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Army
Sikorsky Begins Black Hawk Ground Runs With New GE T901 Engines
Sikorsky [LMT] on Wednesday said it has started ground runs with the new GE Aerospace [GE] T901 engines integrated on a Black Hawk helicopter, ahead of the first test flight […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Hypersonic Weapon Startup Castelion Raises $100 Million In Capital
Castelion, a two-year-old startup focused on rapidly developing and mass-producing hypersonic weapons, has raised $100 million in new capital to increase its workforce and production capabilities, and speed testing of […]
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Army
Army Chief: ‘Tough Choices’ Ahead With Budget As Service Moves To Field Tech Faster
The Army will face “tough choices” with its budget in the year ahead as it moves out on the “Transformation in Contact” (TiC) initiative to field new technology faster, the […]
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Weapons
Israel’s Success With F-35s Against Iran’s Air Defenses Makes Case For Fighter, Taiclet Says
Israel’s success last fall in knocking out Iranian air defenses, in large part with the Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built F-35 fighter, showcases why the fifth-generation aircraft is necessary amid concerns that […]
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Space
Array Labs Teams with Raytheon and Umbra Space on 3D Imaging
Silicon Valley’s Array Labs, Inc.–a four-year-old startup that aims to field a constellation of low Earth orbit, three dimensional, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) cube satellites with 20 centimeter x 20 […]
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Business/Financial
GD Ends 2024 With Strong Results Led By Aerospace Business; Sub Supply Chain Still Troubled
Powered by its Aerospace segment, General Dynamics [GD] on Wednesday reported strong fourth quarter results to end a similarly robust 2024. The only blemish in the quarter’s numbers was a […]
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Charges On Classified Programs Dampen Lockheed Martin’s Fourth Quarter; Taiclet Supports DOGE
- Engine Business Leads RTX To Solid Fourth Quarter; Raytheon Results Strong
- Trump Signs Order For Massive ‘Iron Dome For America’ Missile Defense Project
- Army Confirms ‘Review’ Of Current Solicitations, Contracts Amid Leadership Change
- Air Boss: Unmanned MQ-25 Will Fly This Year, Opens Way To 6th Gen Collaborative Combat Aircraft
- Despite Charges, Boeing Chief Cites Progress On Fixed-Price Defense Programs
- Senate Homeland Security Ranking Member Peters Won’t Seek Reelection
- Los Alamos’ Plutonium Pit Production of 30 Annually for Sentinel May Have to Wait Beyond 2026
- W80-4 Had ‘Nominal’ Flight Test Last Week, Sandia Director Said
- GE Aerospace and RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Score Big Prototype Contracts for NGAP
- NNSA ‘Clear-Eyed’ About the Work Ahead on Pits, Acting Administrator Says
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Charges On Classified Programs Dampen Lockheed Martin’s Fourth Quarter; Taiclet Supports DOGE
- Engine Business Leads RTX To Solid Fourth Quarter; Raytheon Results Strong
- Trump Signs Order For Massive ‘Iron Dome For America’ Missile Defense Project
- Army Confirms ‘Review’ Of Current Solicitations, Contracts Amid Leadership Change
- Air Boss: Unmanned MQ-25 Will Fly This Year, Opens Way To 6th Gen Collaborative Combat Aircraft
- Despite Charges, Boeing Chief Cites Progress On Fixed-Price Defense Programs
- Los Alamos’ Plutonium Pit Production of 30 Annually for Sentinel May Have to Wait Beyond 2026
- W80-4 Had ‘Nominal’ Flight Test Last Week, Sandia Director Said
- GE Aerospace and RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Score Big Prototype Contracts for NGAP
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Navy/USMC
Air Boss: Unmanned MQ-25 Will Fly This Year, Opens Way To 6th Gen Collaborative Combat Aircraft
SAN DIEGO – The Navy Air Boss Tuesday confirmed the first MQ-25A Stingray aircraft carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft will start test flying later this year, a necessary step to getting […]
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Business/Financial
Despite Charges, Boeing Chief Cites Progress On Fixed-Price Defense Programs
Boeing [BA] continues to grapple with challenges in troubled government programs it won bidding on fixed-price development contracts and while there is no simple fix progress is being made and […]