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UncategorizedDefense Innovation Adds Inspired Flight UAS to List of Small Drones Cleared to Fly in DoD Airspace Without Exemption
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has added two drones by Inspired Flight to a list of small unmanned aircraft cleared to fly in DoD airspace without filing an exemption. The […]
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Nuclear ModernizationMass Production of Refurbished Nuclear Weapons Could Begin Soon, NNSA Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) still awaits the all-clear from the Pentagon to begin mass refurbishment of its arsenal of B61 gravity bombs and W88 submarine-launched ballistic missile warheads, […]
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UncategorizedSTRATCOM Nominee: Development of LRSO for U.S. Air Force On Track
Development of the Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] AGM-181 Long-Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) to replace the Boeing [BA] AGM-86 Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) has raised no technology readiness level (TRL) concerns […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuclear programs Especially Susceptible To Supply Chain Crunch, STRATCOM Nominee Says
Ongoing problems moving goods from one place to another has affected schedules across the Department of Defense and nuclear-weapon programs have been hit especially hard, the nominee to lead U.S. […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin, Raytheon’s New $311 Million Javelin Deal Will Replenish 1,800 Rounds Sent To Ukraine
The Army has awarded a $311 million production order for Javelin missiles to Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon Technologies [RTX], which jointly manufacture the weapon. The order includes replenishing 1,800 […]
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Missile DefenseMDA And Japan Demonstrate Aegis Software On SPY-7 Radar For Third Time
Last month, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy, and Japanese government verified a third successful demonstration of software allowing Japan to use the SPY-7 radar on an Aegis-capable ship […]
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UncategorizedTesting of Second XA100 for Adaptive Engine Transition Program Complete, GE Says
General Electric [GE] said on Sept. 12 that it has tested out the company’s second XA100 adaptive cycle engine at the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tullahoma, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLockheed Martin Details 5G.MIL Demo With AT&T To Rapidly Transfer UH-60M Data
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on Sept. 9 it conducted a successful demo to rapidly pass UH-60M Black Hawk health and usage data through an AT&T [T] 5G private cellular network […]
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PentagonAfter Successful First Effort, LaPlante Says DoD May Do Another Broad RFI To Find Tech For Ukraine
The Pentagon may consider releasing another broad call to industry for information on new capabilities that could be procured to support Ukraine after finding the first effort yielded promising technologies, […]
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ArmyCollins Receives Army Deal Worth Up To $583 Million For Mounted Assured PNT System
The Army has awarded Collins Aerospace [RTX] a five-year deal, worth up to $583 million, to deliver the newest version of the Mounted Assured Positioning Navigation Timing Systems (MAPS) capability, […]
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