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Navy, Microsoft Team Up for R&D—and the Rights to Sell What Emerges
The Seattle-based tech giant will get access to Naval Postgraduate School facilities and the chance to negotiate exclusive rights for technology it helps develop there.
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Boeing’s Low-Ball Defense Bidding Has Come Back to Bite Them
The company has lost billions of dollars and the pandemic is making things worse.
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CEO: Boeing Should Have Rejected Trump’s Air Force One Deal
The company revealed that it has lost $660 million outfitting the next presidential jets—so far.
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It Will Be Years Before Raytheon Can Build New Stinger Missiles
The U.S. has been sending its Stingers to Ukrainian forces battling Russia.
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Lockheed Is Delivering F-35s Late—But the Pentagon Is Also Buying Them Too Quickly, GAO Says
More than one-quarter of recent jets are arriving behind schedule, but ahead of planned components that will require costly retrofits, the watchdog says.
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Soldiers Will Have to Wait Until Next Year for New Rifle, Ammo
Sig Sauer’s decade-long contract to make the weapons leads off with a tiny order for quality testing.
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Inflation, Supply Problems Could Push F-35 Cost Higher Than Expected, Lockheed Says
Negotiations continue on three batches of jets—Lots 15 to 17—that were expected to be finalized last year.
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Pentagon, Industry Leaders Meet to Talk Replenishing Military Weapons Stockpiles
Top-level Pentagon meeting comes as the U.S. prepares to send more sophisticated and lethal weapons to Ukraine.
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Collins Aerospace Creates Group to Make Hypersonic Weapons, Next-Generation Aircraft
The Advanced Structures unit will specialize in using composite materials to make lighter, more versatile systems.
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Space Symposium 2022 Conference Wire: Sky Eyes
The intelligence community is relying on commercial satellite imagery to keep tabs on Russia, and more from Day 2.
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Satellite Firms Are Helping Debunk Russian Claims, Intel Chief Says
Will the Pentagon protect those firms from enemy attack? It’s a “fairly sensitive conversation,” U.S. Space Command says.”
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L3Harris Stands Up Group to Speed Military Tech Development
It’s the latest reorganization by CEO Chris Kubasik to help to win Pentagon business.
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Defense Firms Should Hire Ukrainian, Afghan Refugees, Navy’s Top Admiral Urges
Adm. Mike Gilday touts shipbuilding apprentice programs as perfect landing spots.
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