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CongressHouse Passes Final FY ‘22 NDAA With More Republicans Than Democrats Voting In Favor
The House on Tuesday evening passed the compromise final version of the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the annual defense policy bill receiving more votes in […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Completes Construction, Initially Fields LRDR in Alaska
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said it completed construction and installation of radar arrays for the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) and started initial fielding during a ceremony on Monday. […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Launches STP-3 Mission from Cape Canaveral
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission got spaceborne in the early morning hours of Dec. 7 after a 5:19 a.m. launch aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) […]
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Business/FinancialJ.F. Lehman Acquires L3Harris’ Narda-MITEQ Unit
The private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Company on Tuesday said it has acquired the Narda-MITEQ electronics business unit from L3Harris Technologies [LHX], which is nearing the end of a […]
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Business/FinancialSafran In Talks To Acquire U.S. PNT Company Orolia
France’s Safran on Monday said it is in exclusive discussions to acquire New York-based Orolia, a small company in the position, navigation and timing (PNT) space for civilian, military and […]
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Air ForceKendall: 30-Year Old Aircraft an ‘Anchor’ Holding Back USAF Modernization
Congress should permit the U.S. Air Force to retire dozens of aging planes to help the service fund modernization, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told the Reagan National Defense Forum […]
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Business/FinancialThales Acquires Moog’s Navigation Aids Business
Thales on Monday closed its acquisition of a Moog [MOG.A, MOG.B] business unit that designs, develops and manufactures ground and ship-based radio frequency navigation beacons and related antennas for defense […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Host Workshop To Explore UUV System Capabilities
The Navy is planning to host a workshop in February with industry and academia to explore and better understand the state of unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) system capabilities and identify […]
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Air ForceUSAF to Apply KC-46 Lessons Learned to Future Contracts
Given that Boeing‘s [BA] fixed-price contract for the KC-46A Pegasus tanker is more than a decade-old, the U.S. Air Force will almost assuredly not alter the arrangement to cost-plus, but […]
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Business/FinancialFluor Announces Subcontractors for New Nuke Site Contract with DoE
After senior and junior partners Fluor [FLR] and Amentum, the new prime contractor for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) main weapons production sites, also includes Criterion Systems, General Atomics, […]
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