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Until detailed design of the first polar security cutter (PSC) is completed the Coast Guard won’t know when construction of the heavy icebreaker can begin, but the ship will probably […]

The fiscal 2023 conference measure on the defense authorization bill stipulates that U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, the head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), will audit the Pentagon’s business […]

The U.K. Royal Navy recently awarded MSubs a $19 million contract to buy a new 39-foot uncrewed submarine, called Project Cetus. The U.K. Ministry of Defense announced the award on […]

SpaceX is venturing into Earth observation (EO) and hosted payloads for national security use, with a new business line called Starshield. The company added a section to its website for […]

Textron Systems [TXT] said Monday it has received a five-year, $162 million deal to develop an advanced anti-vehicle precision munition system for the Army.  Henry Finneral, Textron’s senior vice president […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is poised to move beyond what its administrator recently characterized as an outmoded system of requiring the contractors who manage major nuclear-weapon sites to […]

Materials shortages and labor productivity drove a two-year delay to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) next factory for nuclear-weapon secondary stages, the head of agency said Thursday. As a […]

The State Department has approved a potential $380 million deal with Finland for the sale of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on Thursday of […]

The federal and defense consulting firm LMI on Thursday said it has acquired Synaptech in a deal that adds new capabilities in modeling and simulation software and also expands its […]

Jeff Avery, a longtime manager with the Office of Naval Reactors, has been selected as the new second-in-command at the Department of Energy’s $7.8-billion Office of Environmental Management. Avery, current […]