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Navy/USMCNavy Pushes Back MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Tanker Timeline After Inspector General Warnings
The Navy pushed back its timeline for the Boeing [BA] MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft after the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DOD OIG) warned the current […]
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Business/FinancialL3Harris To Sell Commercial Aviation Business To Private Equity Firm For $800 Million
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Monday said it has agreed to sell its Commercial Aviation Solutions (CAS) to the private equity firm TJC L.P. for $800 million, which includes $700 million […]
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InternationalFrance Test-Fires New bM51.3 Sub-Launched Missile Over Atlantic
France successfully test-fired an M51.3 long-range submarine-launched ballistic missile, without a nuclear warhead aboard, over the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 18. The test firing was conducted by the General Directorate […]
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Business/FinancialAmentum To Merge With Jacobs’ Government Biz, Creating Publicly-Traded Company
In a deal rumored for weeks, two of the largest players in the Department of Energy’s weapons complex will merge into a public company majority-owned by Jacobs [J] shareholders. Virginia-based […]
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Navy/USMCSECNAV Initiates New Government Shipbuilders Council
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro convened a new group of government shipbuilders last week that aims to improve shipbuilding and repair collaboration across government departments. This new group, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUrsa Major Enters Solid Rocket Motor Business
Ursa Major, which is developing liquid engines for launch vehicles, in-space propulsion, and hypersonic weapons, on Monday introduced an additive manufacturing solution for producing solid rocket motors (SRMs) at scale […]
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Air ForceBoeing Announces It Has Completed R&D Phase for Grey Wolf
Boeing [BA] said on Nov. 20 that it has completed the research and development phase for the MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter and delivered the sixth and final test aircraft to […]
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Homeland SecurityQinetiQ US Nabs $170 Million CBP Contract For Aerostat Surveillance Program
QinetiQ US on Monday said it has received a potential $170 million contract from Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Office to operate and maintain the agency’s tethered aerostats […]
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InternationalU.S. State Department Approves Sale of 400 Tomahawks to Japan
The U.S. State Department has approved a sale of up to 400 RTX [RTX] Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM) to Japan for nearly $2.4 billion. The sale would include 200 […]
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CongressHouse Officials Concerned About Manpower Shortages Hampering Coast Guard Operations
The Coast Guard’s ability to fully carry out its missions are being hurt by new manpower shortages coupled with long-standing resource constraints, Republican and Democrat lawmakers said last week. In […]
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