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BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Announced by Boeing [BA] in 2009 and first fielded in 2014, the company’s Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) upgrade for the B-52H has been to replace old displays […]

BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Tail number 60-041 exited its parking spot, “Whiskey 2,” early afternoon on Tuesday for a planned five-hour flight to allow crew from the 93rd Bomb Squadron and 11th […]

Anduril Industries and the non-profit research and development company Riverside Research are collaborating to apply tools developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to close any cybersecurity gaps […]

Data engineering and software development company Raft on Tuesday said it has acquired N3bula Systems, adding expertise in systems architecture, infrastructure management, and cloud solutions to provide the Defense Department […]

BARKSDALE AFB, La.–U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink is visiting Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) here in his first visit to a service major command. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, the […]

BlackSky [BKSY] is planning to expand the capabilities of its Earth Observation (EO) constellation with multispectral, large-area collection satellites called AROS, to launch “as early as 2027.” BlackSky explained the […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] on Monday said it will open a 50,000 square-foot facility in Oklahoma to manufacture a family of turbojet engines it is developing with GE […]

Pratt & Whitney on Monday said that Leidos [LDOS] has awarded the company a contract to supply TJ150 engines for the Black Arrow small cruise missile being developed to provide […]

Propulsion developer and manufacturer Ursa Major on Monday said it has received a $32.9 million contact from Stratolaunch to provide 16 upgraded Hadley engines that the aerospace vehicle testing company […]

The Navy plans to merge the programs for the Large and Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (LUSV and MUSV) into a single autonomous surface craft program while delays to the Orca […]