As US-Japan ramp up joint plan, MDA’s hypersonic interceptor development steps forward
Washington and Tokyo hope to nail down co-funding details for the Glide Phase Interceptor by next year, according to a Pentagon spokesperson.
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Air Force won’t say whether newest ARRW test succeeded, echoing past failure
The Air Force fired another all-up round test of the Lockheed Martin-made ARRW, but like a previous test that a top official later admitted fell short of its goals, the service won’t claim that this test met all its objectives.
Northrop, Lockheed win combined $1.5B for SDA low Earth orbit data network
The award to Northrop Grumman Space Systems has a total value of approximately $733 million; the Lockheed Martin award, approximately $816 million, the SDA release said. All totaled, the Space Development Agency up to now has awarded nearly $4.5 billio…
Northrop Grumman joins US Air Force blended wing body aircraft program
Defense giant Northrop Grumman Corp. has officially joined the U.S. Air Force’s highly-efficient blended wing program. “We joined JetZero and Air Force officials for the Blended Wing Body Aircraft Prototype Project Announcement and panel di…
Lockheed, Northrop say they’re on ‘accelerated’ schedules in race for Next-Gen Interceptor
MDA’s goal is to field the Next-Generation Interceptor to replace its current Ground-Based Interceptors by 2028.
New counter-IED gear ready for use, US Navy says
The Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) Increment One Block One (I1B1) program has achieved full operational capability (FOC) ahead of schedule, the U.S. Navy Program Executive Office for Unmann…
In reversal, Air Force wants prototype NGAD engines from both Pratt and GE: Official
“[R]ight now with the way we’re funded, we think we can carry both [companies] through prototype, and both are leaning in fully. And so then we’ll let the prototype and test do the evaluation,” Air Force propulsion chief John Sneden said.
L3Harris: NATO could make E-3A replacement downselects over ‘next 6 months’
Asked about the timeline floated by an L3Harris official, a NATO spokesperson told Breaking Defense the alliance is still assessing “the way ahead.”
Northrop not competing for NGAD sixth-gen fighter: CEO
Northrop CEO Kathy Warden did not rule out working on the Air Force’s NGAD as a secondary partner, and indicated the company is still interested in the Navy’s next-gen fighter.
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