MDA’s goal is to field the Next-Generation Interceptor to replace its current Ground-Based Interceptors by 2028.
By Theresa HitchensPunching through clogged networks to reach soldiers: Time Sensitive Networking
New platforms such as OMFV and FLRAA will depend on Time Sensitive Networking to get data through.
Each KC-46A will take about two months to retrofit with a new vision system, according to the Air Force’s program lead, a fix that will address two of six remaining critical defects in Boeing’s Pegasus air refueling tanker.
By Michael Marrow
“[R]ight now with the way we’re funded, we think we can carry both [companies] through prototype, and both are leaning in fully. And so then we’ll let the prototype and test do the evaluation,” Air Force propulsion chief John Sneden said.
By Michael Marrow
“I think what you’re hearing from individuals like Hon. Hunter and Hon. Kendall is a recognition that the requirements that went into the JCIDS process are not revolutionary,” said Scott Boyd, Air Force deputy program manager for mobility aircraft.
By Michael Marrow
The Space Force is interested in DRACO primarily as an option for allowing it to undertake rapid on-orbit maneuvers, but also for potential future missions out to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
By Theresa Hitchens
For now, the company has received more than $150 million to produce the service’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser (IFPC-HEL) prototype weapon system.
By Ashley Roque
After a bit of a corporate dust-up in Paris, Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet told investors his firm has no “formal” position on how the F-35 engines should be modernized.
By Michael Marrow
Today’s bold remotely piloted aircraft technologies are shaping an even bolder vision for the future
Advances in RPA technologies signal a future where aircraft could operate from a variety of austere locations, making it much more difficult to find and target large air bases.
Speaking to Breaking Defense fresh off a tour of a French MRTT, a KC-46A Pegasus pilot and boom operator discussed some of the pros and cons between the plane that’s the basis for Lockheed’s LMXT and their own Pegasus tanker.
By Michael Marrow
A new Navy report to Congress states that at least seven Littoral Combat Ships have either been repaired or will be in the coming months.
By Justin Katz
The new facility, an expert said, appears to be “replacing” Turkey’s former role in building center fuselages for the Joint Strike Fighter.
By Michael Marrow
Lockheed will build the prototype TLS-EAB system at its facility in Syracuse, NY, “in the coming months,” and the Army hopes to field the system by fiscal 2025.
By Jaspreet Gill
In an interview with Breaking Defense, Lockheed exec Greg Ulmer pushed back on the Pentagon’s complaints about technical data sharing, and said the firm is working with the DoD on better ways to track spare parts.
By Michael Marrow
With a GOP-controlled House and a Democrat-controlled Senate, nothing in the bill is final until the last minute conference negotiations are completed, but here are the key issues to watch.
By Justin Katz, Ashley Roque and Jaspreet Gill
In a high-profile public spat with little precedence between the airframe and engine giants, Pratt & Whitney executives are formally accusing Lockheed Martin of prioritizing its own bottom line by seeking an adaptive engine solution for the Joint Strike Fighter.
By Michael Marrow and Aaron Mehta
