Americas * Oshkosh won one of the largest land forces defense contracts ever, taking the $30 billion JLTV contract. The initial order for 17,000 vehicles will start replacing Humvees in fiscal 2016 and really ramp in 2018. Runner ups were Lockheed and AM General. * In...
Americas * A House Representative is demanding answers from the Air Force Secretary regarding discrepancies over the Air Force's projected cost for the Long Range Strike Bomber program, after it emerged last week that the estimated program cost rose from $33.1 billion...
Americas * The Navy has begun integration testing and certification of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) onto F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft. The missile is scheduled for fielding on the aircraft in 2019, with the LRASM a joint DARPA/Navy development program...
Americas * Following the news earlier this week that the Pentagon intends to increase the number of UAV Combat Air Patrols by 50% by 2019, private contractors are reported to already be stepping into the breach to support stretched Air Force personnel. General Atomics...
CACI International received a $75 million task order to support the US Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) under the Technical Engineering Support Services...
Americas * Lockheed Martin is reportedly developing an optionally-manned, high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to replace the company's U-2 and Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk. The new design intends to combine the best features of...
Americas * The Missile Defense Agency is reportedly revamping the Airborne Laser (ABL) concept it ditched in 2012. The newly-designed concept will see the laser - designed to intercept ballistic missiles - equipping a long-range UAV. The head of Boeing's Phantom Works...
On Sept 30/08, "The USA's National Cybersecurity Initiative" focused on the belated but growing reaction to recent uses of cyber-attacks as an adjunct to warfare, and by the growing rate of attempted intrusions into American systems from countries like China. "Secure...
Americas * The Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado (LCS-4) has successfully conducted live-fire testing using the ship's surface warfare mission module, firing the ship's Mark 46 30mm cannon and Mark 110 57 mm gun, hitting surface targets off the West Coast. The BAE...