Weapons
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Air Force
Two-Year Effort to Design, Build, Test USAF Next Generation Penetrator Prototypes to Begin
Albuquerque’s Applied Research Associates (ARA) is to work with Boeing [BA] over the next two years to design, build, and test subscale and full scale prototypes of a Next Generation […]
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Air Force
USAF APKWS Getting Software Upgrade for Counter Drone Operations
As part of an effort to field more affordable, counter drone systems, the U.S. Air Force in April issued a relatively small, $1.6 million contract to BAE Systems‘ site in […]
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Navy/USMC
RTX Nabs $205 Million Contract To Keep Building Phalanx CIWS
The Navy on Friday awarded RTX [RTX] a $205 million modification to continue procurement of the MK 15 Close-In Weapons Systems. The Defense Department contract notice said this entails procuring […]
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Army
Army Awards Lockheed Martin $9.8 Billion PAC-3 MSE Contract
The Army awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $9.8 billion contract to produce 1,970 Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors for the U.S. and international partners, […]
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International
CoAspire, Zone 5 Tapped To Provide Long-Range Missiles For Ukraine
The State Department last Thursday announced an $825 million foreign military sale for long-range missiles that will be supplied to Ukraine by Zone 5 Technologies and CoAspire and paid for […]
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Navy/USMC
BAE Nabs $1.7 Billion Contract For Up To 55,000 APKWS IIs
BAE Systems on Aug.28 won a $1.74 billion contract vehicle for production and delivery of up to 55,000 full rate production lots 13 to 17 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Tech Accelerator Preps Opportunity To Demo Prototype High Speed Weapons
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division is preparing to issue an opportunity for vendors to demonstrate prototype high speed weapons, with the goal of seeing a wide range of […]
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International
State Department Approves $346 Million Munitions Request by Nigeria
The U.S. State Department has notified Congress of the department’s approval of a request by Nigeria to buy $346 million of munitions and technical support in a foreign military sale […]
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Weapons
Reduction in Hypersonic Weapon Cost Eyed By Industry
Companies developing hypersonic weapons are collaborating to explore reducing their cost, a Leidos [LDOS] official said on Thursday. One of the arguments against hypersonic missiles has been their cost—at least […]
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Special Operations
Low-Cost Cruise Missile Funding in Reconciliation Act Awaiting Contract Obligation
The fiscal 2025 reconciliation law includes $1.5 billion over the next four years for low-cost cruise missiles–$1 billion for DoD and another $500 million for “exportable” low-cost cruise missiles. Possible […]