Defense Daily
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Navy/USMCHII And Path Robotics Sign MoU To Add Physical AI Welding To Shipyards
HII [HII] on Tuesday announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ohio-based Path Robotics to integrate the latter’s physical artificial intelligence technology in order to improve shipbuilding throughput […]
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Missile DefenseL3Harris Wins $400 Million Contract For THAAD Motors and LDACS
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Monday announced it received a new $400 million contract to produce more solid rocket boost motors (SRBMs) and Liquid Divert and Attitude Control Systems (LDACS) for […]
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ArmyArmy Worked With ‘In-House’ AI Tools At European Exercise To Process Thousands Of Targets Daily
At a recent exercise in Europe alongside NATO partners, the U.S. Army worked with artificial intelligence and automation-powered capabilities it described as necessary to process data that’s “beyond the human […]
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Unmanned SystemsSeasats Raises $20 Million To Increase Production Of Small USVs
Seasats on Tuesday said it has closed a $20 million Series A round that will be used to expand production of its small unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to meet increasing […]
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Air ForceFirst Air Force Sentinel Flight Test From Pad Planned Next Year; Service Breaking Ground On Prototype Silo
The Air Force is to start construction this month of a prototype silo for the Sentinel LGM-35A future ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC] in advance of a planned Pentagon engineering […]
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Business/FinancialSAIC Names Reagan As New CEO
Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] on Tuesday named James Reagan as its new CEO effective immediately. Reagan, 67, had been serving as the company’s interim CEO since last October after […]
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Air ForceUSAF Using “ATACMS Technology” To Bolster Parts Supply For MOP
To increase the parts supply for the Boeing [BA] GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), the U.S. Air Force last August began using technology from the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) […]
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Business/FinancialLeidos Negotiating Co-Investment Deals With DoD For Key Programs
The Defense Department and Leidos [LDOS] are negotiating framework agreements for co-investments in key acquisition programs for the company, Leidos CEO Tom Bell said on Tuesday. The forthcoming co-investment opportunities […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE, Pentagon Transport Reactor, Wright Says Three Small Reactors Running By July 4
A nuclear reactor was airlifted from March AFB, Calif.. to Hill AFB, Utah, on Sunday, according to a release on the Pentagon’s website. This is the first time a nuclear […]
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Unmanned SystemsVenom Prototype Flew 71 Days After Design Start, Mach Industries and Divergent Technologies Say
Startup weapon systems developer Mach Industries and startup digital manufacturer Divergent Technologies have rapidly prototyped a jet-powered flight demonstration aircraft, going from design start to flight test in 71 days, […]