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Air Force triples funding for prototype sixth-gen fighter engine

January 30, 2025

The Air Force on Monday greatly expanded funding for the prototype engine for the service’s planned sixth-generation fighter. General Electric of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Pratt & Whitney Engines of East Hartford, Connecticut, each received modifications to their initial Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion, or NGAP, contracts that bring the maximum amount for the prototype phase up to $3.5…

BAE awarded $70 million Navy contract to overhaul Mk 45 guns

January 30, 2025

The U.S. Navy expanded a contract with BAE Systems, awarding the company more money to upgrade and overhaul the service’s Mk 45 naval gun systems in an effort to improve their long-range strike and air defense capabilities, the company announced Monday. BAE will receive an…

KNDS, Rheinmetall, Thales move ahead on next-generation tank project

January 27, 2025

PARIS — Armored-vehicle makers KNDS and Rheinmetall and defense-electronics firm Thales signed the shareholder agreement for the project company that will develop a future main battle tank for Germany and France, moving a step closer to starting actual work on a program…

Why the US Navy wants to build a fully autonomous satellite

January 27, 2025

Navy researchers are testing a fully autonomous satellite designed to detect and characterize objects in space. The system, called Autosat, is designed to task, calibrate its signals and send and receive information on its own without the need for a human operator. Steven Meier, director of space technology at the Naval Research Laboratory, said Thursday his team has demonstrated the capability in…

Army tries out next-gen hybrid tactical vehicle prototype in Germany

January 23, 2025

The U.S. Army is taking a hybrid next-generation tactical vehicle prototype for a spin in snowy Bavarian terrain, according to a report from the U.S. Army Europe and Africa posted to its website. The GM Defense-developed Next Generation Tactical Vehicle-Hybrid, or NGTV-H, is…

Navy names aircraft carriers after former presidents Bush and Clinton

January 21, 2025

The Navy announced Monday it will name a pair of future vessels after two previous commanders in chief. During a private White House ceremony Jan. 3, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro introduced two future Gerald R. Ford-class of aircraft carriers that will bear the…

How Trump’s Air Force pick could elevate space priorities

January 21, 2025

Among the resumes of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for key Pentagon posts, aspiring Air Force secretary Troy Meink’s stands out. As a Defense Department insider with deep acquisition and technology-development experience, Meink would bring to the job a government background unlike that of Trump’s other DOD nominees. And his specialization in space could upend the priorities of a…

T-7 trainer production delayed again as Air Force, Boeing adjust plan

January 17, 2025

The Air Force is further delaying the production contract for its newest trainer aircraft, the T-7 Red Hawk, and will expand its testing in a major reorganization of the program’s acquisition strategy. The service originally planned to award Boeing a contract to build the…

Army to competitively develop Next-Gen Command-and-Control prototype

January 17, 2025

After spending a year working on pilot programs for a future battlefield command-and-control capability, the U.S. Army is on the brink of starting an effort to competitively prototype a next-generation system, according to the service’s program office in charge of the…

Troy Meink: A Leader in the Air Force

January 17, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he’s tapping Troy Meink, second in command at the National Reconnaissance Office, to be secretary of the Air Force. Meink began his career as a KC-135 tanker navigator in 1988. He went on to hold a variety of roles across the Air Force’s space enterprise, serving as a chief technical advisor to the Air Force Research Laboratory and later the deputy…