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WEB3 days ago · Defense Daily covers the latest developments and trends in the defense industry, with a focus on land, sea, air, and space initiatives. Find out about congressional funding, military contracts, technology innovations, and international defense issues.
Air Force Wavering on New Fighter Imperils World’s Most …
WEB4 days ago · The ancestry of the Air Force’s current advanced engine family dates back over 30 years, when the Pratt & Whitney F119 engine was selected for the F-22 fighter after a 1990 fly-off. The production F119 later became the basis for the F135 engine for the F-35 joint strike fighter. The F119 and F135 have no peers.
L3Harris and Northrop Grumman Moving Ahead on F-16 …
WEB16 hours ago · Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] ultra-wideband architecture AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS), but L3Harris has said that it believes Viper Shield could one day go on U.S. F-16s (Defense Daily, March 16, 2022).. Northrop Grumman said that IVEWS recently finished Air Force testing in the service’s Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Sensors (J-PRIMES ...
Army, Leidos Successfully Intercept Air Targets With Enduring Shield
WEB2 days ago · A mobile, ground-based air defense system being developed by Leidos [LDOS] successfully intercepted targets in live testing with the Army, the company said on Tuesday. The Enduring Shield launchers fired AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles against unmanned aircraft systems and cruise missile test targets. Leidos said Enduring Shield was able to detect ...
Air Force Given Lead To Transition Joint Fires Network From …
WEB15 hours ago · 09/19/2024. NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall this week said that the service has been named the executive agent to lead the transition of a prototype battle management system effort into an executable program, beginning with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The….
Skydio Official: U.S. Military Supply of Small Drones 'Woefully ...
WEB16 hours ago · Skydio Official: U.S. Military Supply of Small Drones ‘Woefully Inadequate’. The Pentagon’s supply of small drones for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), strike, and other missions is far short of the need, an executive at Skydio, told a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Silicon Valley field hearing this week….
2024 ‘Critical’ Year for Army Munitions Ramp Up - Defense Daily
WEBThe planned 2024 effort to boost U.S. Army munitions’ production will be vital to achieve a restocking of service inventory and to aid Ukraine, a top Army official said on Feb. 5. “This year is critical in terms of the actual ramp up happening,” Army acquisition chief Doug Bush told a Center for Strategic and International Studies ...
Army Won’t Field First Operational Hypersonic Weapon Battery …
WEBJun 18, 2024 · The Navy and Army executed the launch of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body, part of the LRHW, in a flight experiment from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii in March, 2020 (U.S. Navy Photo) The Army won’t field its first operational Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) battery with …
Army To Begin Delivering First Live Hypersonic Weapon
WEBAug 10, 2022 · The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade is completed on Oct. 7, 2021, with a ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Army photo by Spc.
Army Releases New Modernization Strategy, Sets Path For …
WEBOct 17, 2019 · The Army's updated strategy outlines a four-phase approach to transform into a multi-domain force by 2035, integrating new weapons platforms and operational concepts. It also details how the service will divest from legacy systems and shift resources to modernization priorities amid tight budgets.