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Bell to manufacture FLRAA fuselage after dumping Spirit AeroSystems ahead of Boeing acquisition

Sources first indicated this summer that Bell would drop Spirit AeroSystems as a supplier due to Boeing’s upcoming acquisition of the embattled aerostructures company.

By Valerie Insinna and Ashley Roque

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Air Warfare

Clearing the books: Army kickstarts initiative to strip away legacy requirements

“We know how to start new programs very, very well, but we have to also learn how to pivot,” Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo told Breaking Defense.

By Ashley Roque

Air Warfare

Boeing’s defense unit logs massive $2 billion in losses for third quarter

"In BDS [Boeing Defense Space and Security], our performance on fixed-price development programs is simply not where it needs to be," Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said.

By Valerie Insinna

Air Warfare

EXCLUSIVE: L3Harris, Embraer no longer working together to pitch C-390 to US

“I think it’s fair to say that the L3 partnership is not there anymore for the agile tanker,” Embraer Defense and Security CEO Bosco da Costa Jr. told Breaking Defense. “They decided not to move on [it] because of other priorities.”

By Valerie Insinna and Michael Marrow

Land Warfare

‘A lot … at once’: Army cyber and network officials take stock 1 year after organizational shuffle

Last year, PEO C3T and PEO IEW&S absorbed several programs from the PEO Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), in hopes of better orienting the land forces for the fights of the future.

By Carley Welch

Space

Canada, UK collaborate on nanosat for South Pole space monitoring

The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence and UK Space Command, will contribute an experimental sensor package to the "Redwing" project, managed by Canada's defense research organization, Defence Research and Development Canada.

By Theresa Hitchens

Air Warfare

Army eyeing commercial drones as Shadow ‘gap’ filler

“Our units have no assets and no capability to to train with right now, to learn with, to build TTPs with. We started thinking outside the box,” Col. Nick Ryan told Breaking Defense.

By Ashley Roque

Global

GPS shows some Lebanese citizens in Jordan, likely result of combat-related ‘spoofing’: Experts

“Israel, Hezbollah, and Iran have reasons to confuse GPS-guided weapons used by their adversaries in the region and any of them could be behind these incidents,” one expert told Breaking Defense.

By Agnes Helou

Land Warfare

Army shifting S-MET work over to new acquisition shop

PEO CS&CSS is retaining a separate ground autonomy competition designed to field self-driving PLS trucks.

By Ashley Roque

Air Warfare

Rafael rolls out Lite Beam laser, Trophy updates to protect vehicles from drone threats

“These solutions provide maneuvering forces with robust force protection and flexibility against a wide range of airborne threats, including UAVs,” Rafael said in a statement.

By Seth J. Frantzman

Land Warfare