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Navy/USMCBAMS-D Global Hawk Ends 13-Year Navy Deployment
This month the Navy finished the deployment of its last Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator (BAMS-D) maritime variant of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS). […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUkraine Using Technologies Developed Through Defense Innovation Unit
Ukraine has benefited from commercial technologies developed for U.S. military and other federal government use through the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)–technologies that include synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and artificial […]
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Air ForceHASC Wants Report on USAF AMTI and Battle Management Requirements Before Allowing Full Service Request for AWACS Retirement
The House Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill would prohibit the U.S. Air Force from divesting five of 15 Boeing [BA] E-3 Airborne Warning and […]
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CongressHouses Passes Bill Requiring CISA To Begin Industrial Control Systems Training
To help strengthen U.S. cyber defenses of technologies used to operate and control industrial systems, the House on Tuesday passed a bill requiring the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft May Have Jamming Role
The future Combat Collaborative Aircraft (CCA) may have a role in future U.S. Air Force jamming missions, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown said on June 22. […]
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Business/FinancialDrake Faction Touts Backing Of Independent Proxy Advisors Ahead Of Shareholder Meeting
The leading proxy advisory firms that aid institutional investors in voting their shares at annual and special meetings are backing Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] President and CEO Eileen Drake and her […]
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Navy/USMCAustal Wins $128 Million Contract For Steel Floating Dry Dock
The Navy awarded Austal USA a $128 million contract for the detail design and construction of one Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Medium (AFDM). The company underscored this is its second […]
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CongressCalifornia Congressman Wants More Pit Reports; Would Withhold NNSA Funding To Get
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) has prepared an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill, up for debate this week, that could withhold 10% of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) […]
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Air ForceBoeing Points to Drone Employment Possibilities for F-15EX
ST. LOUIS—Boeing [BA] believes its F-15EX could carry and employ drones from conformal tech bays that would take the place of conformal fuel tanks on the plane. The aircraft’s open […]
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CongressHASC NDAA Seeks Regular Briefings On Progress Replenishing Stockpiles Of Munitions Sent To Ukraine
The House Armed Services Committee is seeking regular briefings from the Pentagon updating Congress on progress replenishing stockpiles of critical munitions provided to Ukraine and efforts to sustain production capacity […]
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