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International
Norway Orders Three Additional TPY-4 Radars From Lockheed Martin
Norway has picked up a contract option with Lockheed Martin [LMT] to procure three additional TPY-4 air surveillance radars, the company said Wednesday. Lockheed Martin noted it’s also completed the […]
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Navy/USMC
BlueForge Alliance Awarded Millions To Help Sub Industrial Base
A non-profit organization formed by the submarine industrial base (SIB) on Tuesday won a $951 million Navy contract to help improve that industrial base. The Defense Department contract announcement said […]
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International
Senior House Republicans Urge Biden To Lift Restrictions On Ukraine’s Use Of ATACMS
A group of senior House Republicans on Tuesday urged the Biden administration to remove remaining restrictions on Ukraine’s use of U.S.-provided long-range weapons, specifically Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] ATACMS missiles, to […]
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Congress
Austin: House GOP’s Six-Month CR Would Impede 168 New Starts, 101 Procurement Increases
The House GOP’s proposed six-month stopgap funding bill would block the Pentagon from initiating 168 new programs worth a collective $4.3 billion and impede 101 planned procurement rate increases totaling […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Confirms L3Harris Is Next-Gen Jammer-Low Band Winner Again
The Navy on Tuesday confirmed a recent contract to L3Harris Technologies [LHX] is for the engineering and manufacturing development of the Next Generation Jammer-Low Band (NGJ-LB), following several setbacks to […]
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Space
Justification and Approval for Northrop Grumman DARC Sites 2 and 3 Signed
On Monday, the Department of the Air Force posted what it said was a signed justification and approval (J&A) for Northrop Grumman [NOC]’s Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) radar […]
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Unmanned Systems
Vantage Robotics Introduces Nano Drone For Operations In Contested Environments
Vantage Robotics on Tuesday launched the second product in its small drone portfolio, Trace, a nano drone for military operations in contested environments, law enforcement, and critical infrastructure applications. Trace, […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Autonomy Driving Startup Forterra Raises $75 Million For Tech Acceleration
Self-driving technology startup Forterra on Tuesday said it has raised $75 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round to accelerate its efforts for defense and industrial customers, and lower […]
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Navy/USMC
QinetiQ Wins GA-EMS Contract For New Carrier Catapult, Arresting Gear Equipment
The U.S. subsidiary of the U.K.’s QinetiQ said Sept. 5 it won a contract from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) to provide control hardware and software for the new catapults […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing, Union Leaders In Preliminary Contract Deal For Commercial Airplanes Employees
Boeing [BA] and union leaders that represent its Commercial Airplanes workforce in the Pacific Northwest announced a tentative agreement on a new labor contract that provides the more than 33,000 […]
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