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The Army has awarded AeroVironment [AVAV] a nearly $1 billion contract for the company to provide “an organic, stand-off capability to dismounted infantry formations.” Work on the deal is expected […]

The Army plans to spend about $5 billion over the next five years on production of the Northrop Grumman [NOC]-built Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) as […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Tuesday revealed it is redesigning the targets it makes for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) that mimic Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) by changing out the first […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., said on Friday that it has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a more than $200 million cost-plus […]

The Defense Department’s unit focused on accelerating the adoption of commercial technology to meet defense needs last Friday evening issued a solicitation for Generative Artificial Intelligence solutions to help war […]

The Biden administration last Friday announced a new $125 million security assistance package for Ukraine that will drawdown from existing Defense Department stocks. The Presidential Drawdown Authority package includes counter-unmanned […]

Palantir Technologies [PLTR] on Thursday said it has hired former Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher (R) to “help lead” the company’s defense business. The software company posted on LinkedIn that “Gallagher’s […]

The Australian government on Thursday said it is investing nearly $570 million into Norway’s Kongsberg to build a new domestic missile factory. The Defense Ministry said this will go toward […]

Shield AI and its partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] recently demonstrated coordinated autonomous flights of two unmanned jets piloted by Shield AI’s artificial intelligence platform in airspace shared […]

The estimated cost to procure three new heavy polar icebreakers is $5.1 billion, 60 percent higher than the Coast Guard’s current estimate, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says. The first […]