force

Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests New B-2 AESA Antenna With AEHF Satellite

Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

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Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests New B-2 AESA Antenna With AEHF Satellite

Northrop Grumman [NOC] proved in May a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna it developed for the B-2 can establish and maintain communications services with an on-orbit Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. Northrop Grumman said Monday in a statement the demo included the antenna, a Navy Multi-band Terminal and the satellite. An AEHF satellite would allow the B-2 to send and receive battlefield information significantly faster than its current satellite system. Northrop Grumman also developed and built the…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

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Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]