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InternationalState Department Approves Potential Loitering Munitions Deals For Taiwan
In a first for Taiwan, the State Department on Tuesday night said has approved two potential foreign military sales (FMS) of suicide drones worth a combined $360.2 million to the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Site Managers Wrestle With Tech, Workforce Issues
Contractor and federal managers from across the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons complex are using technology to help predict issues from workplace accidents to infrastructure failure, these people said at […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyINDOPACOM’s Valiant Shield Deployed Anduril’s C2 Technologies
Anduril Industries on Wednesday said its Lattice open solutions platform and other company hardware and software were used to help enable geographically distributed command and control (C2) during the recent […]
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CongressSenate Defense Authorization Bill to Wait Until After July 4 for Floor Vote
The Senate Armed Services’ Committee’s (SASC) $923.3 billion defense authorization bill will wait for a floor vote until after the July 4 recess, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the Senate’s president […]
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SpaceNASA Awards Lockheed Martin $2.27 Billion for Weather Satellites
NASA said on June 18 that it awarded Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Littleton, Colo., operation a $2.27 billion contract for the next generation weather satellite constellation–Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO)– for the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationGlobal Nuclear Weapons Spending Up 13%, Led by U.S. Defense Budget, Report Says
Global spending on nuclear weapons increased by 13% in 2023, according to the latest annual report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons group, reaching $91.4 billion that year […]
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Air ForceHouse Defense Authorization Bill Cuts USAF NGAD By $300 Million for ‘Program Delay’
The House’s fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill, H.R. 8070, contains $3 billion for U.S. Air Force Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD)–a $300 million decrease due to an unspecified “program delay.” […]
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ArmyNorthrop Grumman Completed Delivery Of Army’s First Full IBCS Equipment Set
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has completed delivery of the first full set of Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) equipment to the U.S. Army, the company said on […]
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Unmanned SystemsCDAO Seeks Commercial Sensor Solutions To Detect One Way UAS
The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) last Saturday issued a solicitation for sensors that can improve detection of one-way drones to enhance the counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) […]
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CongressGAO: DoD Backing of ‘Innovation’ and Fast Fielding Yet to Pay Dividends
While the Pentagon has backed innovative approaches, such as Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) and commercial paths, to help speed fielding, the DoD efforts thus far are insufficient, the Government […]
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