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Shell companies purchase radioactive materials, prompting push for nuclear licensing reform
Shell companies used fraudulent licenses to purchase radioactive materials, prompting calls for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to overhaul its licensing system.
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Maxar to aid L3Harris in tracking missiles from space
The United States, Russia and China are among countries developing hypersonic missiles, which can exceed the speed of sound and are harder to track than conventional missiles.
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Congress should allow Pentagon to work with start-ups on needed innovation
The Pentagon and Silicon Valley need to team up. Ignoring the role of institutional venture capital in identifying, supporting, and scaling the most promising commercial technology firms is at best inefficient and at worst it is grossly irresponsible.
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Army seeks data as it fields Next Generation Squad Weapons
The data platform “will enable units to regularly assess weapons’ health, reduce failure rates, extend the lifetime of a weapon and optimize maintenance plans,” the company stated in a release.
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QinetiQ’s American unit agrees to buy software specialist Avantus
“This acquisition is an important step in the execution of QinetiQ’s five-year ambitions to expand our presence in the US,” according to the company’s CEO.
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Booz Allen says acquisition aimed at Lockheed, Raytheon, ‘billions’ in contracts
"The government’s narrative is not only inaccurate — it makes no sense," reads one document filed in Maryland federal court.
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US Army to collaborate with SpaceLink on tactical communications network
The cooperative research and development agreement allows the organizations to share facilities, intellectual property and expertise to “elevate solutions for both the warfighter and industry,” the company said in a statement.
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Machinist union votes to approve new Boeing contract, averting strike
The union had objected to proposed changes to employees' 401(k) benefits, and in late July voted to reject the contract offer and strike.
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Pentagon’s secret communications network to get upgrade from Booz Allen
“DISA has made clear that we will not forget that the ‘fight’ is fought on SIPRNet,” said Christopher Barnhurst, the agency’s deputy director.
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Biden pick for Pentagon acquisitions role vows to cut weapons system costs
The Pentagon is struggling to control costs associated with sustaining its weapons systems. For the Lockheed Martin-made F-35 jet, sustainment costs are on track to become so expensive that the Air Force will either have to cut its planned buy or flying hours, the the Government Accountability Office found.
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Biden presses for chips legislation in meeting with Pentagon’s No. 2 and Lockheed
President Joe Biden met virtually on Monday with the chief executive of Lockheed Martin and other companies to spur forward a bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States.
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Leonardo DRS chief talks taking out drone swarms and what integrated sensing has in common with Tesla
The Army won't be able to shoot down a swarm of enemy drones they way it would a single drone, Leonardo DRS CEO William Lynn said, so it needs a new strategy.
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UK aviation sustainability mandates could bolster US defense sector
Companies at the Farnborough Airshow this week are highlighting their investments in aviation sustainability, and executives say that while much of this work is driven by U.K. government requirements, it will have ripple effects across business areas.
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General Dynamics IT wins $908 million Air Force networks contract in Europe
The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity deal has a five-year base period with one three-year option available, according to the company.
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Raytheon says upgraded aircraft landing system could help Air Force in conflict zones
The eJPALS precision landing system could be a key tool for the Air Force as it seeks to establish networks of spread out, light bases in austere locations.
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L3Harris, Northrop picked for $1.3 billion hypersonics tracking satellite project
Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear on Monday declined to say who else was interested in furnishing the systems, but did say the competition was healthy and heating up.
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Leonardo, Mitsubishi to collaborate on radar technology demonstration
The agreement, announced during the Farnborough Airshow, follows the completion of a series of joint concept and feasibility studies between the two companies earlier this year and signifies approval from their respective national defence ministries to move forward with the program.
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Valkyrie success may push Skyborg drone concept to other programs, Kratos says
“This is getting to the end of the Skyborg program, is where we are,” Kratos executive Jeffrey Herro said at Farnborough.
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Boeing applying lessons learned from Air Force One contract, defense CEO says
"If we learned something that didn’t work out this way, we’ll take a different approach going forward," said Boeing Defense CEO Ted Colbert.
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US Air Force says options limited for speeding deliveries of Wedgetail
Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter said the E-7 Wedgetail's capabilities are impressive, and a "night and day" difference from the old AWACS planes slated for retirement.
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Lockheed working on expendable, advanced drones to team up with Air Force fighters
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works hopes to have expendable drones ready for the Air Force to use in the next few years, if a war with China breaks out.
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US Air Force looking to Europe for commercial technologies, official says
The Air Force's acquisition executive said today that in order to make fast progress on its "operational imperatives," the service must take advantage of mature technology developed by industry and the scientific community through organizations like the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Defense Innovation Unit.
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Gmail fix for junior soldiers? Army launches Google email beta
The service started testing the Google products this week, a source said.
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Lockheed nabs $59 million order for Stryker cyber, electronic warfare suite
Officials have said the Terrestrial Layer System-Brigade Combat Team program will help defeat threats on an increasingly digital battlefield.
US urges speed in Booz Allen antitrust case as NSA intel contract nears
U.S. attorneys argue a speedier clip is necessary to preserve competition on a National Security Agency contract dubbed Optimal Decision, which deals with signals intelligence and simulation services.
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AT&T, 26 other companies join Air Force’s $950 million JADC2 effort
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall considers the buildout of next-generation command and control an imperative, and in recent months called for more tangible, operational results and less arcane experimentation.
