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Navy/USMC
HAC-D Chairman Criticizes SECNAV For Submarine Cost Growth, Cites $17 Billion SSN Shoftfall
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, heavily criticized Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro about significant cost overruns and delays in submarine and ship […]
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International
International Space Command Leaders Push for Greater Cooperation in the Space Domain
PARIS — International Space Command leaders are pushing for more cooperation in space as the domain becomes more contested. Speaking at the Space Defense and Security Summit this week here, Maj. […]
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International
L3Harris and Northrop Grumman Moving Ahead on F-16 Electronic Warfare Suites
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said that its site in Clifton, N.J., several weeks ago began the build of 166 AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield all-digital electronic warfare (EW) suites for F-16 […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Skydio Official: U.S. Military Supply of Small Drones ‘Woefully Inadequate’
The Pentagon’s supply of small drones for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), strike, and other missions is far short of the need, an executive at Skydio, told a House Armed […]
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Business/Financial
Fairbanks Morse To Acquire Rolls-Royce Naval Propulsors And Handling Business
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire Rolls-Royce’s naval business that supplies propellers, waterjets, and mission bay handling systems in a deal that expands its […]
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Army
Microsoft Integrates Anduril’s Lattice Software Platform With IVAS
Anduril Industries is working with prime contractor Microsoft [MSFT] to integrate the startup’s Lattice software into Microsoft’s augmented reality headset being developed for the Army to warn soldiers of autonomously-detected […]
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Navy/USMC
DARPA Investigating Counter-UUV Defenses
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency published a notice on Sept. 11 looking for “innovative proposals” for its Sync program to counter unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs). DARPA said this Sync […]
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Navy/USMC
CNO Franchetti Releases 2024 NAVPLAN With 2027 Focus
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Lisa Franchetti used her Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN) to target achieving readiness for potential war with China by 2027. The NAVPLAN is a strategic guidance […]
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Air Force
CV-22 Fleet to Be ‘Fully Operational’ by End of Year or Early Next
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command’s (AFSOC) fleet of 51 Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] CV-22 tiltrotors may be flying without restrictions by the end of this year or […]
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Space
Brig. Gen. Middleton: US Space Force Could Use a ‘Better Milsatcom Strategy’
PARIS — Acquiring resilient satellite communications lies at the heart of the U.S. Space Force’s commercial space strategy, but according to Brig. Gen. Jacob Middleton, Commander of U.S. Space Forces in Europe and […]
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