Weapons
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Weapons$694 Million Production Contract May Straighten ARRW
While Air Force leaders during the Biden administration viewed hypersonic weapons with some skepticism due to their projected high unit costs and uncertain benefits, current Air Force leaders are full […]
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PentagonLockheed Martin Says 10-Year F-35 Framework Deal Enables Addition Of 6th-Gen Capabilities
A 10-year production framework for the F-35 multi-role fighter announced by the Defense Department on Thursday gives aircraft builder Lockheed Martin [LMT] the long-term stability in the program to pursue […]
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Business/FinancialBAE Agrees To Increase APKWS Production Under Multi-Year Framework With DoD
BAE Systems will “surge” production of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) to 25,000 annually for the Defense Department under a new agreement that also creates a path to […]
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Missile DefenseAnduril Industries Looks for Steelfin Variants To Take On Drone and Missile Threats
Anduril Industries said that it has contracts for the company’s Steelfin, a two-stage interceptor that is to be low-cost, modular, and adaptable to take on a variety of air and […]
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WeaponsUrsa Major Wins Contracts For Navy Solid Rocket Motor Development
Ursa Major on Monday announced it won $137 million in two contracts from the Pentagon to develop solid rocket motors (SRMs) for the Compact Air-to-Air Missile (CAAM) and the Naval […]
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WeaponsBoeing Awarded $14.7 Billion Contract For PAC-3 MSE Seekers To Match Framework Agreement
Boeing [BA] on Monday announced it won a $14.7 billion undefinitized contract action from Lockheed Martin [LMT] to boost its production of Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) […]
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Navy/USMCBlackbeard Flight Tested On Super Hornet
The Navy recently successfully finished a flight test of the Castelion Blackbeard air-longed hypersonic missile from an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., another step in […]
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Air ForceUkraine Requests U.S. Provision of S-300 ‘Clones’ and TELs For APKWS
The U.S. would conduct industry competitions for the provision of nearly $2.7 billion in military equipment requested by Ukraine this month and funded by Norwegian “jump start” dollars and Foreign […]
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Air ForceUSAF Awards Raytheon Nearly $21 Billion for AMRAAM Foreign Orders
The U.S. Air Force has awarded RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon an almost $20.7 billion contract for multi-year production of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) for foreign allies through […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Gets GM Defense-Made PAC-3 MSE Components Under One Month From Order
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Sept. 17 announced it received the first mission-critical components for the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor from GM Defense under a month […]
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