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Air ForceAs USAF Plans Avionics, Weapons Upgrades for B-2, Northrop Grumman Receives $7 Billion Contract
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio last week awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] an up to $7 billion, five-year contract for B-2 sustainment and modernization, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAnduril Details AI-Enabled Pulsar EW System, Already In Use With U.S. Military
Anduril Industries on Monday unveiled details of its modular, artificial intelligence-enabled Pulsar electronic warfare (EW) system, designed to defeat threats including drones, that it says has already been deployed by […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU’s Latest Report Shows Fewer Solutions Transitioned, More Awards Made In FY ‘23
The Defense Department’s innovation arm focused on trying to bring more commercially-developed solutions to warfighters faster last year awarded more prototype contracts than ever along with a sharp increase in […]
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ArmyBush: ‘Significant Number’ Of Firms Interested In Post-ERCA Effort, Potential Competition In FY ‘25
The Army has seen a “significant number” of companies interested in its new effort to get after extending the range of its cannon artillery, with the service’s acquisition noting a […]
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ArmyBush: New Supplemental Doubled Army’s Request For Boosting 155mm Ammo Production
The recently passed supplemental funding bill included around $6 billion to boost 155mm artillery ammunition production, double what the Army had requested as the service pushes to build 100,000 such […]
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SpaceNext-Generation OPIR Polar Satellite Completes Critical Design Review, Ready To Build
U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) on Wednesday said that the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Polar (NGP) space vehicle being developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently passed the critical […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCollaborative Autonomy Tested in EpiSci/USAF Autonomy Prime Flights
California-based EpiSci said this week that the company finished multiple collaborative autonomy tests last month under the U.S. Air Force’s Autonomy Prime program to train operators on the company’s Starling […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Manta Ray UUV Prototype Completes Water Testing
Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Manta Ray uncrewed underwater vehicle completed full-scale in-water testing earlier this year, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said. DARPA this week announced the Manta Ray […]
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BudgetCourtney Rallies Lawmakers To Support Two SSNs In 2025
A top member of the House Armed Services Seapower subcommittee rallied 120 lawmakers to sign on to a letter pushing appropriators to fund two Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) in the […]
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SpaceDARPA Selects Northrop Grumman, Umbra For Phase II Of DRIFT Program
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Umbra have been awarded small contracts by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue to the second phase of a program designed to collect […]
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