Tory Bruno resigns as head of United Launch Alliance
"My work here is now complete and I will be cheering ULA on," the longtime ULA chief said.
"My work here is now complete and I will be cheering ULA on," the longtime ULA chief said.
The second generation Mounted Assured PNT System (MAPS Gen II) program is currently under contract with RTX subsidiary Collins Aerospace which is scheduled to run through September 2027.
“If you start to ask for a waiver starting ‘27 that's going to be a painful process for everyone. We'd rather you go ahead and start early,” said Michael Cadenazzi, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy.
The firm, a joint venture between Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and France's Nexter, amassed an order intake of €11.2 billion ($13.1 billion) in 2024.
“By bringing this state-of-the-art manufacturing line to the US, we will be able to provide the US Army with a domestic source of triple-base propellant,” Hanwha ammo plant manager Lee Woo Jin told reporters.
"This is a really rare opportunity to attack some of those requirements that are most burdensome,” said Margaret Boatner, AIA's vice president for national security policy.
Spirit Defense, which makes aerostructures for aircraft like the B-21, will be run as a "non-integrated" subsidiary of Boeing’s defense unit.
A drone capable of carrying four times its own weight "can actualize the dreams that a lot of people have of using drones in both the military and civilian sectors," DARPA Program Manager Phillip Smith told Breaking Defense.
A structured Surge Inventory Purchase Vehicle could be the key to ensuring America’s inventory stays stocked and ready for wartime, writes John Ferrari in this op-ed.
Egypt's Arab Organization for Industrialization inked several agreements at Cairo's Egypt Defense Expo.
“It's early days,” said Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology. “Right now, the battle that we are waging is education: It is about understanding what AI can do for you.”
The new construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2026.
“This is going to be devastating for [Fincantieri’s] workforce. They invested heavily buying the yard in 2009 and invested a lot to win the frigate class competition,” one analyst told Breaking Defense.
In this fireside chat, Honeywell Aerospace executive Matthew Milas tells Breaking Defense how the firm is positioning itself in hopes of joining one of the biggest defense projects in a generation.