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Nuclear ModernizationLatest Federal Budget Extension Has Emergency Funding to Avert Layoffs at Y-12
House and Senate appropriators on Sunday agreed to extend 2023 budgets for federal agencies for about another month-and-a-half, into March, while they continue work on permanent budget bills for the […]
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UncategorizedSECNAV Directs Shipbuilding Review Amid Reports Frigate Running Late
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro on Jan. 11 directed a new comprehensive analysis on Navy shipbuilding amid reports the new frigate is running behind schedule. The secretary directed […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNASA and Lockheed Martin Debut X-59 ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Demonstrator
NASA and Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works division on Jan. 12 rolled out the X-59 “quiet” supersonic demonstrator aircraft in Palmdale, Calif. “The ceremony marked a significant milestone in Lockheed […]
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UncategorizedNavy Issues RFP For Six Landing Ship Medium Vessels, Plans To Buy In 2025
Naval Sea Systems Command issued the service’s initial Request For Proposals (RFP) for the detail design and construction (DD&C) of six Landing Ship Medium (LSM) ships on Jan. 5. The […]
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Intelligence CommunityNGA Issues Solicitation For New Economic Indicator Monitoring Contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on Wednesday released a request for proposals (RFP) for the LUNO A program that will open a new contract for economic indicator monitoring from unclassified […]
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SpaceSpace Development Agency Plans Award Fees for Future Ground Segment Integration Program
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) wants a ground segment integrator for the agency’s future Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA)–a network of optically-linked satellites in low Earth orbit […]
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Business/FinancialFirehawk Aerospace Nabs Army, Air Force SBIR Awards To Further Rocket Motor, Engine Development
Firehawk Aerospace, a Texas-based startup that bills itself as a propulsion solutions company, in the past two weeks has announced two separate awards from the Army and Air Force to […]
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ArmySkydio Details New X10D Small UAS Offering For Army’s SRR Tranche 2 Program
Drone manufacturer Skydio on Wednesday detailed its new X10D small UAS the company is offering for the Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) tranche 2 program. Small UAS offerings from Skydio and […]
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Navy/USMCIntegrated Combat System Hardware Evaluation Underway on DDG-81
Since last summer, the U.S. Navy has been evaluating hardware for Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Integrated Combat System (ICS) aboard an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81). “We’re […]
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Unmanned SystemsAeroVironment Demonstrates Drop Of Multiple Shryke Munitions From Small UAS
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Tuesday said it conducted the first successful drop of multiple GPS-guided live-fire Shryke munitions from the company’s VAPOR 55 MX unmanned aircraft system (UAS), demonstrating the potential […]
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