HII [HII] on Monday said it has created the new corporate position of chief technology officer (CTO) that will be filled by Todd Barkey, who has been CTO of the company’s Mission Technologies segment since 2021. HII said it created the new role to oversee its technology strategy, strengthen its ...
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The Pentagon Inspector General (IG) said last week that it plans to begin an audit of how the program for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 has maintained a real-time inventory in the Defense Property Accountability System (DPAS) of F-35s, aircraft parts in the global spares pool, support equipment ...
The U.K.’s Jankel has announced two key industry partners that will assist in its effort to help offer Oshkosh Defense’s [OSK] Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) to the British Armed Forces. Jankel said on Sept. 20 that British firm NP Aerospace and defense trade association Make UK Defence ...
AeroVironment [AVAV] has received two deals totaling $20.9 million to deliver Puma 3 AE small drones to a pair of allied nations as well as a $20.6 million contract from the Army for its Switchblade 300 loitering munitions, the company said last week. The new Army deal for Switchblade 300s was ...
A Pentagon decision on the future path for the F-35 engine may come this year. Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Pratt & Whitney F135 equips the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter, but the F-35 program has said that the fighter will need a new or significantly upgraded engine with improved ...
Senate leadership is planning for the upper chamber to remain in session in October, where the agenda is expected to include taking up the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). “We will be meeting in October. There’s one week we can’t meet because of the Yom Kippur ...