Welcome to today's Defense Business Briefing, your weekly roundup of the latest defense industry news.
Boeing not interested in making autonomous air refuelers -- for now
ST. LOUIS -- Even as the Air Force has signaled some support to eventually field unmanned tanker systems, plane-maker Boeing is looking at "principally crewed concepts" when developing future refueling platforms, Sean Liedman, Boeing's director of global reach, mobility, surveillance and bombers, recently told reporters here.
DOD highlights key investments in new defense industrial base strategy report
The Defense Department recognizes it must "correct for years of underinvestment in the industrial base," Pentagon acquisition chief Bill LaPlante wrote in an interim National Defense Industrial Base Strategy implementation report.
Blue Origin, Stoke Space Technologies join pool of SSC launch providers
Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies today joined 10 other businesses in a pool able to compete for speedy space launches run through Space Systems Command.
Tech sector finds upcoming CISA incident reporting rule raises questions on addressing product security
The technology sector raises several questions in its submission to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on what constitutes a need for incident reporting under the upcoming mandatory regime, including how to address product security and potential reporting on vulnerabilities.
Sentinel nuclear missile program to continue despite cost jump to $141 billion
The Defense Department is committing to the LGM-35A Sentinel nuclear missile program despite the price tag jumping to $140.9 billion -- an 81% increase -- and facing years-long delays.
Navy's AARGM-ER missile faces schedule delays after testing problems emerge
The Navy's Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range program will not achieve initial operational capability in July as previously expected due to undisclosed challenges that occurred during system testing, according to a program official.
AF delays procurement of Homeland Defense Over-the-Horizon Radar to 'future' budget
The Defense Department has scrapped plans to launch the Homeland Defense Over the Horizon Radar program this fiscal year, postponing the projected start to at least fiscal year 2026, delaying plans to improve long-range sensor coverage of the United States and Canada from aircraft, cruise missiles, maneuvering hypersonic weapons and ships.