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Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]


Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]


CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]



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Army

Army Officially Puts Out Call For Industry’s MTC-Tracked Solutions To Replace M109

The Army has officially put out a call for industry’s solutions to meet its new tracked artillery modernization requirement, as it aims to find a replacement for the M109 self-propelled […]



Navy/USMC

Judge Finds For Saildrone In Lawsuit Over MUSV Rejection, Directs Navy To Reevaluate

A federal judge found in favor of autonomous maritime developer Saildrone suing over its exclusion from the first on-water testing phase of the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) program, restricting […]



Air Force

USAF Looks to Advance STITCHES With Upcoming Contract to Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Air Force is looking to award Lockheed Martin [LMT] a sole source contract to advance the System-of-Systems Technology Integration Tool Chain for Heterogeneous Electronic Systems (STITCHES). “The effort […]



Business/Financial

Lockheed Martin Invests $420 Million To Expand Missile Operations In Arkansas

Lockheed Martin [LMT] is investing $420 million in capital to expand missile production facilities in Camden, Ark., the state’s economic development authority said this week. The investment will expand production […]



Space

DIU Looks to Award Deorbit Demonstration Contract Next Month

The Pentagon is to make a downselect decision next month for a company’s orbital demonstration under the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)/Space Development Agency (SDA) Deorbit-as-a-Service (DaaS) program after a preliminary […]