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Air Force

South Korea Opens F-16 Radar Competition; U.S. Firms Bidding

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

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South Korea has opened a competition to supply Airborne Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars to its fleet of 134 F-16s, and Raytheon [RTN] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are lined up to bid for the contract. Raytheon is competing with the Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar (RACN) system, while Northrop Grumman is using its Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) for a contract that could usher in business to other countries like Taiwan. The South Korean Defense Ministry issued the Request For Proposals…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]