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Navy/USMC
Navy Works With General Atomics And Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate Drone Control Station
The Navy tested command and control of an unmanned aircraft using its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS) for the first time this week in a demo using the […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
NGA’s Munsell Aligning CAIO Efforts Against Agency’s AI Goals
Advocating for and ensuring his agency is investing in artificial intelligence capabilities is the “strong hand” that Mark Munsell will wield as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) first AI chief […]
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Business/Financial
Teledyne To Acquire Two Acquire Two Aerospace And Defense Businesses From Excelitas
Teledyne Technologies [TDY] on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire two business units from Excelitas Technologies Corp. for $710 million in cash, one based in the United Kingdom that […]
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Space
Commerce Dept. Seeks Input on Changes to Space Export Controls
The U.S. government recently released four rulemakings on space export control designed to strengthen private sector space activity and improve international collaboration. The Department of Commerce and Department of State released four space export control […]
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Business/Financial
Ingalls Chief Wilkinson To Lead Newport News, Blanchette To Run Ingalls
HII [HII] on Wednesday named Kari Wilkinson, currently president of the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding segments, as the incoming president of its nuclear shipbuilding operations in Virginia effective Jan. 1, 2025. […]
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International
State Department Approves $4.9 Billion Sale of E-7 Aircraft To South Korea
The State Department approved a potential Foreign Military Sale of $4.92 billion in Boeing [BA] E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft to South Korea. The Defense Security Cooperation […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Workers End Strike; Cash Flow Will Remain Negative Through 2025
Boeing’s [BA] machinists’ union members on Monday voted to end their 53-day strike that shut down production at the company’s commercial aircraft plants in the Pacific Northwest but the company […]
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Space
U.S. Space Force Says It May Award Four PTS-G Contracts
The U.S. Space Force may award four companies Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) contracts. “The government intends to competitively award up to four Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract for PTS-G as […]
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Space
Australia Cancels Satellite Effort With Lockheed Martin As Space Tech Advances
The Australian Ministry of Defence on Nov. 4 terminated its procurement activity with Lockheed Martin [LMT] for a single communications satellite in favor of pursuing multiple spacecraft that could provide […]
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Business/Financial
Teledyne Acquires Electronics Company Micropac Industries
Teledyne Technologies [TDY] on Monday said it has acquired Micropac Industries [MPAD] in a $57.3 million deal that adds electronic components used in space, military, industrial, and medical applications. The […]
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