Sunday, May 25, 2025
Sunday, May 25, 2025
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on layered counter-drone systems, plus a six-wheeled combat vehicle topped with a maneuver short-range air defense system and more.
Science Applications International Corp. is still trying to find a contract opportunity with the Army for its layered counter-drone system:
SAIC pitches Army on 'interoperable' CUAS solution amid budget squeeze
Almost three years ago, the Pentagon's Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) recommended Science Applications International Corp.'s layered counter-drone system as one of three vendor-provided solutions that the services and combatant commands looked at when considering the deployment of counter-UAS-as-a-service at an installation.
Cummings Aerospace's Hellhound S3, 3-D built and powered by a turbojet, can fly at speeds upwards of 375 miles per hour:
Cummings Aerospace envisions multiple uses for turbojet-powered loitering drone
Cummings Aerospace has been in the process of testing its Hellhound S3 loitering munition unmanned aerial system, and company officials say the system could be used for multiple efforts, among which are the Army's Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance and Launched Effects programs.
The Pandur SHORAD is on the floor of the Association of the United States Army's annual Global Force Symposium this week in Huntsville, AL:
GDLS debuts Pandur SHORAD in response to Army RFI
General Dynamics Land Systems is unveiling a new, six-wheeled combat vehicle topped with a maneuver short-range air defense system this week, which the Army plans to test out at its Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment this summer.
More coverage of Boeing's recent win of the Next Generation Air Dominance penetrating platform contract:
New NGAD investment could squeeze Air Force budget under yearlong CR
The Trump administration's decision to push forward with the F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance platform raises questions about how the major new aircraft program will be paid for, especially following Congress' recent passage of a yearlong stopgap spending bill that erodes the Pentagon's buying power.
Boeing wins multibillion-dollar bid for the Air Force's next-generation fighter
The Trump administration today announced Boeing has been selected to produce the Air Force's multibillion-dollar Next Generation Air Dominance penetrating platform, beating out Lockheed Martin in the contest after months of uncertainty.