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InternationalState Department Approves Potential $2 Billion Deal With Australia For 40 UH-60M Black Hawks
The State Department has approved a potential deal with Australia worth nearly $2 billion for the sale of 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified […]
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SpaceL3Harris Pursuing Early Materials Acquisition for SDA Tracking Layer Satellites
The fiscal year 2022 defense appropriations law provided $550 million for the Space Development Agency (SDA) to accelerate development of the Tracking Layer to support U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and an […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Wins $108 Million Contract For DDG-71 Repair Work
The Navy awarded BAE Systems a $108 million firm-fixed-price contract on Aug. 19 to conduct repair, maintenance and modernization work of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the USS Ross […]
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Navy/USMCNext Overlord USV Joining The Navy
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy christened the newest Ghost Fleet Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel (OUSV), the Mariner, here at the U.S. Naval Academy on Aug. 23, as it increases unmanned […]
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Unmanned SystemsDefense Innovation Unit Adds Another Small Drone To Cleared List
The Defense Department entity charged with accelerating the introduction of commercial technology for national security uses has added BlueHalo’s Intense Eye V2 to its list of trusted, policy compliant small […]
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SpaceInmarsat Wins Navy Military Sealift Command $578M Follow-On Contract
Inmarsat Government has received a follow-on contract worth up to $578 million to provide satcom services to the Navy Military Sealift Command over a 10-year period. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Testing Dozens Of Maintenance Technologies On Test Ship
The Navy kicked off an exercise, the Repair Technology Exercise (REPTX), testing over 60 maintenance technologies aboard its Self Defense Test Ship on Aug. 22. The REPTX will run Aug. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationZerkle To Be No. 2 At Livermore
Longtime Los Alamos National Laboratory manager Carolyn Zerkle will become deputy director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory effective Sept. 12, the California nuclear-weapon design lab said Monday. Zerkle spent […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Drops Most COVID Restrictions; Masks Still Mandatory In Risky Locales
The Department of Energy said Friday it is dropping most pandemic-related safeguards, such as COVID-19 screening and collection of vaccination data for employees and contractors— although indoor mask mandates remain […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Plans to Move Forward on MH-139A Developmental Testing
Boeing [BA] has received the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certifications (STCs) for the company’s MH-139A Grey Wolf to enter developmental testing, the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management […]
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