Shipbuilding Propels GD To Strong Third Quarter
General Dynamics [GD] on Friday reported strong sales and earnings in the third quarter led by the company’s shipbuilding business followed by the Aerospace segment. The company’s Marine Systems segment […]
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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 Picks Lockheed For Future Interceptor Development Effort Estimated At $1.08 Billion
The Army has officially picked Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the Future Interceptor development effort, estimating a project value of $1.08 billion that includes a $423 million cost-sharing commitment from the […]
Navy/USMC
Fairbanks Morse Defense Wins $99 Million Contract For Sub Overhaul Work
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) on Tuesday said it won a $99 million four-year contract to provide repair and parts for submarine Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) overhauls on six U.S. Navy […]
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
Broad Strength Powers Leonardo DRS To Higher Earnings And Sales In Third Quarter
Leonardo DRS [DRS] on Thursday posted double-digit top and bottom-line gains in the third quarter due to strength across its operating segments. Net income rose 60 percent to $115 million, […]
Space
Firefly Aerospace Says Space Systems Command Using FORGE for WFOV Satellite
U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command System Delta 84 has used the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) system developed by Firefly Aerospace‘s [FLY] SciTec subsidiary, according to the company. […]
Commentary
South Korea’s Hypersonic Trade-Off
By Ju Hyung Kim, Defense Opinion Writer South Korea’s recent test flight of its first domestically produced hypersonic weapon represents another milestone in the country’s growing defense industrial capacity. Nonetheless, […]
The ‘Warfighting Acquisition System’ and What it Means for Weapons Development
By Paul Maguire, Defense Opinion Writer. For decades, the Department of Defense has operated on a model that assumes time is an ally. The reality of 2026 and the array […]
Iran Conflict Reaffirms Need for More Aircraft Carriers
By Steven Willis, Defense Opinion Writer The most important naval lesson emerging from the ongoing conflict with Iran is the continuing value of aircraft carriers and their embarked air wings […]
The Pentagon’s AI Acceleration Challenge
By Zhenia Klevitsky, Defense Opinion Writer The Department of Defense’s race to operationalize artificial intelligence (AI) has entered a new phase. The fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) allocated significant […]
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