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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Developing Protoype 5G Comms For The Marine Corps
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said the Defense Department awarded it a $19.3 million contract to create a prototype 5G communications network testbed for experimentation in expeditionary operations at U.S. Marine Corps […]
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SpaceSpace Acquisition Discipline, Smaller Satellites Needed, Calvelli Says
Frank Calvelli, the Biden administration’s nominee as the first assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Feb. 17 […]
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UncategorizedNorthrop Grumman Invests In Echodyne, Partnering On Radar Integration
Echodyne, a developer and manufacturer of small, low-cost, low-power commercial radars, on Thursday said it has received a minority investment from Northrop Grumman [NOC] and is partnering with the defense […]
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Navy/USMCSikorsky Wins $372 Million Contract For Four Israel CH-53K Helicopters
The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky [LMT] a $372 million modification to produce and deliver four low-rate initial production Lot 6 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for Israel. […]
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Air ForceGAO Raises F-35 ALIS As Potential Trouble Spot for Pacific Deployments
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that the Pentagon needs to improve the operation of the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter to allow […]
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CyberU.S. Government Warns Defense Industry Of Regular Targeting By Russia-Backed Actors
For at least the last two years Russian state-sponsored actors have been targeting and compromising the networks of large and small defense companies whose networks carry classified information, a trio […]
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Business/FinancialEMCORE To Acquire L3Harris Space And Navigation Business
EMCORE Corp. [EMKR] on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire the Space and Navigation business of L3Harris Technologies [LHX] for $5 million in cash in a deal that expands […]
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Business/FinancialEarnings Dip, Sales Up In Fourth Quarter At Leidos
Leidos [LDOS] on Tuesday ended a strong year with mixed results in its fourth quarter as net income fell despite strong sales growth. Net income in the quarter slid 11 […]
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Unmanned SystemsDoD Office of Inspector General to Review CENTCOM Defense Against Drones and Missiles
The Pentagon Office of Inspector General (OIG) plans a number of reviews related to the former Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and the current Operation Enduring Sentinel in Afghanistan and to the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAdmiral Asks, What is NNSA’s ‘Real Capacity’ for Pits and When Can Agency ‘Really’ Make Them
Depending on when the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) can “really” manufacture new plutonium pits, and depending on what “the real capacity” to make pits is, the Navy might be […]
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