Wednesday, April 23, 2025
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Lockheed Martin will not protest the Air Force's recent decision to award Boeing a contract to build the F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance platform, CEO Jim Taiclet told investors today. The company will instead focus on adding sixth-generation capability improvements to its fifth-generation offerings, like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-22 Raptor.
The Army doesn't plan to shave small slices of funding across its programs to account for the Pentagon's 8% shakeup of the fiscal year 2026 budget; instead, "there’s going to be things that stop," according to Alex Miller, the Army’s Chief Technology Officer.
The first version of the Army's "Transforming in Contact" initiative will be followed by a force design update that will impact the service's modified table of organization and equipment, or MTOE, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus said today.
Northrop Grumman noted a $477 million pre-tax loss on the five low-rate initial production lots of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber program, the company announced in its first-quarter earnings call this morning.
The Command and Control Cross Functional Team within Army Futures Command has issued draft requests for industry white papers in the areas of unified network communication and mobile command post capabilities.
The Army wants to swap soldiers for robots on breaching missions in close quarters, according to an industry notice published today.
Aerospace giant Boeing today announced an agreement to sell off parts of its digital aviation solutions business to the software-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $10.55 billion.
Last week, President Trump's executive order marked the start of a new push to rejuvenate the domestic maritime industry, but achieving the order's ambitions will require Congress to play a significant role, lawmakers and analysts told Inside Defense this week.
The Command and Control Cross Functional Team within Army Futures Command has issued draft requests for industry white papers in the areas of unified network communication and mobile command post capabilities.
A new White House executive order mandates contracting officials across the federal government must obtain approval to purchase non-commercial solutions, making the process for such procurements more onerous.
The first version of the Army's "Transforming in Contact" initiative will be followed by a force design update that will impact the service's modified table of organization and equipment, or MTOE, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus said today.
The Army doesn't plan to shave small slices of funding across its programs to account for the Pentagon's 8% shakeup of the fiscal year 2026 budget; instead, "there’s going to be things that stop," according to Alex Miller, the Army’s Chief Technology Officer.
