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Friday, January 16th, 2026

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Northrop Grumman delivers 1,500th F-35 center fuselage

Virginia-based Northrop Grumman, a global aerospace and defense technology company, recently delivered the 1,500th center fuselage for the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter from its integrated assembly line (IAL) in Palmdale, Calif. The F-35 Lightning II is a stealthy, supersonic, multirole... Read More »

U.S. Navy selects Northrop Grumman for rocket motor program

The U.S. Navy selected Elkton, MD-based Northrop Grumman Corporation for a $04.3 million contract to develop a new 21-inch second-stage solid rocket motor (SSRM). The Navy said the rocket motor was for its extended-range missile programs to deter and defeat fast-moving air, surface and... Read More »

Shift5 launches GPS threat detection platform

Operational Intelligence platform Shift5 announced the launch of its Radio Frequency (RF)-enabled GPS threat detection system that strengthens resilience against GPS spoofing. The company said its upgraded offering uses near real-time serial bus monitoring and Software Defined Radio (SDR) to... Read More »

Lockheed Martin moves forward with DoD on PAC-3 production

Lockheed Martin announced it has signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense to accelerate the production and delivery of PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors. The agreement is designed to deliver sustained production at scale and will increase annual capacity from... Read More »

Lockheed Martin demonstrates AI system

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works successfully completed a live demonstration of artificial intelligence driven mission contingency management (AI/MCM) on a Stalker XE Block 25 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and a Alta X 2.0 drone Drone Amplified modified. The test simulated multiple variations of... Read More »

Markets investment firm CVC acquires Smiths Detection

U.K.-based CVC, a global private markets investment firm, announced it had acquired Smiths Detection, an airport and critical infrastructure threat-detection firm. The acquisition leverages CVC’s experience in executing corporate care-outs and scaling for newly independent companies, while... Read More »

Pratt & Whitney awarded $1.6B contract for F135 engines

Pratt & Whitney, a designer, manufacturer and servicer of aircraft engines and auxiliary power units for military, commercial and civil aviation customers, recently was awarded a $1.6 billion undefinitized contract action for the sustainment of F135 engines. Sustainment activities include depot... Read More »

U.S. Navy awards ATAC $200M contract for Stand Off Jammer

Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) announced it won a contract from the U.S. Navy to provide Stand-off Jamming Jets Services training. The contract would pay up to $200 million over the five years for ATAC, a Textron Inc., company, to provide SOJ Jets Services training to the U.S. Navy... Read More »

Amazon launches “AI bug bounty”

Amazon has launched a private Artificial Intelligence bug bounty program on select Amazon AI models and applications. The program will engage security researchers and experts at leading universities to identify and remediate potential security issues, in order to build a safer and more robust... Read More »

Christine Wormuth elected president, CEO of NTI

The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) announced it has elected Christine Wormuth, former Secretary of the Army, as the organization’s new president and CEO. Wormuth will take over the position on Nev. 17. Adm. Mike Mullen, who led the search, made the announcement on behalf of NTI’s Board of... Read More »

U.S. Army selects contractor for nextgen C-UAS missiles

Huntsville, AL-based AeroVironment, Inc. said it was selected to provide the U.S. Army with its Next Generation C-UAS Missile. The company, a leading provider of Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems and advanced air and missile defense technologies, was also awarded at nearly $96 million contract... Read More »

Lockheed Martin awarded $233M military contract

The U.S. Navy and Air National Guard recently awarded Lockheed Martin, a global defense technology company, a $233 million firm-fixed-price contract to deliver IRST21 Block II systems and initial spares. IRST21 is an infrared search and track (IRST) sensor that passively detects and tracks... Read More »

Progress made in the development of solid rocket motor

Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics said this week they have made significant progress in the joint development of solid rocket motor (SRM) production. In April, the teams broke ground on a solid rocket motor manufacturing site in Camden, Ark., that will feature more than 50,000-square-feet of... Read More »