Lockheed awarded $332M contract for guided rockets

Lockheed Martin received a $332 million contract to manufacture the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System for the Army, the Defense Department announced Friday. In a modification to a 2022 indefinite-delivery contract, the Maryland-based company will build the rockets by an estimated completion date of Oct. 20, 2027, while the “work locations and funding will be determined with each order,” the May 10 announcement reads . Launched from the ground, the GMLRS is a GPS guided rocket designed to hit targets...

GOP lawmakers' letter on U.S.-made UAS

In a May 13, 2024 letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, 11 House Republicans call for funds from the recent Ukraine supplemental to be spent on more small, U.S.-built drones and deployed to Ukraine, citing issues with Chinese-made drones being the main small drone supplier.

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Garamendi, Stabenow letter on reciprocal defense agreements

In a May 13, 2024 letter, House Armed Services readiness subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) urge White House Made in America Office Director Livia Shmavonian to ensure the Defense Department's trade agreements -- formerly called reciprocal defense procurement agreements reform -- with allied foreign militaries are fair for U.S. workers and domestic manufacturing.

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Air Force depots in line for robust, brand-new IT makeover

The Air Force in September will release a dramatic, three-phased plan to overhaul its depots to be better equipped for a potential fight with a near-peer adversary, formally dubbed "The Air Force Depot Infrastructure Optimization Plan," a service spokesperson told Inside Defense May 9. The service’s three Air Logistics Complexes are where weapon systems are brought back to life by depot maintainers who repair, retool and revive platforms or other components critical for national security that are shuffled through...

The week ahead

Senior defense officials are scheduled to speak at several events around Washington this week. Monday The Center on Foreign Relations hosts a discussion with senior military leaders on U.S. defense strategy . The Association of the United States Army holds its annual LanPac conference in Honolulu, HI . The Atlantic Council holds a discussion on strengthening the “middle ground” of the defense industrial landscape . Tuesday The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosts a discussion on U.S...

The INSIDER daily digest -- May 10, 2024

This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Virginia-class submarine funding, more details on the Pentagon's secretive Replicator program and more. Draft marks of the FY-25 defense policy bill -- expected to appear in the coming weeks -- are likely to authorize the purchase of a second Virginia-class submarine and outline a strategy for funding the multibillion-dollar vessel: Plans to fund two Virginia subs take shape in Congress, with or without defense spending cap The push to procure...

CRS 'in focus' report on intel support to military ops

The May 9, 2024 Congressional Research Service report discusses intelligence support to military operations.

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CRS 'in focus' defense primer on procurement

The May 7, 2024 Congressional Research Service "In Focus" Defense Primer describes the Defense Department's procurement appropriations title.

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