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Business/FinancialMercury Systems Up For Sale
Defense electronics suppler Mercury Systems [MRCY] on Wednesday said it has hired financial advisers to help explore a possible sale of the company, which has been under pressure from an […]
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CongressRep. Cuellar Named Ranking Member On House Appropriations Homeland Security Panel
House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled their committee and subcommittee rosters for the Appropriations Committee, naming Rep. Henry Cuellar (Texas) their top lawmaker on the panel overseeing funding of the Department […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Official Describes 100,000-Person Submarine Workforce Challenges
A Navy official this week outlined the submarine community’s challenges in needing to hire over 100,000 new workers over the next decade to maintain and improve shipbuilding and sustainment. “In […]
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Business/FinancialCapella Space Strengthens Government, Classified Focus With New Subsidiary
Satellite imagery provider and technology company Capella Space on Tuesday said it has stood up a new subsidiary, Capella Federal, to better serve the federal government, in particular the classified […]
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Business/FinancialPrivate Equity Firm Highlander Adds To C-UAS Platform With Black Sage Acquisition
The private equity firm Highlander Partners on Tuesday said it has acquired Black Sage Technologies, a developer and provider of counter-drone solutions that are vendor agnostic and are designed for […]
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Air ForceDARPA and Air Force Finish HAWC Flight Tests, As Hypersonic Missiles Look Closer to Production
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Air Force have completed the fourth and final flight test for the Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program. The flight […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Wins Navy Contract For New Multi-Engine Training System Aircraft
Textron [TXT] won the competition on Jan. 25 to produce new T-54A Multi-Engine Training System (METS) aircraft to replace the aging Beech Aircraft T-44C Pegasus training aircraft. The older fleet […]
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ArmyArmy Acquisition Exec Says More Equipment Restock, New Multi-Year Munitions Deals In The Works
The Army’s top acquisition official on Wednesday said he expects there will be “several big awards” in February and March related to replenishing stockpiles of equipment sent to Ukraine. Doug […]
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Missile DefenseDOT&E Says Top Missile Defense Challenge Is Using Realistic Threat Stand-Ins In Tests
The latest annual report by the Pentagon’s top weapons tester said while the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) systems have largely demonstrated several capabilities the biggest challenge is the need for […]
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CongressRogers Announces HASC’s New Subcommittee Leaders, GOP Members Picked For The Panel
The House Armed Services Committee’s new chairman on Wednesday announced the panel’s full slate of subcommittee leaders as well as the GOP members picked to sit on the committee for […]
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