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Air Force

Northrop Grumman Wins Air Force, Taiwan F-16 Radar Upgrade Competition

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

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Northrop Grumman Wins Air Force, Taiwan F-16 Radar Upgrade Competition

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said Wednesday it won a high-profile competition an analyst valued at exceeding $2 billion to upgrade the radars of both the United States’ and Taiwan’s F-16s fighter jets. Lockheed Martin [LMT], which was selected by the Air Force as integrator, picked Northrop Grumman’s Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) over competitor Raytheon [RTN], which offered its Advanced Combat Radar (RACR). Northrop Grumman Vice President and General Manager of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Targeting Joe Ensor told…

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

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Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

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Congress

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Congress

Appropriators Offer Skepticism On $350B Defense Reconciliation Plan, ‘Big Risk’ For Key Initiatives

Senate and House Appropriators told Pentagon leadership on Tuesday they’re skeptical of the department’s plan to fund $350 billion of the fiscal year 2027 defense budget through the reconciliation process, […]