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Boeing awarded Air Force contract

The U.S. Air Force recently awarded Boeing a contract to design, build and deliver its next-generation fighter aircraft, the F-47, the world’s first sixth-generation fighter aircraft. The contract is for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the Next Generation Air Dominance... Read More »

Cobalt Magnet 25 to hold training exercise

The Cobalt Magnet 25, a training, exercise and planning program to ensure preparedness in the event of public health and safety emergencies, is holding a training exercise to prepare against radiological threats, incidents, and accidents at locations throughout southeast Michigan, Ohio, Indiana,... Read More »

Pratt & Whitney awarded $1.5B for F119 engine contract

Pratt & Whitney announced it had secured a three-year, $1.5 billion contract to sustain F119 engines, the power behind the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 fighter jets. The company, an RTX business, said the contract would improve the readiness and lower costs for the more than 400 engines in the U.S.... Read More »

Raytheon demonstrates technology for U.S. Army

Raytheon, a defense solutions company, recently completed 10 subsystem demonstrations of the U.S. Army's Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor (NGSRI). The technology eventually will replace the Stinger surface-to-air missile. Tests include: The NGSRI advanced seeker assembly demonstrated... Read More »

Lockheed Martin awarded $383M contract for sea defense

The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract modification for the development of the Trident II Strategic Weapons System (SWS) D5 missile. The $383 million cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification will allow the company to design the missile’s upgrade, called the... Read More »

Collins Aerospace awarded $904M U.S. Navy contract

The U.S. Navy recently awarded North Carolina-based Collins Aerospace, an integrated and intelligent solutions company serving the aerospace and defense industries, a follow-on contract for up to $904 million over five years. The contract is for the continued development of the U.S. Navy's... Read More »

Test flights demonstrate crewed-uncrewed teaming mission

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin's Demonstrations and Prototypes organization and the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) recently successfully showcased a crewed-uncrewed teaming mission. The Skunk Works and OPL teams conducted a series of flight tests that... Read More »

RTX awarded DARPA cyber resiliency contract

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded RTX’s BBN Technologies a contract Thursday that will support the agency’s Compartmentalization and Privilege management (COM) program. The CPM worker to enhance cyber resilience by automatically subdividing software systems into... Read More »

Army awards Raytheon $676M in contracts for TOW weapon system

The U.S. Army has awarded RTX’s Raytheon a $676 million contract to continue manufacturing the TOW weapon system. The tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided TOW system will be in service with the U.S. and allied forces beyond 2050, officials said. The contracts cover two separate... Read More »

Army awards Javelin contract to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin

On Thursday, the U.S. Army announced it had awarded the Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) contract to Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. The $1.3 billion contract is the largest single-year Javelin production contract covers Javelin missiles and associated equipment and services. The joint venture contract... Read More »

DoD awards more than $46M in research grants

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it had awarded more than $46 million in grants to support basic research in national security topics. The DoD awarded 19 grants to university-based faculty teams under its Minerva Research Initiative. The grants are three- to five-year awards... Read More »

Smiths Detection moves forward in partnership with SeeTrue

On Thursday, Smiths Detection, a business within Smiths Group, announced it was accelerating its partnership with AI-based threat detection software provider, SeeTrue. Smiths Detection said it had successfully integrated and tested SeeTrue’s technology into its advanced CT security checkpoint... Read More »