Despite disagreements with Boeing on pricing for the E-7A Wedgetail, Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter said officials still see the radar plane “as a capability that makes sense and that we need to field in the near term.”
By Michael Marrow“The impossible takes a little longer” – Sustainment & support solutions
Part 6 of a narrative series illustrating how Elbit America’s USA-manufactured products and American-based services enable customers to successfully accomplish their most demanding missions.
The move would set up the Singapore Air Force to join a small group of countries that operate both the A and B variants of the stealth fighter.
By Michael Marrow
The ITN phase is expected to deliver, for the first time, a full breakdown of requirements and costs for industry for the estimated $1.3 billion program.
By Tim Martin
The plea from Radosław Sikorski adds to a chorus of European officials who have grown concerned by Washington’s reluctance to approve the new funding and wider fears that Europe cannot sustain the war effort without American weapon supplies.
By Tim Martin
Hungary was the third country, behind Sweden and Czech Republic to operate the Gripen C/D planes, initially acquired under a lease agreement for 12 single seaters (Gripen C) and a pair of two seaters (Gripen D).
By Tim Martin
While launcher fielding remains on track, development of the new G-Model missile is still in limbo after a 2022 test failure.
By Ashley Roque
Two international customers so far have signed on to buy Northrop’s Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite, and the company hopes more could be in the works.
By Michael Marrow
Answers at the edge: Where to find solutions that connect the battlespace
When it comes to a common operating picture, not everyone needs the same equipment. What they need is the same situational awareness.
“So there’s a sweet spot for where we can prime it and there’s a stretch area. … What I hope is you see the sweet spot increases and the stretch area is moving to higher” program sizes and complexities, Kratos’s Steve Fendley told Breaking Defense.
By Michael Marrow
International partners could join in on drone development for a next round of CCA work planned for the FY25 budget, according to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.
By Michael Marrow
The move is largely symbolic, as Israel doesn’t “need the F-35 for the operations they are currently conducting over Gaza, ” Patrick Bolder, a defense analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies think tank, told Breaking Defense.
By Tim Martin
But a different acquisition strategy can help lower risks when fixed-price approaches are involved, the acquisition czar said.
By Michael Marrow
In a tour of Collins Aerospace’s facilities, executives said their new thermal management solution for the F-35 achieved a key benchmark, though the Pentagon hasn’t yet decided on a competition at all.
By Michael Marrow
MDA is expected to stage a down-select to one NGI competitor following critical design reviews, now slated for 2025, of both the Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin prototypes.
By Theresa Hitchens
On Jan. 25, DoD announced that Lockheed Martin and Boeing have each won 15-month contracts worth $66 million to develop a new, more modern satellite design, with the service then deciding on which to use in building the two new MUOS birds.
By Theresa Hitchens
