Meink: U.S. Has Orbital Space Weapons, SB-AMTI To Launch This Month, 500 CCAs by 2032
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The United States has orbital space weapons, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on Monday. “What’s becoming even more important as we move forward is sensing and command […]
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House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature
The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]
Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort
Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]
Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests
The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]
U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says
The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]
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Army Confirms Lockheed Also Advances To Demo Phase Of IFPC Inc. 2 Second Interceptor Competition
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has also advanced in the Army’s competition to develop a second interceptor for the Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) Increment 2 defeat system, a service spokesperson confirmed […]
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Navy Awards Boeing First MQ-25 Production Contract
The Navy on Monday awarded Boeing [BA] $562 million in its first MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker production contract. This is a fixed price incentive contract specifically for Stingray Lot […]
Air Force
Swarm Aero Tosses Hat In The Ring For Massed Modular Aircraft
Swarm Aero on Monday unveiled Gamera, the company’s offering for the Air Force’s future Massed Modular Aircraft (MMA) to replace the current MQ-9A Reaper surveillance and strike drones. Gamera will […]
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Defense Startup Covenant Opens Dallas Site To Build Thousands Of Anthem Low-Cost Missiles
Defense startup Covenant is opening a facility in Dallas on Wednesday to start building thousands of its new Anthem low-cost, long-range missiles, with deliveries to begin later this year to […]
Space
Space Force Finalizes Texas Site For Deep Space Radar
The Space Force last week said it approved the project planning for its third Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) site, which will be located in Lake Kickapoo, Texas. DARC […]
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Optimizing Data Centers to Meet Growing Mission Demands
By Jason Dunn-Potter, Defense Opinion Writer A century ago, innovation in national defense wasn’t defined by data, but by dominance. After World War I, the aircraft carrier became one of […]
Small Businesses Struggle to Contribute to National Defense
By Nancy Langer, Defense Opinion Writer Whenever I was in a tight spot in a war zone I always thought, “why don’t I have a gun?” As a humanitarian I […]
Why Brussels’ Spectrum Move is About More than Satellites
By Jean-Francois Morizur, Ph.D., Defense Opinion Writer. European Commission leaders recently said they want to reserve two-thirds of a coveted spectrum band for operators working within the EU. This is a proposal, and […]
Human Judgment is the Artificial Intelligence Edge
By Jonathan Aberman, Defense Opinion Writer. The Department of Defense (DoD) is moving fast on artificial intelligence (AI). Very fast. With $13.4 billion requested for AI and autonomous systems in fiscal year […]
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