SAC passes $852B defense bill, adding $21B and teeing up budget fight
The Senate Appropriations Committee's FY25 defense spending bill adds $21 billion in emergency funding, allowing it to skirt spending caps without triggering sequestration.
EXCLUSIVE: Former Maxar Technologies CEO tapped as rocket startup head
During his tenure at Maxar, Dan Jablonsky developed a track record for “bringing a lot of first-of-its-kind solutions” to its customers, “not just bringing [products] to market … but developing that trust, developing that scale that Ursa Major is going to need,” said Ursa Major founder Joe Laurienti.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
Boeing taps Kelly Ortberg, former Rockwell Collins head, as new CEO
Ortberg, who retired from Rockwell Collins in 2021, will take over a Boeing that is besieged by losses on the defense side and public condemnation on the commercial side.
US needs more nuclear subs, mobile ICBMs and tactical nukes: Heritage report
The conservative Heritage Foundation presented the new report as a potential draft Nuclear Posture Review for the 2025 presidential administration.
US Air Force awards contracts for drone wingman’s AI brains, but keeps details secret
The winners of the first Collaborative Combat Aircraft autonomy contracts are classified but represent a mix of both traditional and non traditional defense companies, Air Force officials said.
F-35 performance-based logistics contract in limbo for now: Lockheed official
“The government elected not to pursue the PBL,” said Greg Ulmer, president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. “So the current program is to annually procure options of the air vehicle’s supply contract to sustain the airplane.”
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General Atomics could fly first CCA prototype in mid-2025: Aeronautics president
“We’re not just designing another stunt. We’re designing something you can go into full rate production on,” said David Alexander, president of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.
Bell to remove Spirit AeroSystems as FLRAA fuselage maker due to proposed Boeing acquisition
“Spirit has had a successful ten-year partnership with Bell on this program and we will continue to work with them to deliver on our joint commitments,” Spirit AeroSystems spokesman Joe Buccino said.
EXCLUSIVE: Lockheed launching competition to replace F-35 cooling system
The competition sets up a showdown between incumbent supplier Honeywell Aerospace and competitor Collins Aerospace.
Solid rocket motors still a challenge for L3Harris subsidiary Aerojet: Lockheed and RTX officials
Despite L3Harris's investments in its Aerojet Rocketdyne subsidiary, "we are still struggling to get everything we need as a builder," said Tim Cahill, Lockheed's vice president of its missiles and fire control business.
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Boeing and Ukrainian planemaker Antonov explore tie-up on drones
A memorandum of understanding, unveiled today at Farnborough Airshow, lists training, logistics support and maintenance of drones like Boeing’s ScanEagle as potential areas for collaboration.
NGAD EXCLUSIVE: Air Force secretary cracks door for unmanned next-gen fighter
In an interview with Breaking Defense, Frank Kendall suggested the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter decision is farther off than estimated, as the service rethinks the threat landscape.
Fixed-price contracts to drive new losses for Boeing’s defense arm in second quarter: Exec
“We had a good start to the year, but this quarter you’ll see to be significantly challenged. It'll look like it looked the third quarter of last year,” Boeing's defense CEO Ted Colbert told reporters ahead of Farnborough Airshow.
Air Force could reopen competition for Sentinel ICBM ground infrastructure, Hunter says
“I think there are elements of the ground infrastructure where there may be opportunities for competition that we can add to the acquisition strategy for Sentinel," said Andrew Hunter, the Air Force's top acquisition official.