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Army
Rheinmetall, HDT To Build Prototypes For Next Version Of Army’s Cargo-Carrying Robots
The Army has selected American Rheinmetall Vehicles and HDT Expeditionary Systems to build prototypes for its Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (S-MET) Increment II program, the next iteration of its cargo-carrying […]
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Army
Army Focuses On Launched Effects At EDGE ‘24, Plans Requirements Update In Late FY ‘25
The Army’s latest Future Vertical Lift (FVL)-led Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE) focused on the service’s pursuit of new Launched Effects capabilities, gathering data to inform a requirements update planned […]
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Air Force
Reed/Wicker to Propose Addition of Three F-35s for Developmental Testing
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are to propose an amendment to the Senate’s version of the fiscal 2025 defense authorization […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Awards HII $9.47 Billion In Four-Ship Amphib Buy
The Navy awarded HII’s [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding Division $9.47 billion in two contracts for the multi-ship procurement of three Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships (LPDs) and one […]
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International
Canada Issues RFI For New 12 Boat Sub Fleet
Canada’s Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) department recently issued a Request For Information (RFI) seeking information spurred by questions about its upcoming new submarine program. The government is looking […]
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Space
Four Companies to Begin Design of Resilient GPS
Astranis, Axient, L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and Sierra Space are to submit design concepts for the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) to U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) to launch […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Argues New Alabama Shipyard Private Partnership Worth Risk, Opens Door To More
Navy officials last week argued the new public-private partnership to develop an Alabama site for more naval industrial base production is worth the risk and opens the door to other […]
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Air Force
USAF Explores ‘AI Task Force’ Concept
The U.S. Air Force is examining where it may put “Artificial Intelligence Task Forces” (AITF) with support contractors–whether in forward tactical operations centers (TOCs), remote locations in the United States […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Announces New Public-Private Partnership To Build More Sub Manufacturing Facilities
The Navy on Friday announced it is partnering with private industry in an acquisition of the Alabama Shipyard in Mobile, Ala., to construct additional submarine manufacturing facilities. This specifically includes […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Defense Chief Leaving, As Ortberg Aims ‘To Restore Trust’ of DoD Buyers
Ted Colbert, the head of Boeing‘s [BA] Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) segment for more than two years, is leaving the company amid significant profitability worries, competition from startup […]
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