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Air ForceUSAF Projects NGAD Unit Cost As ‘Multiple Hundreds of Millions of Dollars’
While the unit flyaway cost of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-22 was $155 million in today dollars and the unit flyaway cost of the company’s F-35A is running more than […]
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Business/FinancialFuture Air Force One, T-7A Trainer Hit By $1 Billion In Charges In Boeing’s First Quarter
Boeing [BA] on Wednesday said two of its Air Force development programs, the VC-25B presidential transport plane and the T-7A trainer aircraft, suffered more than $1 billion in combined write-offs, […]
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Air ForceSilicon Valley Firm Says It Received AFRL Contract to Test Autonomy Features for Air Force
Silicon Valley’s Reliable Robotics said on Apr. 25 that it has received a small business innovation research Phase II contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to design, develop […]
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Intelligence CommunityU.S. Deploys Tactical Imagery Platform To Europe Amid Ukraine Crisis
AURORA, Colo.—The U.S. has introduced a tactical imagery system in Europe that acquires high-resolution imagery and maps areas of interest in poor weather conditions that can hinder the performance of […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Awards Eastern Shipbuilding Construction Contract For Fourth OPC
The Coast Guard on Monday awarded Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) a $325.1 million contract to begin construction of the fourth offshore patrol cutter (OPC), which is scheduled to be delivered […]
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Intelligence CommunityNRO Soon Plans Solicitation For Commercial Radio Frequency Sensing
AURORA, Colo.—The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) this summer expects to seek proposals from commercial providers of satellite-based radio frequency (RF) sensing capabilities to help it better understand how to make […]
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Navy/USMCShipbuilding Plans Seeks To Retire All Cruisers And More LCSs
The Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan, released on April 20, presents the service’s arguments for decommissioning more in-service ships beyond previous years’ planned reductions, including several more Littoral Combat Ships […]
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Homeland SecurityBiden Wants To Expand Counter-UAS Authorities To States, Locals And Private Sector
The Biden administration is proposing a major expansion of government authorities for countering drones to include state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) governments and certain private sector entities as the […]
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Intelligence CommunityIntelligence Community Rapidly Delivering Commercial Satellite Imagery To Ukraine, NGA Official Says
AURORA, Colo.—Advances in commercial satellite imagery collection and dissemination are such that the U.S. intelligence community has been able to provide commercial satellite imagery to Ukraine in its war against […]
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Intelligence CommunityBAE, Booz Allen, CACI, Leidos And ManTech To Compete For GEOINT Support
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) last Wednesday awarded contracts to five competitors to compete for up to $500 million in task orders over the next seven years to provide […]
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