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Unmanned SystemsBoeing Simulates Virtual MQ-25 Open Architecture Manned-Unmannned Teaming
Boeing [BA] recently conducted a digital simulation of an open autonomy architecture to have manned Navy aircraft control MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier-based tankers, the company said on Tuesday. In this […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force To Conduct Minuteman III ICBM Test Launch On Wednesday
The Air Force will conduct an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the Pentagon […]
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Air ForceGAO Advises U.S. Air Force to Reimburse SABCA for Costs Associated With Bid Protest on F-16 Sustainment
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has advised the U.S. Air Force to reimburse the Brussels-based Societe Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aeronautique SA (SABCA) “the costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, associated […]
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Navy/USMCWhite House Nominating Head Of DOT&E As Navy Acquisition Chief
The White House on Sept. 2 announced it intended to nominate the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) to be the next Navy acquisition chief. Nickolas Guertin, head of […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Issues RFP For Long-Range Interceptor III
The Coast Guard last week issued a solicitation for next small boat, the long-range interceptor III (LRI III) that deploys with the service’s national security cutter (NSC) fleet to extend […]
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Navy/USMCHII Awarded $42 Million For DDG-1002 Combat Systems Activation
The Navy awarded HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding [HII] a $42 million contract modification to start combat systems activation work on the future Zumwalt-class destroyer USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002). This modification […]
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Unmanned SystemsKeene Touts SAIC’s Tech Agnostic Counter-Drone System Integration Chops
This spring, a counter-drone solution that was integrated by Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] through its internally-developed command and control platform “performed extremely well” in testing the Defense Department, leading […]
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Business/FinancialSAIC Posts Lower Earnings In Second Quarter Amid Flat Sales
Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] on Thursday reported lower earnings and flat sales in the second quarter of its fiscal year 2023 and the company increased its top and bottom-line […]
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Air ForceBoeing Receives More Than $3.1 Billion in Contracts for KC-46 Tanker
Boeing [BA] has received two contracts for its KC-46A tanker, DoD said on Aug. 31. In the first such contract, the U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing more than $2.2 billion […]
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ArmyArmy Determining Number Of CH-47s With Fuel Leak Issue Before Specifying Fleet Grounding Timeline
The Army on Wednesday said it cannot specify a timeline for its investigation into fuel leaks causing engine fires on some CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters that has led to grounding […]
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