UK invests over $8 billion to support SSN AUKUS build plan
The investment comes as among the first in a bid to reach an ambition of manufacturing one SSN every 18 months, which are set to be delivered from the end of the 2030s.
UK awards Rolls-Royce $11B nuclear reactor ‘Unity’ contract
The new eight-year deal, dubbed by London in a statement today as a “Unity” contract, will enhance the UK’s continuous at sea deterrent (CASD) and strengthen the AUKUS trilateral partnership.
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Preparing the industrial base for when the Army’s FLRAA tiltrotor is built at scale
The program manager for the Future Long Range Attack Aircraft breaks down what the supply chain needs to be doing now for production.
Rolls-Royce says future B-52 engine, the F130, passed critical design review
The company is expected to produce over 600 engines to breathe new life into the Air Force’s B-52 fleet, now expected to fly well into the 21st century.
Rolls-Royce selling naval propulsion business to Fairbanks Morse Defense
“When you look at the 150-year history of Fairbanks Morse Defense, you will find a handful of distinctive moments that completely transformed this company. We believe [this] will become one of those moments,” George Whittier, CEO of Fairbanks Morse Defense, said in a statement.
V-22 Ospreys barred from full mission capability until ‘mid-2025’: NAVAIR boss
“I’ll assure you folks that we’re not going to let this matter drop,” House Oversight subcommittee chairman Glenn Grothman, R-Wisc., told families of victims who attended a congressional hearing today on the safety of the V-22 Osprey.
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Australia sends $4.6B AUD to bolster UK sub industry for SSN AUKUS as shipbuilders named
"We’re already making good progress on the design and development of the next generation submarine in the UK, where we have more than 1,000 people working on the SSN-AUKUS program and major infrastructure investment underway," BAE Systems CEO Charles Woodburn said.
Ahead of AUKUS big reveal, British ambassador knocks Aussie ex-defense minister over sub talk
"He is commenting on an outcome he doesn't yet know," the British ambassador to Australia said of Peter Dutton's comments praising American, rather than UK, subs.
With new radar and engines in sight, the B-52 gets ready for ‘largest modification in its history’
“There's a lot that can go wrong on the program management side,” Col. Louis Ruscetta, senior materiel leader of the B-52 division, said of the bomber's upcoming modernization. “We have to try to manage and reduce what can go wrong."
Rolls-Royce Wins $2.6bn B-52 Engine Contract
Rolls-Royce beat out General Electric and Pratt & Whitney, the latter of whom produced the TF33 engines currently used on the B-52.
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Air Force Expects To Award B-52 Engine Contract This Month
A contract for one of three companies is "imminent," per top Air Force officials.
Tempest Fighter To Wield Flying ‘Excalibur’ Lab For Digital Dominance
"Our focus is to get the sensors and information architecture correct. We might have to change other capabilities out for that if necessary," said Jez Holmes, Head of the RAF’s Rapid Capabilities Office.
B-52 Could Get New Hypersonic Missile: Global Strike Commander
"Certainly, we're in the in the conversation for the HACM as that gets developed," Global Strike Command head Gen. Timothy Ray said.
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