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Game Over: GAO Protest Reveals Cost Was Deciding Factor in B-21 Contest
Eight months ago, the Government Accountability Office shot down Boeing’s protest of the government’s decision to award the B-21 bomber contract to competitor Northrop Grumman. With the Tuesday release of its 52-page decision, the public now can read why.
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Lockheed CFO: No Agreement Yet on Price, Profit for F-35 Lots 9 and 10
A deal between Lockheed Martin and the Defense Department on the ninth and tenth lots of F-35s still appears to be elusive, as the organizations have not yet settled any one of the three “sticking points” mentioned by the company’s chief financial officer in a Tuesday earnings call.
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30 Years: F-35 — Too Big To Fail?
The F-35, doubtlessly the single most notorious program in the history of defense acquisition, is “too big to succeed and too big to fail.”
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30 Years: Unmanned Systems — Revolutionizing Modern Warfare
Unmanned systems proved irreplaceable during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, from the stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel reportedly used to monitor the Pakistani compound where Osama bin Laden was later killed, to the bomb-disposal robots that investigated hazardous areas while keeping US service members out of harm’s way.
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30 Years: Commercial Space — A Second Space Race Reignited
When NASA ended its space shuttle program in 2011, analysts questioned whether the space agency — and space exploration as a whole — was in decline. Five years later, those critics have been all but silenced with the entry of new commercial space startups.
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30 Years: GPS — Precise Comms, from ICBMs to Uber
Today, GPS is used by the military to guide intercontinental ballistic missiles and precision munitions, to direct unmanned systems, to track ground and airborne targets, and to allow troops to navigate and coordinate movements, among many other uses.
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Air Force Scrambles to Defeat Islamic State’s Flying Bomb Drones
The US military needs to quickly develop affordable methods to counter small unmanned drones used by Islamic State terrorists to move explosives into an area, the Air Force’s top civilian urged Monday.
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Raytheon Chooses Mississippi for T-X Final Assembly Site
Raytheon and Leonardo’s disagreements about the T-X trainer program appear to be in the rearview mirror.
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Raytheon, Leonardo Hash Out Differences Over T-X Trainer Partnership
The partnership between Raytheon and Italy’s Leonardo to sell jet trainers to the US is back on track after nearly falling apart thanks to a dispute over who calls the shots, multiple sources knowledgeable of the talks have told Defense News.
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Textron Begins a Limited Production Run of Scorpion Jet, But No Contract Yet
The company has seen an uptick in customer interest in flight demonstrations since the Air Force agreed to assess the aircraft.
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Game Over: GAO Protest Reveals Cost Was Deciding Factor in B-21 Contest
Eight months ago, the Government Accountability Office shot down Boeing’s protest of the government’s decision to award the B-21 bomber contract to competitor Northrop Grumman. With the Tuesday release of its 52-page decision, the public now can read why.
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Lockheed CFO: No Agreement Yet on Price, Profit for F-35 Lots 9 and 10
A deal between Lockheed Martin and the Defense Department on the ninth and tenth lots of F-35s still appears to be elusive, as the organizations have not yet settled any one of the three “sticking points” mentioned by the company’s chief financial officer in a Tuesday earnings call.
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30 Years: F-35 — Too Big To Fail?
The F-35, doubtlessly the single most notorious program in the history of defense acquisition, is “too big to succeed and too big to fail.”
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30 Years: Unmanned Systems — Revolutionizing Modern Warfare
Unmanned systems proved irreplaceable during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, from the stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel reportedly used to monitor the Pakistani compound where Osama bin Laden was later killed, to the bomb-disposal robots that investigated hazardous areas while keeping US service members out of harm’s way.
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30 Years: Commercial Space — A Second Space Race Reignited
When NASA ended its space shuttle program in 2011, analysts questioned whether the space agency — and space exploration as a whole — was in decline. Five years later, those critics have been all but silenced with the entry of new commercial space startups.
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30 Years: GPS — Precise Comms, from ICBMs to Uber
Today, GPS is used by the military to guide intercontinental ballistic missiles and precision munitions, to direct unmanned systems, to track ground and airborne targets, and to allow troops to navigate and coordinate movements, among many other uses.
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Air Force Scrambles to Defeat Islamic State’s Flying Bomb Drones
The US military needs to quickly develop affordable methods to counter small unmanned drones used by Islamic State terrorists to move explosives into an area, the Air Force’s top civilian urged Monday.
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Raytheon Chooses Mississippi for T-X Final Assembly Site
Raytheon and Leonardo’s disagreements about the T-X trainer program appear to be in the rearview mirror.
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Raytheon, Leonardo Hash Out Differences Over T-X Trainer Partnership
The partnership between Raytheon and Italy’s Leonardo to sell jet trainers to the US is back on track after nearly falling apart thanks to a dispute over who calls the shots, multiple sources knowledgeable of the talks have told Defense News.
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Textron Begins a Limited Production Run of Scorpion Jet, But No Contract Yet
The company has seen an uptick in customer interest in flight demonstrations since the Air Force agreed to assess the aircraft.
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Game Over: GAO Protest Reveals Cost Was Deciding Factor in B-21 Contest
Eight months ago, the Government Accountability Office shot down Boeing’s protest of the government’s decision to award the B-21 bomber contract to competitor Northrop Grumman. With the Tuesday release of its 52-page decision, the public now can read why.
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Lockheed CFO: No Agreement Yet on Price, Profit for F-35 Lots 9 and 10
A deal between Lockheed Martin and the Defense Department on the ninth and tenth lots of F-35s still appears to be elusive, as the organizations have not yet settled any one of the three “sticking points” mentioned by the company’s chief financial officer in a Tuesday earnings call.
-
30 Years: F-35 — Too Big To Fail?
The F-35, doubtlessly the single most notorious program in the history of defense acquisition, is “too big to succeed and too big to fail.”
-
30 Years: Unmanned Systems — Revolutionizing Modern Warfare
Unmanned systems proved irreplaceable during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, from the stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel reportedly used to monitor the Pakistani compound where Osama bin Laden was later killed, to the bomb-disposal robots that investigated hazardous areas while keeping US service members out of harm’s way.
-
30 Years: Commercial Space — A Second Space Race Reignited
When NASA ended its space shuttle program in 2011, analysts questioned whether the space agency — and space exploration as a whole — was in decline. Five years later, those critics have been all but silenced with the entry of new commercial space startups.
-
30 Years: GPS — Precise Comms, from ICBMs to Uber
Today, GPS is used by the military to guide intercontinental ballistic missiles and precision munitions, to direct unmanned systems, to track ground and airborne targets, and to allow troops to navigate and coordinate movements, among many other uses.
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Air Force Scrambles to Defeat Islamic State’s Flying Bomb Drones
The US military needs to quickly develop affordable methods to counter small unmanned drones used by Islamic State terrorists to move explosives into an area, the Air Force’s top civilian urged Monday.
-
Raytheon Chooses Mississippi for T-X Final Assembly Site
Raytheon and Leonardo’s disagreements about the T-X trainer program appear to be in the rearview mirror.
-
Raytheon, Leonardo Hash Out Differences Over T-X Trainer Partnership
The partnership between Raytheon and Italy’s Leonardo to sell jet trainers to the US is back on track after nearly falling apart thanks to a dispute over who calls the shots, multiple sources knowledgeable of the talks have told Defense News.
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Textron Begins a Limited Production Run of Scorpion Jet, But No Contract Yet
The company has seen an uptick in customer interest in flight demonstrations since the Air Force agreed to assess the aircraft.
