Defense Daily
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin to Receive Sustainment Contract for FPS-117 Radars
The U.S. Air Force plans to award Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] site near Syracuse a five-year contract for sustainment of the AN/FPS-117 Atmospheric Early Warning System (AEWS) radar, originally developed by […]
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Space
SAIC Nabs Potential $55 Million SDA Award To Be Tranche 3 Integrator
Taking lessons learned from the development and acquisition of the initial Proliferate Space Warfighter Architecture (PWSA), the Space Development Agency (SDA) this week awarded Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] a […]
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Business/Financial
Earnings Up, Sales Dip At L3Harris In First Quarter
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Thursday posted strong first quarter earnings on lower corporate, divestiture, and business transformation costs, and higher operating earnings despite a slight drop in sales. Net income […]
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Air Force
USAF Air Superiority Concept ‘Evolving,’ As FY 2026 Budget to Show Whether Service Had to Make Trade-Offs to Afford F-47
The U.S. Air Force is examining ways to provide air superiority beyond the service’s traditional go-to of advanced manned fighters and air-to-air missiles at the same time that Air Force […]
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Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Boeing’s Losses Narrow In First Quarter Amid Strong Sales; No ‘Undue Risk’ In F-47 Contract
- GD Opens 2025 With Strong Results Led By Aerospace
- Allvin: ‘If We Don’t Watch It, We’re Gonna Have to Be Fightin’ From Topeka’
- Lockheed Martin Acquiring Amentum’s Rapid Solutions Business For $360 Million
- Saronic Adds Mirage And Cipher To Small Autonomous Surface Vessel Offerings
- Mingus: Army Aims To Scale NGC2 Across The Force In ‘Very Short Period Of Time’
- No. 2 Senate Democrat, Senior Defense Appropriator Durbin Won’t Seek Reelection
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin Acquiring Amentum’s Rapid Solutions Business For $360 Million
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Amentum [AMTM] on Wednesday said they have reached a deal for Amentum to sell its engineering and technology-focused Rapid Solutions business to Lockheed for $360 million […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing’s Losses Narrow In First Quarter Amid Strong Sales; No ‘Undue Risk’ In F-47 Contract
Boeing [BA] on Wednesday reported significantly lower losses in its first quarter as losses narrowed in its Commercial Airplanes segment and the defense and services segments notched modest gains, while […]
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Air Force
Allvin: ‘If We Don’t Watch It, We’re Gonna Have to Be Fightin’ From Topeka’
Advances in Chinese air defenses and the expanse of the Pacific are presenting major operations and budget challenges for the U.S. Air Force. While the “sanctuary” of U.S. and overseas […]
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Business/Financial
GD Opens 2025 With Strong Results Led By Aerospace
Just as it closed 2024, General Dynamics [GD] opened 2025 financial results with double-digit top and bottom-line increases powered by gains across its operating segments, in particular Aerospace which benefited […]
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Congress
No. 2 Senate Democrat, Senior Defense Appropriator Durbin Won’t Seek Reelection
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the no. 2 Senate Democrat and a senior defense appropriator, announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2026. Durbin’s decision is likely to set off […]
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