INDOPACOM Commander Praises LUCAS And MEROPS Drones
Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), used the phrase “unmanned hellscape” in June 2024, to describe what China would face in the Taiwan Strait if […]
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USAF Surveying Industry On Cheaper, Long-Range Ground Attack Missiles On Cargo Planes And Fighters
The office of Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Lyons, the service’s portfolio acquisition executive for weapons and the head of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s armament directorate at Eglin […]
Navy Tests New Long Range Version Of JDAM
The Navy earlier this month tested a new Boeing [BA] GBU-75 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Long Range (LR) variant in an effort to add another affordable munition to carrier […]
L3Harris Announces $1 Billion Solid Solid Rocket Motor Expansion In Virginia
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Wednesday announced an agreement with the Virginia and local governments to more than double its solid rocket motor (SRM) manufacturing space at its Orange County site […]
Army Orders $4.8 Billion In Lockheed Martin PAC-3 MSEs
The Army on April 9 awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $4.76 billion contract for production of an unspecified number of Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles. The […]
DOT&E Advises Completion Of Adequate Testing For Large Penetrator Smart Fuze
The Air Force needs to complete adequate testing of the Large Penetrator Smart Fuze (LPSF) for the GBU-57 A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), according to the fiscal 2025 Director of […]
To Help Meet USAF Demand, PBS Aerospace Plans To More Than Double Small Turbojet Engine Capacity
PBS Aerospace, the U.S. subsidiary of the Czech-based PBS Group, plans to increase its production capacity for turbojet engines from 2,000 this year to 5,000 next year at its Roswell, […]
Lockheed Martin Rolls Out Low-Cost Containerized Grizzly Launcher
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Tuesday unveiled its new Grizzly low-cost containerized launcher that can fire Hellfire missiles from a 10-foot shipping container, having recently completed its first live-fire tests. The […]
No Estimate From Military Officials On Future Percentage Of Low-Cost Munitions For DoD
The Pentagon’s recently formed Munitions Acceleration Council, chaired by Deputy Defense Secretary Steven Feinberg, has eyed a doubling or quadrupling of production for about a dozen munitions viewed by the […]
USAF Seeks Benchmarking Of Northrop Grumman’s Performance On SiAW
Through a request for information (RFI) issued this month, the U.S. Air Force is seeking to benchmark the performance of Northrop Grumman [NOC] on the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW). “The […]