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Army
RTX, Northrop Detail Successful Rocket Motor Tests For Stinger Replacement Offering
RTX’s Raytheon [RTX] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] said Thursday they’ve completed four successful tests of the rocket motor used for its Stinger missile replacement offering, to include a ballistic flight […]
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Army
Driscoll: Army On Track To Field Hypersonic Weapon By End Of FY ‘25, Exploring Cheaper Version
The Army still anticipates fielding its first Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) battery by the end of fiscal year 2025, according to the service’s civilian leader, and is exploring a […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Official Says Frigate Design Expected This Summer, Confirms Service Still Needs Sixth-Gen Fighter
A top Navy official Thursday provided lawmakers with updated figures on Constellation-class frigate design progress following significant delays and confirmed the service is still looking into ultimately procuring a new […]
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Air Force
Sentinel Restructuring an Early Focus for Meink
U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on Thursday that the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM has consumed the most time he has spent on any program thus […]
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Uncategorized
SASC Reconciliation Adds $74 Million to House Bill for Nuclear Deterrence
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) released legislative text to the House-passed reconciliation bill Tuesday that would request $96 million to classified nuclear deterrence programs. The $96 million […]
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Homeland Security
Coast Guard’s Commercial Icebreaker Begins Maiden Voyage
The Coast Guard’s newly acquired commercial icebreaker departed the shipyard June 3 on its maiden voyage, the service said on Wednesday. The Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21) was acquired […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
GE, Kratos Expand Work On Low-Cost, Small Engines With GEK1500 Aimed At CCAs
EVENDALE, Ohio—GE Aerospace [GE] is expanding its work with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] on low-cost, small turbofan engines, announcing plans to develop a new 1,500-pound thrust capability aimed […]
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Space
Space Force Awards BAE Systems $1.2 Billion For Epoch 2 Missile Warning And Tracking Satellites
BAE Systems has won a $1.2 billion contract to provide the Space Force with 10 Epoch 2 satellites that will provide global hypersonic missile tracking as part of a larger […]
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Space
Jacobs Wins $4 Billion Space Force Award To Modernize Launch Range Operations
The Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) this week said it awarded Jacobs Solutions [J] a potential $4 billion contract to modernize operations and maintenance of the service’s Eastern and […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Lockheed Martin Unveils All Comers ‘Fight Club’ To Test Out AI Models In Virtual Arena
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is developing a virtual arena it dubs “AI Fight Club” that will open later this year to allow companies and teams to test their artificial intelligence models […]
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