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CongressHouse, Senate NDAAs Both Want Much More For Nuke-Core Factory In South Carolina
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday released all the unclassified details of its fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, showing lawmakers in that chamber disagree with their House […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Delivers SPY-6 Radar To The Next Aircraft Carrier
Raytheon Technologies [RTX] delivered the first of three SPY-6 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) faces to the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) aircraft carrier, the company said on Monday. […]
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SpaceSpace Development Agency Awards L3Harris and Northrop Grumman $1.3 Billion for Tracking Layer Satellites
The Space Development Agency (SDA) said on July 18 that it has awarded L3Harris [LHX] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] fixed price Other Transaction Authority contracts worth $1.3 billion for 28 […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Technologies To Acquire U.K. Space Company
Raytheon Technologies [RTX] on Monday said its United Kingdom-based subsidiary has agreed to acquire another U.K.-based company that specializes in space domain awareness. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. […]
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CongressHouse Votes Down NDAA Amendment To Stop Development Of Future Sentinel ICBM
The House this week voted down an amendment to its version of the next defense policy bill that aimed to halt funding for the Air Force’s future intercontinental ballistic missile […]
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CongressHouse Passes Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Measure In Defense Bill
The House last week approved a measure requiring the Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Director to establish criteria to identify and designate certain critical infrastructure entities as […]
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Navy/USMCSikorsky Delivers Seventh CH-53K
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky [LMT] delivered the third Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and seventh overall CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter to the Marine Corps, the company said on July 14. […]
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CongressHouse Passes Nearly $840 Billion FY ‘23 NDAA With Bipartisan Vote
The House on Thursday evening passed its nearly $840 billion version of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act with a bipartisan 329 to 101 vote. Lawmakers advanced the […]
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Air ForceUSAF Tests Northrop Grumman System for GPS-Degraded Environments
The U.S. Air Force 53rd Wing on June 14 tested the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Radar Aided Targeting System (RATS)–a system for improving the Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bomber’s weapon guidance […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Conducts Successful First Flight Test Of Ground-Launched OpFires Hypersonic Missile
DARPA said Wednesday it has successfully conducted the first flight test of its Operational Fires (OpFires) program to develop a ground-launched hypersonic missile capability. The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built system for […]
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