Frank Wolfe
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Business/FinancialAnduril to Focus on Mid-Sized Tactical SRMs at Mississippi Plant
Anduril Industries plans to focus on mid-sized tactical solid rocket motors (SRMs) in an effort to build 6,000 SRMs annually by the end of next year at the company’s new […]
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Business/FinancialLeidos Receives Sea Dart Contract from ‘Classified Customer,’ Reports Increase in 2nd Quarter Earnings
Leidos [LDOS] has received a contract from a “classified customer” for 12 Sea Dart unmanned underwater vessels “to augment their arsenals,” Leidos CEO Tom Bell said in the opening segment […]
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Business/FinancialUnion Machinists Go On Strike At Boeing Defense Plants in Missouri and Illinois
The 3,200 union machinists at Boeing [BA] plants in Mascoutah, Ill., and St. Charles and St. Louis, Mo.–among whom will be those helping to build the U.S. Air Force’s F-47 […]
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SpaceGMTI Satellites to Launch in Next Year, Preceding AMTI for Space Force, Service Says
The U.S. Space Force plans to launch ground moving target indicator (GMTI) satellites in the next year for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and then expand GMTI to other combatant commands, but, […]
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SpaceNew Electro-Optical Commercial Services Program Advised by Senate Defense Appropriators
Senate defense appropriators want to create a new electro-optical commercial services program that would have at least $100 million in annual funding starting in fiscal 2027. The move comes amid […]
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Air ForceBig Department of Air Force Plus Ups from SAC-D Include C-130J; JASSM; EA-37B; Tranche 3, Transport Layer
The largest U.S. Air Force aircraft procurement program dollar increase advised by the Senate Appropriations Committee defense panel’s (SAC-D) fiscal 2026 report is $1.7 billion for Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130Js, […]
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PentagonDOT&E Nominee Favors DT/OT Integration and Increased Automation
Amy Henninger, the nominee to become the Pentagon’s next director of operational test and evaluation (DOT&E), said that she favors the integration of developmental and operational testing and that she […]
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Air ForceNo Explanation Yet from DoD or USAF on Classification Justification for Qatari Jet Program
The Qatari gift of a Boeing [BA] 747-8i luxury airliner to the U.S. for use as Air Force One was a gift that President Trump welcomed, at least in part […]
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Air ForceMerlin to Integrate Its Mission Autonomy Software Onto Northrop Grumman M437
Boston-based Merlin said on Wednesday that it is to integrate its Merlin Pilot autonomy software for Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Beacon testbed project using the Scaled Composites Model 437 (M437) aircraft. […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Announces Completion of First Qualification Test of Sentinel Stage-Two Solid Rocket Motor
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Tuesday that the company and the U.S. Air Force completed the first qualification test of a stage-two solid rocket motor for the LGM-35A Sentinel Intercontinental […]