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5d ago
The Pentagon expects to have about 500 more Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles than previously anticipated, according to a Selected Acquisition Report dated Dec. 31, 2023, that was released publicly last month ..read more
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Year after year, long-term continuing resolutions have strangled the defense budgetary process, which Air Force officials say is exhausting time that could have been spent on advancing capabilities and blurring the service’s vision about what it might need to maintain superiority over the nation’s adversaries ..read more
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and BAE Systems are working together to build autonomous electronic warfare functions for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, GA-ASI announced today ..read more
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The Coalition for Government Procurement is asking the Defense Department to provide guidance on when requirements under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program will go into effect for specific contracts, in response to a proposed rule to make changes to the Pentagon’s acquisition regulations ..read more
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2w ago
The Army is scrapping plans to base its new Chinese ship-killing unit on Guam, removing the Mid-Range Capability (MRC) from the planned architecture for the Western Pacific U.S. territory -- an aspect of Defense Department designs for the region not previously made public ..read more
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2w ago
The Army is revising a 2018 modernization strategy for its dwindling fleet of ships that "will outline the vision and future end state for Army watercraft by 2030 and 2040," according to a Government Accountability Office report released last week ..read more
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Aeronautics sales for defense prime Lockheed Martin fell nearly 3% in the third quarter of 2024 -- from $6.7 billion to $6.5 billion -- compared to one year earlier, the company told investors today, attributing the loss directly to contractual and technical issues on its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program ..read more
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2w ago
The Pentagon inspector general announced a new audit today to determine whether the Defense Department's "enhanced end-use monitoring" of U.S. weapons being provided to Israel has been effective ..read more
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3w ago
South Korean defense giant Hanwha aims to take on module fabrication work for Navy ship and submarine programs as it begins operations at its recently acquired Philly Shipyard, according to the head of the company’s U.S. defense business ..read more
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3w ago
Pentagon acquisition chief Bill LaPlante chaired a meeting in Honolulu, HI, this week with national armaments directors from key U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific in the hopes of establishing a new forum capable of bolstering defense industrial capacity in the region ..read more