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Raytheon nets potential $20.7 billion AMRAAM deal

Separately, L3Harris announced it won a $6 billion contract from Lockheed Martin for THAAD interceptor propulsion systems.

Northrop eyes munitions supply work, Lockheed eyes funding: CEOs

“We are taking this opportunity to work with partners we have not worked with before, show them the products we have, and define what our path is to gaining share on those weapons,” CEO Kathy Warden told investors at the Morgan Stanley conference.

Boeing, Northrop unveil low-cost intercept tech

Boeing plans to offer a cheaper seeker for defensive and offensive military missiles, while Northrop Grumman revealed more about a cannon-based solution to bat down threats like drones and cruise missiles.

Army needs ‘comprehensive missile defeat strategy’ to address air defense challenges

“We need a more comprehensive missile defeat strategy that focuses on interceptors, [but also] equally so on non-kinetic effects, both electronic warfare and directed energy, and the type of targeting in C2 … that will enable us to use that data to make decisions to engage targets faster,” said SMD head Lt. Gen. John Rafferty.

Northrop gets $3B framework deal to increase motor production for PAC-3, THAAD

The deal will allow Northrop to stand up production as a second supplier of solid rocket motors for the PAC-3 interceptor.

Army adds $54B to Lockheed PAC-3 agreement, totaling $59B

The contract is undefinitized, meaning dollar values and quantities could change as negotiations continue.

Pentagon weighing options to license Patriot production to Ukraine: DoD official

“We're evaluating a set of [courses of action] right now, which include a mix of domestic and international sourcing for end units, where they're going to be located, how we're going to build it, [and] which variant,” Michael Cadenazzi, the assistant secretary of defense for industrial policy, told Breaking Defense.

Time to decide: A critical moment in Japan-US missile defense cooperation

In the face of growing air and missile threats in the Pacific, robust radar coverage and command networks will be critical to US and Japanese defense objectives, Tom Karako writes.

Pentagon inks deal with L3Harris to ramp rocket motor production

The seven-year deals have yet to be finalized, but will allow L3Harris to scale up motor production for PAC-3 and THAAD interceptors.

Laser air defenses will be operational before decade’s end, Lockheed exec says

In a nod to a common refrain that laser systems are always just five years away, Lockheed Martin’s Stephanie Hill said, “Not anymore.”

Lockheed rolls out cheaper Patriot, MBDA showcases low-cost interceptor

Displayed in a truck mounted configuration at the show, the new MBDA weapon is an upgrade to the company's ground-launched, Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) and can also be integrated on unmanned ground vehicles or unmanned surface vessels.

Pentagon’s Munitions Acceleration Council identifies 14 ‘critical’ weapons for 2027

“We're making them put skin in the game … and we expect them to meet the ramp rates that they agree to. And, if they don't, there'll be penalties for them,” said Jules “Jay” Hurst, who is performing the duties of the Pentagon comptroller.

Air Force secretary eyes multi-year deals for satellites, aircraft

Pentagon officials are seeking lawmakers’ authorization to buy weapon systems through multi-year deals “across the board, not only with munitions, but actually with the production of aircraft, with the production of spacecraft,” said Air Force Secretary Troy Meink.

The Army is now relevant to the Pacific. Congress should budget accordingly. 

The Army has spent years evolving itself for a China fight and now needs Congress to back the systems it requires for a fight in the Pacific.