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Air ForceKendall Warns Against Imitating Chinese Hypersonic Weapon Efforts
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warned on Jan. 19 against the United States mirror imaging Chinese hypersonic weapon efforts. “We don’t have the same target set that they’re worried about […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCivilian Reactors to Shoulder Bigger Loads of Nuclear Weapons Program
Civilian reactors in Tennessee notionally will sharply increase their output of tritium for U.S. nuclear weapons by the fall of 2024 to help the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) produce […]
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CongressSenior HASC Democrat And Top Cyber Legislator Langevin Won’t Seek Reelection
Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), the second-ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee and a top legislator on cyber security-related matters, announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection in 2022. […]
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Business/FinancialFairbanks Morse Defense Adds Small Naval Water Treatment Company To Portfolio
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) on Tuesday said it has acquired Maxim Watermakers, a small company providing water treatment products and solutions for Naval, marine and other customers, in a deal […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Invests In eSTOL Company Electra.aero
Electra.aero, a relatively new company pursuing new aircraft solutions for the urban and regional air mobility markets, on Tuesday said that it has received a lead investment from Lockheed Martin […]
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Business/FinancialProtests of Big NNSA Production Sites Contract Dismissed as Agency Plans ‘Corrective Action’
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to address a perceived conflict of interest, raised by a Bechtel National-led team, about the agency’s November award of a potentially decade-long sites-management […]
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CongressRepublican Staff Director on Senate Appropriations Committee to Take New Job at Textron, Inc.
Longtime Capitol Hill staffer Shannon Hines, who has served as the Republican staff director for the Senate Appropriations Committee and its defense panel since April, 2018, is moving on to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Awards $19 Million To Industry, University Teams For Enhanced Night Vision Goggles
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) last week awarded $18.5 million in contracts to 10 industry and university teams to develop prototypes and new concepts for lightweight, enhanced night […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans Four SSC LCACs Per Year, No More Backlog
The Navy is planning to have four Ship to Shore Connectors (SSCs) delivered per year and is progressing through testing before initial capability planned for 2023. “We’re positioned very well […]
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Business/FinancialNarda-MITEQ Acquires Intelligent RF Solutions
Narda-MITEQ on Thursday said it has acquired Intelligent RF Solutions (iRF), the company’s first acquisition since becoming a portfolio business of the private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Company (JFLCO) […]
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