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New small cruise missile slated for SOCOM gunship test
Digital engineering is helping smaller companies make big leaps in missile design.
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Air Force taps Leidos to lead digital infrastructure for connect-everything effort
The $303 million contract charges the company with leading the planning and analysis for the Advanced Battle Management System’s digital infrastructure network.
Can ULA clear the final hurdle on Vulcan?
The company is preparing to launch the heavy-lift rocket for the second time, on Friday.
The Navy’s new missile sub could cost ‘hundreds of millions’ extra: GAO
Report criticizes Electric Boat’s rosy assumptions, Navy’s spotty analysis.
Replicator 2 effort aims to produce anti-drone defenses
The second phase of the Pentagon’s make-more-stuff-quickly effort will kick off in the 2026 budget request, a memo says.
Aerojet digging ‘out of this hole’ as it clears rocket backlog, president says
Thousands of motors behind schedule last year, the company says its deliveries are catching up again.
Is Australia worried about US submarine production? Over to you, SECDEF
At AUKUS meeting, Aussie defense chief defers to Austin, who says US is on the right track.
Companies that left Russia after 2022 invasion saw reputation boost, study shows
Even firms that hesitated eventually saw better net buzz.
Mission systems sold separately: Air Force debuts ‘next-gen acquisition model’
Service says buying planes’ brains separately will help integrate the entire force.
FBI raids defense contractor Carahsoft
Company president says the agents were there "as part of an investigation into a company with which Carahsoft has done business in the past."
Dueling robot wingmen take the stage
Questions of survivability, missions, and sustainment of CCAs still linger.
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Protest puts US Army’s $990M loitering-munition contract on hold
The month-old sole-source award went to AeroVironment for its Switchblades.
