L3Harris Joins Rheinmetall’s Team Lynx For Army OMFV

L3Harris joins Textron and Raytheon on Rheinmetall’s team to refine the heavily armored, high-tech Lynx for the Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting vehicle competition.

Theater Commands OK SDA’s Sat Plans: EXCLUSIVE

Military operators will be able (at least virtually) to ill be able to (at least virtually) “sit side-by-side, elbow-to-elbow with the SDA test team” as the various satellite “layers” are put through their paces.

Army Rushes To Deploy Anti-Jam GPS Alternative For Armored Force

Rather than wait for a much-delayed Air Force system, the Army’s plan is to deploy Generation 1 of its new receiver this year, starting with the 2nd Calvary Regiment, the 1st Armored Division, and the 1st Infantry Division.

AFRL, NORTHCOM Eye Commercial Internet Sats For Arctic

“We’ll have communications capability up there within the next year or so,” said NORTHCOM commander Gen. Glen VanHerck.

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.

Costs Of Cruise Missile Defense May Top Benefits, Suggests CBO

“We’re not going to be able to defend every acre of North America,” Tom Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), says bluntly.

Optical Links Key To SDA, MDA Missile Tracking

“Information gathered up to and through Tracking Layer Tranche 0 will help inform decisions about future tranches, including how many and which types of sensors should be flown to provide the warfighter a complete advanced missile threat solution,” SDA spokeswoman Jennifer Elzea says.

Missile Defense Costs To Soar $5B A Year: CBO

CBO estimates that developing F-35-launched boost-phase interceptors to defend against North Korean ballistic missiles would cost $25 billion to $40 billion to develop, with an additional $10 billion to $20 billion a year to operate.

SMC, SDA Missile Warning Sat Ground Systems Won’t ‘Talk’ – For Now

“The fiction that SDA and SMC are working together is just that,” said a former senior DoD space official. “You know, they make nicey-nicey, but, the reality is that they’re not working together.”

Soldiers Become Another Node In DoD’s Internet Of Things: ENVG-B

A soldier wearing the ENVG-B can look through binoculars, turn on the camera in their rifle’s sight, and then point that sight around a corner to see and shoot, without exposing anything more than their hands or the rifle.

SDA Missile Tracking A ‘Strategic Win’ For L3Harris, SpaceX

“”Where will the money for this program come from, and will it means less money for the Space Force and all the existing space programs of record?” asks Secure World Foundation’s Brian Weeden.

Navy Inks Deal For New Unmanned Fleet

The $34 million deal marks the service’s first real thrust to get unmanned ships into the water, despite Congressional worries the service is moving too fast.

Top Defense Execs Ask For Help in Next COVID Stimulus Package

The biggest defense manufacturers in the world warned the Pentagon and OMB of “significant job losses in pivotal states” if Congress doesn’t come up with stimulus money to cover unforeseen expenses.

L3Harris Nabs Estimated $1.7B In Space Force Contracts

The contracts support Space Force’s Space Surveillance Network (SSN) and the new Protected Tactical SATCOM effort.