Wittman Calls for Department of the Air Force Accounting on Chinese Suppliers
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) tactical air and land forces panel, has asked U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall for an accounting […]
View ArticleSpace RCO Places First Delivery Orders for R2C2
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) at Kirtland AFB, N.M., said that it has placed the first $12 million in delivery orders for the Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) […]
View ArticlePentagon to ‘Monitor and Assess’ Boeing Performance
The Pentagon said on Friday that it is examining what steps to take to ensure quality control on Boeing [BA] aircraft for the military services as a result of the […]
View ArticleNo Comment from ODNI on Maximizing Commercial Imagery/Analytics, GAO Says
More than two years ago, the Government Accountability Office advised that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) ensure that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and...
View ArticleUSAF Awards Lockheed Martin $3.2 Billion for JASSM/LRASM
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is receiving a firm fixed price contract worth up to $3.2 billion for a “large lot” buy of the company’s AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and […]
View ArticleContinued Use of Chinese Printed Wiring Boards on KC-46 Low Risk, DoD Says
Chinese-made printed wiring boards (PWBs) on U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus tankers by Boeing [BA] represent a low technical risk, DoD acquisition chief William LaPlante ruled last year. PWBs, like […]
View ArticleApex SN1 Satellite, Launched in March, Has Anduril Payload
Anduril Industries is teaming with Los Angeles-based Apex to help bring Anduril’s philosophy of mass produced, high tech aircraft, ships, and land systems to space. “We recognize as a company […]
View ArticleRTX’s Pratt & Whitney Receives $1.3 Billion F135 Engine Core Upgrade Contract
RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney has received a more than $1.3 billion cost plus incentive fee contract for the F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 […]
View ArticleUSAF Winnows Finalists for Seventh KC-46 Main Operating Base
Scott AFB, Ill., and Mississippi’s Key Field are among the finalists as the seventh main operating base for the U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus tanker by Boeing [BA]. Sen. Tammy […]
View ArticlePratt & Whitney Opens 845,000 Square Foot Engine Work Site in Oklahoma City
RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney said on Tuesday that it has opened its largest engine work site–845,000 square feet of space in Oklahoma City next to the U.S. Air Force […]
View ArticleLeidos Introduces Self-Funded Small Cruise Missile With Multi-Mission...
Leidos [LDOS] on Thursday introduced a small cruise missile (SCM) the company has been developing on its own for nearly four years to meet the needs of Special Operations Forces […]
View ArticleLeidos-Developed Small Cruise Missile Eyed For SOCOM Funding
A low-cost cruise missile in the final stages of development by Leidos [LDOS] has made the cut line for funding by U.S. Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) and is being requested […]
View ArticleSecond Front’s Game Warden Available on ICMP, Company Says
Wilmington, Del.-based Second Front Systems said on Monday that its Game Warden DevSecOps platform to approve commercial software up to top secret classification is available on Amazon Web Services‘...
View ArticlePDR for FOO Fighter Done, Millennium Says
Boeing‘s [BA] Millennium Space Systems in El Segundo, Calif., said on Monday that it has finished preliminary design review (PDR) of the company’s low Earth orbit Fire-control On...
View ArticlePentagon May Award 70 AI Contracts Under Advana Recompete
The Pentagon is requesting input from industry, as DoD seeks a new Advancing Analytics (Advana) “1.2” solicitation, which may result in 50-70 contracts worth up to $15 billion over 10 […]
View ArticleJWICS Tech Refresh Almost Complete, DIA Official Says
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has nearly completed a technology refresh upgrade of the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS)–a DoD/intelligence community network for the...
View ArticleBeyond Line-of-Sight Communications for Mobility Fleet Among Reed Priorities
U.S. Air Force Gen. Randall Reed, the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) head who assumed command four days ago from now retired Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, has said that some of […]
View ArticleLockheed Martin Names F-35 Deputy GM to Head Program
Bridget Lauderdale, the head of the F-35 program for Lockheed Martin [LMT] and a 38-year employee of the company, is to retire by Dec. 1, and deputy F-35 general manager […]
View ArticleNATO Plans Assignment of Space System Quantitative Targets by Next October
As the five step North American Treaty Organization (NATO) Defence Planning Process (NDPP) wends its way over the next year to assigning quantitative space system targets to the alliance’s 32 […]
View ArticleMore Than $2 Billion in UAE/Saudi Arabia Foreign Arms Sales Approved by U.S....
As the U.S. tries to deter Iran and its proxies, the U.S. State Department has approved more than $2 billion in foreign military sales (FMS) to Saudi Arabia and the […]
View ArticleBoeing CEO Plans to Lay off 10 Percent of Workers, Says Defense Unit’s...
The performance of Boeing‘s [BA] defense, space & security (BDS) unit on fixed price contracts needs to improve, Boeing CEO Robert “Kelly” Ortberg wrote in a Friday employee message released […]
View ArticleSikorsky Examining Role of Black Hawk in ‘Launched Effects’
The 2,135 U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawks by Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Sikorsky may continue to be the work horse of the Army division, even as the service and Sikorsky work […]
View ArticleIAI Robotic Combat Task Force Unveiled, As Company Looks to U.S. Expansion
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveiled its Robotic Combat Task Force at the Association of the U.S. Army annual conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday, as the company looks to expand […]
View ArticleSpace Force to Highlight Decades of Contribution of Centaur III
U.S. Space Force (USSF) Col. Andrew Dermanoski, commander of Space Base Delta 3, is to host a ribbon cutting at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., on Friday for a Centaur III […]
View ArticleTarantulas and Asian Giant Hornets Subplot in RTX Settlement with DoJ
Tarantulas and Asian giant hornets in Taiwan are a subplot of a nearly $1 billion settlement RTX [RTX] reached last week with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Deterring a […]
View ArticleEarly Fuel System Inspection Helps Reduce B-2 PDM Time, USAF Says
U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers by Northrop Grumman [NOC] typically undergo a 470-day programmed depot maintenance (PDM) every nine years in Palmdale, Calif., to repair the bomber and […]
View ArticleLeonardo’s BriteStorm May Be Future CCA Payload
The U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program may be a fit for a five and a half pound BriteStorm stand-in jammer that Leonardo said that it is developing to […]
View ArticleAir Force Awards Virtualitics $46 Million To Bring AI To Weapons Maintenance
Virtualitics, a small company providing artificial intelligence readiness applications, has received a $46 million contract from the Air Force to deliver a maintenance solution in support of multiple...
View ArticleKnowing Lower Level Suppliers Continues As Challenge for Department of the...
The Department of the Air Force faces a continued challenge of knowing all of its lower level suppliers for weapon systems, according to service acquisition chief Andrew Hunter. “We share […]
View ArticleInvestments In AI, Autonomy Position Lockheed Martin Well For Next CCA Round,...
Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] investments in artificial intelligence, autonomy, 5G connectivity, and manned and unmanned teaming put the company in a competitive position for the next increment of the Air...
View ArticleTactical Nodes, No Ground Terminal, for Umbra Contract with SDA
While Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli has stressed the need to improve the ground systems segment of the U.S. Space Force’s architecture, […]
View ArticleDIU Rolling the DICE to Align DoD Innovation Arms
While the Defense Innovation Unit Community of Entities (DICE) is a bureaucratic-sounding term of word salad–a simple DICE synonym would be “group”–a key DICE effort is aimed at the opposite […]
View ArticleX-Bow Validates Advanced Manufacture Of Rocket Motor Propellant With...
X-Bow Systems on Tuesday said it successfully launched its Bolt rocket in a test that validated the company’s advanced manufacturing process for solid rocket motor (SRM) propellant, a big confidence […]
View ArticleU.S. State Department Clears $7.3 Billion for F-16 Viper Mid-Life Upgrade
The U.S. State Department has approved an up to $7.3 billion foreign military sale to Poland of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 Viper Midlife Upgrade, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency […]
View ArticleB-21 In ‘Mix’ As Part Of USAF Force Structure Review, Northrop Grumman CEO Says
An ongoing congressionally-mandated review of the U.S. Air Force’s force structure includes the B-21 bomber but it is too early to say if the production quantities for the stealth aircraft […]
View ArticleNROL-167 Launch Another Step in ‘U.S. Government’s Largest Satellite...
The NROL-167 mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., is a step toward what the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is calling […]
View ArticleUSAF ‘Out of Compliance’ on Software Sustainment for F-35’s EOTS
The U.S. Air Force’s software sustainment for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AN/AAQ-40 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS), carried on the F-35 fighter, is “out of compliance” with a law that requires […]
View ArticlePropulsion and On-Orbit Servicing Areas for OSC Investment
Propulsion and on-orbit repair and refueling of satellites are underfunded innovation areas that the DoD Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has looked to take on. “Our 2024 investment strategy talks […]
View ArticleAvio Considering Sites for U.S. Solid Rocket Motor Plant
Avio USA, a subsidiary of Italy’s Avio S.p.A, is considering sites for Avio’s first solid rocket motor (SRM) plant in the United States. The company said that it has picked […]
View ArticleU.S. State Department Approves Sale of Latest AMRAAM to Denmark
Denmark is to get the AIM-120D-3 missile, the latest version of RTX‘s [RTX] Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The State Department has approved a $744 million foreign military sale […]
View ArticleHicks: Defense Bigs Collaborating with Smaller, Newer Entrants on...
While defense industry entrants are bringing welcome competition to Pentagon modernization efforts, the heritage defense giants are also working with some of the new firms on microelectronics...
View ArticleU.S. Space Force Releases New Solicitation for NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) on Wednesday released a new solicitation for Phase 3, Lane 1 of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, and SSC said that […]
View ArticleNRO Awards BALISTA Contracts
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Wednesday that its Office of Space Launch (OSL) has awarded Broad Agency Announcements for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement...
View ArticleCCAs to Have Short Sustainment ‘Tail’
The U.S. Air Force wants a short sustainment “tail” for its future fleet of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs), as the service’s Integrated Capabilities Command seeks to help the continuation of […]
View ArticleGeneral Atomics-BAE Systems Aim to Demonstrate Autonomous EW for CCA
General Atomics‘ Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) subsidiary and BAE Systems said that they are teaming to demonstrate autonomous electronic warfare (EW) systems that the companies believe could one...
View ArticleCCA In-Flight Adaptation Likely Need for ‘Tactical Responsiveness’
Some defense technologists believe that the U.S. Air Force’s manned Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) sixth generation fighter, in order to survive a service-ordered review, will have to be smaller […]
View ArticleNavigation Experts Urge Launch of Stored GPS Satellites with L5 Signal
The Global Positioning System (GPS) program, established in 1973, needs to launch four Lockheed Martin [LMT] GPS III satellites with the L5 signal in short order to help counter adversary […]
View ArticleU.S. Space Force Says It May Award Four PTS-G Contracts
The U.S. Space Force may award four companies Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) contracts. “The government intends to competitively award up to four Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity...
View ArticleBeck: DIU ‘Not Taking on Projects Anymore Where There’s Not a Pathway to Scale’
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has personnel at combatant commands and other forward locations to aid in fielding front-line equipment requests, DIU Director Doug Beck said last Friday. “The whole […]
View ArticleU.S. Space Command’s Commercial Integration Cell to Grow Beyond 17 Companies
The U.S. Space Force said on Wednesday that it has added five companies to the U.S. Space Command Combined Space Operations Center’s (CSpOC) Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) at Vandenberg Space […]
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