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CyberBiden Adds Water Sector To Cybersecurity Initiative
The White House on Thursday expanded an existing initiative to strengthen the cybersecurity of key critical infrastructure sectors, adding the water sector to the list to better secure against attacks […]
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Navy/USMCDOT&E Says Ford Unlikely To Meet Sortie Generation Rate, Critical of Self-Defense
The latest report from the Pentagon’s top weapons tester doubts the newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), can meet its sortie generation rate (SGR) requirement and achieve […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Operationalizes Warp Core, Moving Toward ATLAS for Space Domain Awareness
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is operationalizing Palantir Technologies’ [PLTR] Warp Core tech stack, as the service moves toward fielding L3Harris Technologies’ [LHX] Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) for […]
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Business/FinancialTanker Program Hit With Another Charge As Boeing Reports Rough Fourth Quarter
Boeing [BA] on Wednesday reported another charge in its program to develop and produce the Air Force’s new aerial refueling aircraft, although the blemish paled compared to an even heftier […]
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InternationalState Department Approves $2.5 Billion In Egypt FMS For C-130Js And Land Based Radars
The State Department approved two Foreign Military Sales (FMSs) to Egypt worth a combined $2.5 billion on Jan. 25 for 12 C-130J Super Hercules aircrafts and three SPS-48 Land Based […]
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Business/FinancialGD’s Earnings, Sales Fall In Fourth Quarter
General Dynamics [GD] on Wednesday posted top and bottom-line declines in its fourth quarter but for all of 2021 sales and earnings were higher. Major positives in the quarter and […]
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CongressHASC Strategic Forces Chair Cooper Won’t Seek Reelection
Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and chair of the panel’s Strategic Forces Subcommittee, announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection in […]
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Business/FinancialAfter FTC Rejects Deal For Aerojet Rocketdyne, Lockheed Martin Must Decide Quickly On Next Move
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has 30 days to decide whether to continue to pursue its acquisition of missile propulsion supplier Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] or terminate the merger agreement once the Federal […]
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Air ForceU.S. F-35 Maintenance Man Hours Per Flight Hour Rate Improves Since 2018, But Mission Capable Rates Lag
While the most recently released mission capable (MC) rates for the F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C are below 60 percent, the program said that it has more than satisfied the nine […]
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Business/FinancialCommercial Aerospace Lifts Raytheon Technologies In Fourth Quarter
Raytheon Technologies Corp. [RTX] on Tuesday posted strong fourth quarter financial results driven by its commercial aerospace work. Net income in the quarter soared nearly 400 percent to $686 million, […]
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