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Air Force
Rolls-Royce to Offer F130 System for New B-52 Engines, Will Build in Indianapolis
Rolls-Royce officially plans to pitch its F130 engine to replace the aging systems on the Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber, in a possible three-way competition with Pratt & Whitney […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Touts Progress In Transition Of IT Applications To The Cloud
At the end of 2018, the Department of Homeland Security was in the process of transitioning or had already transitioned more than a quarter of its information technology application systems […]
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Pentagon
Pentagon to Begin F-35 Lots 15-17 Negotiations with Lockheed Martin
The Pentagon is preparing to begin negotiations with Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the next three lots of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, according to a recent government solicitation. A notice posted […]
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Air Force
Air Force Awards $739 Million in Launch Services to ULA, Space X
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded contracts worth nearly $739 million total to United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX for launch services for six future national […]
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Space
Trump Signs Off on Space Force Directive, But Congress Must Still Approve
President Trump has signed off on a directive that would put the Air Force in charge of the Space Force, pending congressional approval. Trump signed Space Policy Directive-4 (SPD-4) Feb. […]
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Army
ATEC Protests Army Engine Award to GE, as ATEC President Calls T900 ‘Clearly’ the Best Value
The Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC) on Feb. 19 lodged a protest with the Government Accountability Office on the U.S. Army’s recent decision to award General Electric [GE] a $517 […]
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Air Force
Cobham Accepts $206 Million Charge to End KC-46 Dispute
Cobham said Feb. 19 it has accepted about $206 million in new charges from Boeing [BA] to end an ongoing dispute related to the Air Force’s new KC-46A Pegasus aerial […]
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Unmanned Systems
Russia Unveils ‘Kamikaze’ Drone at IDEX 2019 Show
Russia’s ZALA Aero Group, the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) division of Kalashnikov, unveiled a “kamikaze” drone–the KUB-BLA–at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi on Feb. 17. […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy To Rely on Other Anti-Sub Technology After Canceling SSTD
SAN DIEGO — The Navy’s top acquisition official confirmed the service is canceling the over $700 million Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) system due to poor performance in favor of […]
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Air Force
Congress Concerned Over National Emergency’s Potential Effect on F-35 Basing
Lawmakers on the Hill want to know if President Trump’s declared national emergency could affect key military construction projects, including future basing for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Trump announced […]
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