The Statement Department on Monday said it has approved a potential $55.3 million foreign military sale (FMS) of the Raytheon Technologies [RTX]-bult Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2 tactical missiles to Japan. Japan is seeking up to 51 RAM Block 2 missiles and related equipment. The RAM is ...
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Boeing [BA] said Thursday it is teaming up with General Atomics and Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] in its bid for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. Boeing also said Northrop Grumman [NOC] will serve as a component supplier on the Boeing-led team. ...
The Coast Guard National Security Cutter Waesche on Sunday suffered fires aboard the ship during a deployment in support of the U.S. Navy and arrived in port in Japan on Tuesday for an inspection and potential repairs, the Coast Guard said late Tuesday night. The fires were discovered in the ship� ...
The Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) held a virtual discussion on Sept. 15-16 with allied nations on ethical principles for the use of AI. The debut Partnership for Defense (PfD) meeting defense included representatives from the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, ...
The Defense Department awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] $60 million in two contracts for Aegis ballistic missile defense contract modifications. A Sept. 1 modification valued at $8 million provides for scope supporting Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD), including additional Aegis BMD modeling and ...
Naval Support Facility (NSF) Redzikowo, the site of the second Aegis Ashore missile defense system, was officially commissioned on Sept. 3. This ceremony marked the turnover of the base’s newly finished support facilities from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as the entity in charge of ...
Small UAS Help. Customs and Border Protection said its use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have been used to assist in more than 1,500 apprehensions by Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley sector along the U.S. border with Mexico. The agency said that over the weekend of Aug. ...
The State Department approved two possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of missiles to Japan and the United Kingdom worth $63 million and $46 million, respectively. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of both sales on August 26. Japan requested 32 Raytheon ...
A downsized two week-long Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise kicked off on Aug. 17 off the coast of Hawaii, limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a recorded opening message, Vice Adm. Scott Conn, commander of the 3rd Fleet and 2020 RIMPAC commander, underscored that “everything we are doing ...
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded BAE Systems a $104 million contract on Aug. 13 to conduct a scheduled depot maintenance period for the USS Preble (DDG-88). This contract aims to maintain, modernize, and repair the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The contract announcement underscored ...