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Army’s Mesquite Facility Not Close To Making 155mm Metal Parts, Re-Scoping With GD

Rich Abott — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:32:47 +0000

Nearly two years after opening an artillery projectile facility, Army officials last week admitted they are still not close to having a new Mesquite, Texas, facility actually produce metal parts […]

Glass “Half Full” To Revive Canceled Next-Gen Patriot Interceptor, Army Official Says

Rich Abott — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:35:49 +0000

An Army official this week said it looks like the Army will move forward on some aspects of the previously canceled Lower-Tier Future Interceptor (LTFI) program it had been pursuing […]

Lozano Says Army Plans To Award PrSM Inc. 2 Buy In Mid-2026

Rich Abott — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 21:14:45 +0000

The Army hopes to start buying the next version of a long-range fire weapon, Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, in the middle of 2026, a senior official said Monday. […]

Army Planning New Air And Missile Defense Strategy Geared For 2040

Rich Abott — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:52:28 +0000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The three-star general that leads the Army’s Air and Missile Defense (AMD) command said the service is looking into a set of new weapons and capabilities to […]

Boeing Set To Break Annual PAC-3 Seeker Production Record

Rich Abott — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:37:30 +0000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Boeing [BA] on Tuesday said it is on track this year to break its annual record for production on the seeker of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Patriot […]

Army Official Lays Out Second IFPC Inc. 2 Interceptor Issues

Rich Abott — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:07:11 +0000

An Army acquisition official this week laid out the service’s primary concerns as it looks to acquire a second interceptor for the new Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) Inc. 2 […]

NATO Awards RTX-MBDA Venture $5.6 Billion For 1,000 European Patriot Missiles

Rich Abott — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 22:37:06 +0000

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on Wednesday awarded COMLOG a $5.6 billion contract for up to 1,000 Patriot GEM-T missiles as part of the European Sky Shield Initiative […]

SECNAV Initiates New Government Shipbuilders Council

Rich Abott — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:48:07 +0000

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro convened a new group of government shipbuilders last week that aims to improve shipbuilding and repair collaboration across government departments. This new group, […]

State Department Approves $295 Million In HIMARS And RAM Missile Sales To Latvia and Japan

Rich Abott — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 21:31:26 +0000

The State Department on October 24 approved two possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Latvia and Japan for the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and Rolling Airframe Missiles […]

Army Looks To Reduce Hypersonic Industry Costs, Official Outlines Supply Chain Issues

Rich Abott — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:12:16 +0000

A U.S. Army official this week outlined where the service sees specific opportunities to lower costs for parts of hypersonic missiles and highlightedlimitations in the current supply chain. Dynetics [LDOS] […]

Australia Buying $1.7 Billion In Tomahawk and AARGM-ER Missiles

Rich Abott — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:23:08 +0000

The Australian government this week announced it is buying over $1.1 billion in missiles to strike opponents from longer ranges. On Aug. 21 the Australian Ministry of Defense said it […]

Army’s IBCS Test Plan Prepares For Guam Mission

Rich Abott — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:16:16 +0000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – An Army official last week laid out how the Army’s test plan for its new command and control system is set up to be ready to deploy […]

Army Plans To Create More Patriot Units, But Faces Recruitment Challenges

Rich Abott — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 20:51:40 +0000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Army plans to increase its contingent of Patriot air and missile defense battalions but is limited in how fast it can grow due to recruitment challenges. […]

Army Gets $360 Million IVAS Procurement Cut, $300 Million ENVG-B Increase In Final FY ‘23 Budget

Matthew Beinart — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 22:15:35 +0000

The final fiscal year 2023 defense spending bill includes a $360 million cut to the Army’s planned buy of its new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headsets, while restoring $300 […]

Raytheon Wins Another Tomahawk Multi-Service Contract

Rich Abott — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 22:31:24 +0000

The Navy on Dec. 16 awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $171 million modification to procure another 111 full rate production Block V Tactical Tomahawk All Up Round Vertical Launch System […]

Army Cruise Missile Intercept Test Uses Prototype Comms Device Connected To IBCS

Rich Abott — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:39:37 +0000

Earlier this month, the Army conducted a set of missile defense flight tests that used a new prototype communications device that connects the battle management system to a Patriot missile […]

Admiral: Hypersonic Weapons Too Expensive, Industrial Base Too Small For Services To Work Alone

Rich Abott — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 22:23:28 +0000

A Navy official last week admitted the cost of hypersonic weapon development is too expensive and the existing industrial base is too small for the military services to not work […]

DoD Conducting A Round Of Hypersonic Testing This Week

Rich Abott — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:52:15 +0000

The Defense Department is conducting a second flight campaign this week with hypersonic experiments to help develop hypersonic weapons and defense, the Navy said on Oct. 26. The campaign is […]

Army Officials Detail Information, Cyber, Space Importance In Ukraine War, Counter-Drone Help

Rich Abott — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 21:35:58 +0000

Army officials on Tuesday told reporters they have seen more interest from allies and partner countries to learn techniques to resist occupation and use information warfare if invaded in the […]

Army Official Asks Industry For Help In Inflation, Supply Chain Problems

Rich Abott — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 21:44:19 +0000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – An Army official this week asked industry to work with the government to help mitigate inflation and supply chain issues impacting military procurement. “We are in probably […]

HASC Strategic Forces Mark Directs Reports On Patriot Missile Defense Needs Amid Ukrainian Invasion

Rich Abott — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 21:36:54 +0000

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Strategic Forces subcommittee mark proposal for the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would require the Army Secretary to to report on […]

Raytheon Wins $217 Million In First Multi-Service Tomahawk Contract

Rich Abott — Wed, 25 May 2022 21:17:11 +0000

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $217 million contract to procure 154 Full-Rate Production (FRP) Block V Tactical Tomahawk All Up Round Vertical Launch Systems missiles […]

Navy Conducts Ground Test For Hypersonic Weapon Booster Rocket

Rich Abott — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:51:59 +0000

The Navy’s Strategic Systems program conducted the second test of the First Stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) for the booster rocket of the Navy and Army’s hypersonic weapons on Oct. […]

General Dynamics And Epirus Team Up To Add Counter-Swarm Capabilities To Strykers

Rich Abott — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 21:17:51 +0000

General Dynamics’ Land Systems [GD] (GDLS) and Epirus announced on Monday they agreed to team up to integrate a directed energy system onto the Army’s Stryker for more Short Range […]

Sikorsky Sees New Helos Focusing on Indo-Pacific

Rich Abott — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:13:28 +0000

The head of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky sees the Pentagon focus on the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) region in the specifications for new helicopters it is producing and competing on. “For […]

As Army Black Hawks Ramp Down, Sikorsky Looks To Lifetime Upgrades

Rich Abott — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:23:30 +0000

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky is looking to long term upgrades and modernization of the UH-60 Black Hawk over the coming decades while the Army conducts a last multi-year contract and […]

Pacific Army General Argues For Presence

Rich Abott — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:52:42 +0000

The commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific on Tuesday argued for the importance of his service and command in the Indo-Pacific theater. Referring to China, Gen. Charles Flynn called […]

Dynetics Beats Out Rafael, Raytheon’s Iron Dome For Army’s IFPC Prototype Contract

Matthew Beinart — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 21:45:20 +0000

The Army has awarded Leidos’ [LDOS] Dynetics a $237.4 million deal to build prototypes for its program to field a new ground-based mobile system capable of defeating cruise missile and […]

Army Awards Nearly $350 Million In Full-Rate Production Orders For New Tactical Radios

Matthew Beinart — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:44:10 +0000

The Army announced Friday it has awarded nearly $350 million in full-rate production orders to L3Harris [LHX], Collins Aerospace [UTX] and France’s Thales for deliveries of the service’s new two-channel, […]

Army IBCS Set For Operational Tests Next Month

Rich Abott — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 21:35:16 +0000

The Army is planning to start initial operational test and evaluation for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) in September, a service official […]

State Department Okays $445 Million Sale Of Heavy Tactical Vehicles To Kuwait

Rich Abott — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 20:59:37 +0000

The State Department approved a potential $445 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 517 Heavy Tactical Vehicles to Kuwait. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the possible […]

Army Outlines Next Steps For Next-Gen Squad Weapon

Rich Abott — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 20:57:20 +0000

Army officials on Monday outlined the next steps in the service’s Next-Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) that will begin replacing its M4 rifles and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. During a hearing […]

JCO Completes First C-sUAS Demonstration

Kelsey Reichmann — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:30:26 +0000

The Defense Department’s Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) tested counter-small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) from Aurora Flight Sciences, ELTA North America, and XTEND during its first semi-annual demonstration […]

Lockheed Martin Wins New Hypersonic Mod, Raising Total Value To $2.8 Billion

Rich Abott — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 21:48:32 +0000

The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.5 billion modification on March 11 for the joint Army-Navy program to develop a common rocket and hypersonic glide vehicle for both services, […]

Army’s 5th SFAB Using Drones in Training with Foreign Militaries

Kelsey Reichmann — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:07:34 +0000

The Army’s 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) is using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) like the RQ-11 Raven in missions to train with foreign militaries in the Indo-Pacific, Brig. Gen. […]

Army Looking for New High Energy Lasers for C-sUAS

Kelsey Reichmann — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:41:54 +0000

The Army has released a contract opportunity for high energy lasers (HELs) with a power and thermal subsystem and sensor package for Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System (C-sUAS) capabilities to increase […]

Most DoD Aircraft Do Not Meet Mission Capable Goals, GAO Finds

Kelsey Reichmann — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 19:54:04 +0000

Military aircraft spanning all branches failed to meet mission capable rates according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that analyzed 46 types of aircraft from fiscal […]

Army Wants Joint Laboratory for Project Convergence Innovation

Kelsey Reichmann — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:41:53 +0000

Following this fall’s Project Convergence demonstration, the Army wants to form a joint laboratory to test new technology on a monthly basis and not just once a year, Brig. Gen. […]

Collins Aiming To Build Digital Backbone For FVL

Kelsey Reichmann — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 21:10:12 +0000

Collins Aerospace [RTX] is looking to develop a digital backbone for the Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) programs. While the modular open systems approach (MOSA) provides standards for creating open systems, […]