BATH, Maine — The largest union at U.S. Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works in Maine overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract, the union said Sunday, averting another strike like the one three years ago that contributed to delays in delivering ships.
The contract, which takes effect Monday, raises pay a range of 2.6% to 9.6% in the first year with differences due to a mid-contract wage…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — During a season of leadership shakeups across U.S. Army acquisition offices, Brig. Gen. Ed Barker feels right at home.
In June, Barker was named the boss of the Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, or PEO IEW&S, at…
WASHINGTON — The Air Force on Saturday conducted its latest test of a prototype hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, collecting data it hopes will help it develop future weapons that can travel at greater than Mach 5.
The Air Force said in a statement…
Troops need improved cyber education, US Army leaders say
August 17, 2023
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Commanders and their troops need to be better educated about the application and limits of cyber in major military operations, U.S. Army officials said.
Attention paid to cyber as a formal discipline and general interest area has ballooned in recent years, in part because of its everyday consequences. Ransomware attacks have paralyzed critical infrastructure like hospitals and the…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Leonel Garciga, the U.S. Army’s new chief information officer, is known as a “bureaucracy hacker” in some circles.
With such a moniker, indicating his dislike for red tape, come expectations. And one month into the role, he indicated he’s ready to…
BAE Systems to buy Colorado-based Ball Aerospace for $5.55bn
August 17, 2023
LONDON — BAE Systems is moving to buy leading U.S. space and defense supplier Ball Aerospace, marking the Britain-based company’s biggest-ever acquisition.
The $5.55 billion deal will boost BAE’s position across a range of activities, notably the space sector, where…
After less than five years in service, the littoral combat ship Sioux City was decommissioned Monday in a ceremony aboard Naval Station Mayport, Florida.
It was the latest early retirement for the costly and troubled Freedom-class ships, vessels conceived earlier this century that officials now admit stand little chance of surviving a conventional battle against China or another nation’s…
JetZero, an aerospace startup focused on fuel-efficient jets, will build and fly a sleek new prototype aircraft that could one day join the Air Force’s mobility fleet, the service announced Wednesday.
The Z-5 airframe — a blended wing body design with an oblong fuselage…
US Army seeks industry input on AI bill of materials
August 16, 2023
AUGUSTA, Ga. — U.S. Army officials are seeking industry input on a fledgling initiative that would require companies to disclose the provenance of their artificial intelligence algorithms.
Under the AI bill of materials, or AI BOM, effort, prospective contractors would be…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — International demand for the U.S. Army’s Integrated Battle Command System is growing, driven partly by the war in Ukraine, according to manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
The Army originally developed IBCS as the brains of a future air and missile defense system. The service intended to link it with a new 360-degree radar and potentially new launchers, replacing the aging…
