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Lockheed’s F-35 program head to lead aeronautics biz

January 30, 2021

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin announced Jan. 29 the appointment of Greg Ulmer as the company’s executive vice president of aeronautics, making him the top executive overseeing flagship aviation programs such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as well as the secretive Skunk Works development shop. Ulmer, 56, has spent the past three years leading the F-35 program, Lockheed’s largest effort…

US Army heads into future tactical unmanned aircraft rodeo next month

January 30, 2021

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is heading into a culminating event used to evaluate four different unmanned aircraft systems capable of replacing the service’s current tactical UAS — the Textron-made Shadow. The service will hold a “rodeo” at Fort Benning, Georgia…

France begins backfilling its Rafale fleet after selling some to Greece

January 30, 2021

PARIS – The French Air and Space Force will be getting 12 new Rafales to replace those being removed from its inventory to sell to Greece, Defense Minister Florence Parly said on Friday. The announcement comes a few weeks later than originally planned. Florence Parly…

Rheinmetall, MBDA building high-energy lasers for Germany’s Navy

January 29, 2021

STUTTGART, Germany — Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland have officially been tasked to build, test and field a high-energy laser weapon system for the German Navy over the next year. The consortium, dubbed ARGE, was awarded a contract “in the low double-digit million euro range” by Berlin’s military procurement office, the Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology…

US Army plans major aviation exercise ahead of Project Convergence

January 29, 2021

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will head out west to conduct an intricate, aviation-focused exercise called Edge 21 ahead of the service’s second Project Convergence event, Brig. Gen. Walter Rugen, who is in charge of Army aviation modernization, told Defense News in a…

Latest Chinook helo variant has excessive rotor blade vibrations heading into major test

January 28, 2021

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is dealing with excessive rotor blade vibrations in its latest variant of the Boeing-manufactured Chinook cargo helicopter as it heads into a limited-user test during the first half of the calendar year, according to a report by the Pentagon’s…

With Columbia revving up, General Dynamics expects submarines to be a cash cow

January 28, 2021

WASHINGTON — General Dynamics’ marine business expects its work in building submarines to drive hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue growth over the coming years, company head Phebe Novakovic told investors in a call Wednesday. The company is expecting a $300 million increase in revenue in 2021, with a rough estimate of between $400-500 million of growth a year, Novakovic said…

Army Rolls Out Army Green Uniform Wear Guidelines, Renames Combat Patch

January 28, 2021

Soldiers from A Battery, 1st Battalion, 79th Field Artillery salute during the playing of the national anthem Nov. 16, 2020, at the battery’s basic combat training graduation at Fort Sill. (Jeff Crawley/Fort Sill Tribune) The U.S. Army on Tuesday rolled out a…

Boeing’s cost overruns on KC-46 now exceed initial contract with US Air Force

January 28, 2021

WASHINGTON — With the Jan. 27 announcement of a new $275 million charge on the KC-46, Boeing has now paid as much in cost overruns for the troubled program as the U.S. Air Force invested in the tanker’s development. The new charge, which the company reported as part…

To Defeat Enemy Drone Swarms, Troops May Have to Take a Back Seat to Machines, General Says

January 26, 2021

Sgt. Nicholas Maxim, acting as a member of the opposing force, builds and launches a simulated drone swarm during Exercise Dynamic Front 18 at the Joint Multinational Simulation Center, Grafenwoehr, Germany, in March, 2018. (U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Kathleen V. Polanco, 7th Army Training Command) The Army‘s top modernization official said Monday that the Pentagon may have to relax its rules on…