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As US funding remains in limbo, Northrop chases exports for F-16 EW suite
Two international customers so far have signed on to buy Northrop’s Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite, and the company hopes more could be in the works.
Space Force effort to replace aging space tracking software lagging: DOT&E
"[P]roduct development has been slower than anticipated, and the projected date to decommission SPADOC continues to extend further to late FY24, a delay of more than two years from the original timeline," according to the 2023 Annual Report of the Pentagon's Director of Operational Test & Evaluation.
L3Harris to sell commercial aviation business for $800 million
The sale could help L3Harris pay down debt and focus as a defense supplier.
L3Harris plans next electronic warfare Viper Shield ‘drop’ in December
The new Viper Shield electronic warfare suite, meant to help foreign F-16 customers fend off modern EW threats, will be ready for production in late 2025, L3Harris told Breaking Defense in Dubai.
Next-gen GPS ground system expected to come online this summer: Calvelli
"Big software developments fail," said Air Force space acquisition czar Frank Calvelli. "You have to go to smaller systems."
L3Harris, Australia’s NIOA team to produce domestic ‘rocket motors, boosters and warheads’
The new partnership aims to stand up a “multi-user rocket motor facility” in Australia that can meet needs for munitions and space launch.
As regional tensions rise, US defense firms still bound for Dubai Airshow
“It feels a little like the uncertainty around COVID, but no companies are pulling out,” Eric Fanning, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace Industries Association, told Breaking Defense.
Lockheed on ‘campaign-like’ hunt for new solid rocket motor supplier – or suppliers
"This is a broad and in a way campaign-like approach to strengthening our own supply chain and enabling multiple sources, really for even beyond our company for our industry, which I think is important," Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet said of his firm's endeavor to field a new solid rocket motor supplier.
Northrop nabs $705M Air Force award for new F-35 air-to-ground missile
The Air Force's $705 million award for Phase 2 of the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) is targeting initial operational capability by 2026, Northrop Grumman says.
Lockheed in ‘late stage negotiations’ with unnamed solid rocket motor supplier: CEO
After failed bid to buy Aerojet Rocketdyne, Lockheed is “endeavoring... to create another supplier,” CEO Jim Taiclet told lawmakers.
Austria picks Embraer’s C-390 for airlift recap
Austrian Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner reportedly said a contract for the new jets should be inked by the first half of 2024.
Air Force gets first Red Hawk trainer, Compass Call electronic warfare jet
To meet the program's delayed production decision, set for February 2025, the T-7A will need to qualify its escape system and finish its flight control software, though officials expressed confidence the jet could achieve the goal.
F-35 performance-based logistics deal slips to 2024: Lockheed CFO
Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet also said that TR-3 upgrade delays for the Joint Strike Fighter stemmed from late hardware, compressing the schedule for software testing.
L3Harris looking to ‘aggressively grow’ Aerojet Rocketdyne as newest business unit
“I really see this as a fantastic opportunity to really rejuvenate [Aerojet] and nurture it to become the company we are confident it will become,” Ross Niebergall, the newly installed head of Aerojet, told Breaking Defense.