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SpaceAmazon Selects ULA, Arianespace, and Blue Origin to Launch More than 3,200 Kuiper Satellites
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Amazon [AMZN] ramped up its plans for its Kuiper constellation by signing a multi-launch deal on Tuesday with a large swath of the heavy lift launch industry. […]
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WeaponsNaval Surface Warfare Center Says It Set ‘World Record’ With Firing Of Hypercone Projectile Last Month
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) in Maryland says that it set a world record last month when the division fired a conical projectile–“hypercone”–109 nautical miles at White […]
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Nuclear ModernizationJoint Chiefs Chairman Boosts SLCM-N Again In House Armed Services Hearing
The top-ranked U.S. general again touted his support for the low-yield, nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile the Biden administration wants to cancel, this time at the invitation of House Republicans during […]
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Homeland SecurityBiden Taps Adm. Fagan To Lead Coast Guard; Would Be First Woman To Serve As Commandant
President Biden on Tuesday nominated Adm. Linda Fagan to be the next commandant of the Coast Guard and, if confirmed, she would be the first woman to lead the service. […]
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SpaceSpace Command Introduces Strategy To Work With Commercial Partners
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—U.S. Space Command on Tuesday released a strategy to guide its efforts to work with commercial industry to quickly take advantage of the explosion of relevant space-related developments […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyL3Harris Technology Accelerator Has Eye of CEO Chris Kubasik
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has Skunk Works, Boeing [BA] its Phantom Works. Over the last five years, L3Harris [LHX] has been developing its own technology accelerator for classified DoD and intelligence […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin Preparing Space-Based Testbed For Joint All Domain Operations
LITTLETON, Colo.—Lockheed Martin [LMT] later this year plans to launch the first two of three satellites that will form the company’s testbed in space to test and demonstrate advanced communications […]
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Navy/USMCFirst Textron UAS Flying With Navy Destroyer Now, Second Later This Year
Textron [TXT] said on Monday its Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) conducted its first flight and maritime integration with a Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) guided missile destroyer last month. […]
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ArmyBush Says Army ‘Moving Quickly’ On Final Black Hawk, Apache Multi-Year Deals
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Army’s top acquisition official said Monday the service is “moving quickly” on the final multi-year contracts for UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters, adding he expects […]
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InternationalU.S. State Department Approves Sale of F-16 C/D Block 70s to Bulgaria
The U.S. State Department has approved a nearly $1.7 billion sale of up to eight Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 C/D Block 70 Viper fighters and related munitions to Bulgaria. The […]
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