Today’s INSIDER Daily Digest starts with a look at the Navy searching for shipbuilders to work on its latest frigate, an AUKUS hypersonic agreement, a $4 billion defense industry acquisition, the Army is looking to punch up its vehicle electronic warfare, and more.
The Navy needs someone to design and build its newest frigate ship:
Navy seeking shipbuilders for frigate design and construction work with new RFI
The Navy has posted a new request for information seeking shipbuilders capable of design and construction work for the Constellation-class frigate program, which continues to face significant schedule delays driven by labor and subcontractor management problems.
The United States will share hypersonic testing with the U.K and Australia:
U.S. signs onto AUKUS agreement to share hypersonic testing facilities, technical information
The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom announced the signing of an agreement that will allow the countries to share hypersonic vehicle testing facilities, as well as technical information related to the development, testing and evaluation of hypersonic technology.
A major industry buy was announced this week:
AeroVironment to acquire BlueHalo in agreement worth more than $4B
Defense contractor AeroVironment is set to acquire startup BlueHalo in an agreement with an “enterprise value of approximately $4.1 billion,” the companies announced Tuesday.
The Army plans to beef up its vehicle electronic warfare:
Army looks to industry for better ground combat vehicle processing hardware
The Army put out a request for information Monday that asks for hardware solutions for a ground combat vehicle computing device that balances centralized and edge computing.
The Air Force received its first Stand-In Attack Weapon:
Northrop delivers first Stand-in Attack Weapon test missile
Northrop Grumman delivered the first test missile of the Stand-in Attack Weapon to the Air Force, the company announced today.