NATO Nuclear Mission. While Pantex said in May that it built the first production B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb almost a year early on the heels of the last B61-12 coming off the line, the Royal Air Force (RAF) is to buy 12 new Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters capable of carrying conventional munitions ...
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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] another 10-year contract to maintain and upgrade the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system in a contract worth up to $2.97 billion. This specifically means the company’s Rotary and Missile Systems (LM RMS) will provide a ...
F-47 Strategic Planning Choices. U.S. Air Force leaders are to examine strategic choices on F-47 development by the end of January next year, as done in the first quarter of fiscal 2025 for the then-named Next Generation Air Dominance manned fighter. The service requests $3.5 billion in fiscal 2026 ...
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 will reuse to increase flight test cadence to support hypersonic technology development. The ...
Golden Dome Summit Axed. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on June 2 abruptly canceled an industry summit for the Golden Dome air and missile defense initiative. It was set to occur in downtown Huntsville, Ala., on June 11. MDA said that “an announcement will be made on SAM.gov if/when a new date ...
The Secretary of the Navy this week noted some specific benefits Japanese and South Korean shipyards have that Americans can learn from, while hinting foreign allied shipyards could perform more maintenance on U.S. Navy ships as the service tries to improve shipbuilding and maintenance timelines. S ...
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed a top Biden administration DoD official changed the Guam Defense System (GDS) missile defense architecture in the final days of the administration, notably canceling the new radar system. While the new report warned DoD has not ...
The Defense Department's plan to add missile defense systems to Guam in a new organizational structure is running into major problems as a recent watchdog report finds they still lack key strategies, final plans for maintenance of systems and a deployment schedule. The latest Government ...
Palantir/Divergent. In a new partnership announced on May 20, Palantir will provide access to Divergent Technologies’ advanced manufacturing system on its Foundry and Warp Speed software platforms. “The partnership provides Palantir's defense and commercial customers with seamless access to ...
ST LOUIS — Commercial satellite imagery and sensing leaders see growing demand in the international market for geospatial intelligence and are looking at ways to increase collaboration and streamline the way U.S. government and international partners can access commercial insights. “We’re ...