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Space
Space Force Chief Touts Success Of TacSRT Pathfinder Using Commercial Products
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—A pilot program that leverages commercial satellite imagery and related analytics to create more situational awareness for combatant commanders on “tactically relevant timelines” has proven its worth, the […]
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Navy/USMC
Ursa Major, Navy Investing $25 Million to Prototype 3D Printing For More Solid Rocket Motors
Rocket engine and motor developer Ursa Major and the Navy are jointly investing $25 million in the startup’s advanced manufacturing approach to solid rocket motors with the funding targeted at […]
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Air Force
USAF Looks to Industry to Aid Setting of Requirements for NGAS
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The U.S. Air Force has projected that it will finish an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) this fall on the Next Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS) to succeed the […]
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Air Force
F-35 Unit Cost or Lower a Target for Manned NGAD, Kendall Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–In the past, the U.S. Air Force has estimated a unit cost of several hundred million dollars for the manned Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter (NGAD), but Air […]
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Honeywell To Demonstrate Mobile Counter-Drone Swarm System For Air Force
Honeywell [HON] has launched a platform to detect, track, and counter swarms of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) while stationary or on the move that it will demonstrate for the […]
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Space
Apex To Begin Deliveries Of New Satellite Bus In 2025
Spacecraft bus developer and manufacturer Apex on Monday said it will begin deliveries in 2025 of its newest product launch, Nova, an ESPA-Grande class satellite bus that can host payloads […]
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Navy/USMC
DIU Awarded Three Prototype Contracts For Uncrewed Ops
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week announced that earlier this year it awarded three contracts for vendors to build a database that allows unmanned systems to operate in disconnected […]
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Army
Bush: Army Decision ‘Probably Next Year’ On Whether IVAS Next Will Be A Re-Compete
The Army is likely to decide “probably next year” whether it will hold a competition for the IVAS Next follow-on effort for the new augmented reality headset, according to the […]
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Congress
Kelly and Cramer Found Senate Defense Modernization Caucus
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s airland panel, and Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) have formed the Senate Defense Modernization Caucus as a counterpart to the […]
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Air Force
U.S. Space Force Wants Congressional Restoration of ‘Resiliency’ Funding in Fiscal 2025
The U.S. Space Force wants the final fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill to protect the service’s accounts for “resilient architecture,” denoting improved navigation satellites and multi-orbit missile warning and communications […]
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