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InternationalOn One-Year Mark Of War, U.S. Approves $2 Billion In Weapons Aid For Ukraine With New Drones
On the one year-mark of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. has approved a new $2 billion weapons aid package that includes plans to supply Kyiv with additional munitions and […]
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Air ForceNew Commander of AFCENT Innovation Unit Says Commercial Drone Imagery Better than Google Earth
U.S. Air Forces Central’s (AFCENT) Task Force 99 (TF 99) unit at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar began short-range drone intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance flight tests this month, and Air […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDHS Testing Shows Effectiveness Of Facial Capture, Recognition With Small Groups
Camera systems and facial matching software used to capture and verify identities of individuals in small groups traveling in small groups in a checkpoint-type setting demonstrated their effectiveness in testing […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing To End Super Hornet Production In 2025 Barring Potential India Order
Boeing [BA] said on Thursday it plans to finish building new F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet naval fighter aircraft in late 2025 as Navy orders are expected to end, barring a […]
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Air ForceUSAF Finishes Flight Tests of F-16 Autonomous Gun System
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) said on Feb. 22 that it has finished flight testing of an F-16 autonomous gun system–the Digitally Enhanced Aiming Through Control Law, known […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLockheed Martin, Juniper Networks Demonstrate Advanced Networking To Prioritize Information Flow To Commanders
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday said it and partner Juniper Networks [JNPR] have successfully demonstrated robust network routing technology that streamlines and prioritizes the flow of critical information from tactical […]
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Business/FinancialBooz Allen Invests In Airspace Monitoring Company Hidden Level
Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] on Tuesday said its venture capital arm has made a strategic investment in Hidden Level, Inc., a developer of passive radio frequency (RF) sensing technology to […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCourt Will Wait Until Late Summer To Decide Fate of Lawsuit About S.C. Nuclear-Weapon Plant
A nearly two year-old federal lawsuit filed by environmental groups against the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) planned plutonium-pit plant in South Carolina should enter its final stages this summer, […]
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Business/FinancialFluor Earnings Rise During Quarter, Year, Although Mission Solutions Down
Earnings improved at Fluor [FLR] in the fourth quarter, which the engineering and construction contractor for the Department of Energy attributed Tuesday to improved efficiency and certain financial adjustments. Net […]
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Air ForceUSAF Nearing Hypothesis on Numbers/Ratios of CCAs to Accompany F-35s, Manned NGAD
The U.S. Air Force is nearing an initial postulation of the numbers/ratios of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) to accompany the service’s future force presentation construct for the sixth-generation manned Next […]
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