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Pentagon’s DIU Awards Autonomous Low Profile Vessel Prototypes to Resupply Dispersed US Marines
The Defense Innovation Unit has picked Saronic, Sea Machines and first-time defense partner Rudder Industries to prototype autonomous semi-submersibles that resupply dispersed…
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US Firm Kratos Puts Valkyrie Drone Cost at $6M to $8M and Bets Affordability Will Win the CCA Race
Kratos now prices a baseline Valkyrie uncrewed combat aircraft at $6 million to $8 million before mission systems, above earlier targets but…
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US Air Force Expands B-1B Pilot Training With HondaJets to Add 100 Flight Hours per Pilot a Year
Air Force Global Strike Command has begun flying B-1B Lancer pilots in contractor-operated HondaJets under BSTAR, aiming to add about 100 flight…
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US Air Force Buys Airline-Proven Flyways AI for Its Airlift and Tanker Command Center
The US Air Force has bought up to $26 million in Flyways AI licenses for the 618th Air Operations Center, placing an…
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US Navy Sends Ammunition Ship USNS Alan Shepard to Vigor Marine for $13.8M Mid-Term Maintenance
Military Sealift Command has awarded Vigor Marine $13.8 million for a 50-day mid-term availability on the ammunition and dry cargo ship USNS…
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US Navy Awards General Dynamics $20M for Physics-Based Undersea Dominance Research Through 2031
The Office of Naval Research has awarded General Dynamics Applied Physical Sciences a $20 million, five-year contract for physics-based undersea dominance research.…
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Greece Expands V-BAT Drone Fleet for Army and Navy Through NATO Agency Order to Monitor the Aegean
NSPA has ordered more V-BAT drones for the Hellenic Army and Navy, with spares, training and long-term support. Shield gave no quantity…
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USS Nimitz Carrier Qualifications Give Student Pilots First Carrier Landings Before Deactivation
USS Nimitz has finished its first East Coast carrier qualification underway, training Super Hornet and T-45C aviators as the Navy’s oldest active…
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US Air Force Awards $4.7M to Test Electra EL9 Hybrid-Electric Aircraft for Short-Runway Airlift
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Electra Defense $4.7 million to ground test the EL9 preproduction aircraft, flight test quiet battery-only…
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US Air Force CCA Drones Fly as a Coordinated Team for the First Time Under Hivemind, Shield AI Says
Shield AI says Hivemind flew multiple Air Force CCAs through coordinated beyond-visual-range maneuvers 18 days after an F-22 pilot directed a single…