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Northrop Solid Fuel Ramjet to Push Army XRC Missile Past Stinger Range
Northrop Grumman will develop solid fuel ramjet propulsion for XRC, the US Army’s science and technology effort to mature an interceptor that…
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U.S. Army xTechHumanoid Competition Picks Ballistic-Protected IHMC Alex
From 103 proposals, the U.S. Army picked IHMC’s ballistic-protected Alex humanoid and four subsystem technologies after live trials at Quantico. Two of…
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U.S. Army Taps GD to Prototype Autonomous Networked Obstacle Munitions
The U.S. Army has selected General Dynamics Mission Systems as one of three contractors to prototype VNOM, a networked obstacle munitions system…
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Ukraine Selects Jet Shahed Interceptor Prototypes as Kill Rate Lags at 57%
Kyiv has selected its first jet Shahed interceptor prototypes as Ukrainian forces down only 57% of Russia’s jet-powered Shaheds, against 70% for…
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Netherlands Adds NOMADS Air Defense and NASAMS Units in NOK 1.5B Deal
Kongsberg has signed a contract worth about NOK 1.5 billion to add NOMADS short-range units and NASAMS capacity to the Netherlands’ CITADEL…
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US Navy Awards HII $5.1B USS Truman Aircraft Carrier Contract to Refuel CVN 75 by 2031
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding will refuel and modernize USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) under a $5.1 billion Navy contract running through…
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Belgium Orders NASAMS Air Defense, First Medium-Range GBAD in 20 Years
Kongsberg signed a NOK 10 billion contract on September 29 to supply NASAMS to Belgium, with the Netherlands contracting on its behalf,…
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US Navy Takes USS John F. Kennedy Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Preliminary Acceptance With 4 Weapons Elevators in Test
The Navy has taken preliminary acceptance of the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), clearing the Ford-class carrier for Navy-led underway…
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Boeing Wins Navy Sixth-Generation Fighter Race With $20B+ F/A-XX Deal
Boeing will develop the F/A-XX, the Navy’s sixth-generation carrier fighter set to augment and eventually replace Super Hornets and Growlers from the…
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US Military Robot Dogs Expand Into Counter-Drone, Medical and Armed Patrol Roles
Quadruped robot dogs are no longer limited to base security. Recent US and allied exercises show them checking downed drones, locating simulated…