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Space Force Woos New Launch Bidders—But Startups Aren’t Quite Ready
Established giants are likely to win the first contracts awarded under a novel “two-lane” approach.
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Boeing Losses on KC-46 Tanker Top $7B
With more than 70 percent of the planned fleet already ordered, the plane remains a financial burden.
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‘No Deal is Certain’: Raytheon CEO Says of Aerojet’s Pending Sale to L3Harris
After slamming an earlier proposal for the rocket maker, Greg Hayes is taking a different tack.
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The Pentagon Is Increasingly Relying on Billionaires’ Rockets. And It’s OK with That.
Space Force leaders say carefully written contracts can prevent things like SpaceX’s about-face on Ukrainian satcomms.
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Space Symposium Conference Wire 1: All About Launches
The country's biggest space-focused conference gets underway in a year that's "all about launches."
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Pentagon Gives Aerojet Rocketdyne $216M to Boost Production of Weapons Used in Ukraine
The deal will help speed up manufacturing of Javelin, Stinger, and GMLRS rockets.
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Army Picked Pricier Black Hawk Replacement Over ‘Unacceptable’ Losing Bid, GAO Says
The Army found Sikorsky-Boeing's offering too vague, a new GAO document says.
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Boeing Eyes Summer Flight Tests for Delayed Training Jet, Citing ‘Progress’ on Ejection-Seat Woes
The company says it’s almost ready to test-fly the Air Force’s T-7A Red Hawk, but lawmakers are impatient.
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GAO Upholds Army Choice of Bell V-280 to Replace Black Hawk Helicopter
Sikorsky and Boeing had protested the service’s decision.
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Sea-Air-Space Conference Wire 2: Drones and Their Antidotes
Unmanned craft are big on Day 1 of the Navy's League's annual conference.
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Insitu’s New Shipboard Drone Launches and Catches Other Drones
The FLARS quadcopter nabs larger fixed-wing Integrators in flight and lowers them to the deck.
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Largest US Shipbuilder Expects More Profits From Drones, AI Than Surface Ships, Soon
The nation’s largest shipbuilder expects “mission tech” like AI and undersea drones to outpace revenue from surface combatants.
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Why It’s Hard to Double GMLRS Production
Ukraine could use more of the devastating artillery rockets, but Lockheed says tooling, labor, and supply-chain problems prevent big leaps in production.
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New Artillery Round Shoots Farther Than Some Missiles, Can Hit Moving Targets
Similar rounds, like the Excalibur, have been shipped in large numbers to Ukraine.
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