“I think there are elements of the ground infrastructure where there may be opportunities for competition that we can add to the acquisition strategy for Sentinel,” said Andrew Hunter, the Air Force’s top acquisition official.
By Valerie InsinnaCapability exists to simulate the future of kill chains at theater scale
A tool to explore what-if scenarios and tradeoffs at the theater-level faster than traditional analysis.
“Since not everything that we contracted for has been delivered, payment is also not complete. We will not pay for that which we have not yet received,” said Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter.
By Michael Marrow
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In the air domain, achieving “overmatch” means securing superiority in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and heeding electronic-warfare lessons learned from Ukraine.
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No Northrop employees will be present in Ukraine under the agreement, instead sending equipment and training a local workforce remotely.
By Valerie Insinna
Northrop’s coproduction agreement is the first publicly acknowledged deal between a US defense prime and the Ukrainian government for a manufacturing project inside Ukraine.
By Valerie Insinna
The program manager told Breaking Defense all six companies remaining in the program are narrowing in on a similar design incorporating folding wings.
By Justin Katz
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With Russian engines out of the picture, there’s a new Medium Launch Vehicle on the horizon that is US sourced with a fairing sized to launch constellations.
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Coming in 2025! The Washington Monument is an iconic part of Washington. There’s something else monumental coming to defense in DC in 2025.
Kazuya Yonekura, director of guided weapons project management division of the Japanese ministry of defense, spoke to Breaking Defense in Tokyo.
By Valerie Insinna
Northrop Grumman and Piasecki Aircraft Corporation have been eliminated from a DARPA effort to design, develop and fly a high-speed vertical takeoff and landing X-plane.
By Michael Marrow
Dalton will take over from Kristyn Jones, who has been performing the duties of the role since March 2023.
By Michael Marrow
Company executives claimed the Pulsar system can use AI tools to quickly identify new threats and devise defenses against them, compressing the timeline for responding to rapidly-evolving electronic warfare.
By Michael Marrow
Capital Alpha Partners found that buy back amounts at defense contractors were higher this financial quarter for all but only four others since March 2011.
By Valerie Insinna
The Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared constellation’s first satellite may see its launch pushed back by a year to 2026.
By Theresa Hitchens
With only 20 bombers in the service’s fleet, that could translate to roughly $350 million in work per plane.
By Michael Marrow
