DoD Weighs More ‘Organic’ F-35 Maintenance; Bartering With Lockheed

DoD Weighs More ‘Organic’ F-35 Maintenance; Bartering With Lockheed
DoD Weighs More ‘Organic’ F-35 Maintenance; Bartering With Lockheed

“We’ve always been bullish on the program’s prospects, but admit we’re more worried than we have been in a long time,” wrote Roman Schweizer of Cowen Washington Research Group.

Canada’s CAE Expands US Presence; Buys $1B L3Harris Training

Canada’s CAE Expands US Presence; Buys $1B L3Harris Training
Canada’s CAE Expands US Presence; Buys $1B L3Harris Training

For L3Harris, the sale helps it reach its stated goal of divesting 8 to 10 percent of revenue as part an overarching effort to reshape its business portfolio.

GBSD, B-21 Spending Could Top $10B In 2027: Cowen Group

GBSD, B-21 Spending Could Top $10B In 2027: Cowen Group
GBSD, B-21 Spending Could Top $10B In 2027: Cowen Group

B-21 production costs, the Cowen analysis finds, will ramp up fast, from $202 million in 2022 to $4 billion in 2027.

Air Force Chooses Four Contractors To Compete For Skyborg Drone

Air Force Chooses Four Contractors To Compete For Skyborg Drone
Air Force Chooses Four Contractors To Compete For Skyborg Drone

Boeing, General Atomics, Kratos, and Northrop Grumman won awards. Notably absent: Lockheed Martin.

Raytheon Wins Long-Range Standoff Nuke Program

Raytheon Wins Long-Range Standoff Nuke Program
Raytheon Wins Long-Range Standoff Nuke Program

Raytheon has won the LRSO design competition, but it remains uncertain whether it will nab the prime contract to actually build the next-generation cruise missile or be forced to share that with Lockheed Martin.

ATL Frank Kendall: Sequestration ‘Unconscionable’; Endorses PBLs

NEW YORK: “It is utterly unconscionable — utterly unconscionable — that Congress will allow sequestration to go on.” Those are the words of Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s head of acquisition, speaking to an audience of several hundred New York financial types. Kendall is just back from a trip to Afghanistan and he had heard from…