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US Defense Tech Firm Shield Agrees to Buy Counter-Drone Radar Maker Echodyne for $5.3 Billion
Shield will acquire Echodyne, whose MESA counter-drone radars are used in more than 40 countries, for $5.3 billion, funded by a $2.5…
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US Marine Corps Orders Ripsaw M3 Robotic Vehicles With 5,000-lb Payload for Warfighting Lab Tests
The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory will test two Ripsaw M3 robotic ground vehicles from Textron Systems, a hybrid-electric tracked platform carrying more…
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Bulgaria’s First Stryker Armored Vehicles Enter Service as It Bids to Become a Regional Repair Hub
Bulgaria has put its first five Stryker armored vehicles into service after final assembly at TEREM-Ivaylo, opening a $1.414 billion, 183-vehicle program…
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Marine CH-53K King Stallion Recovers Downed Navy MH-60S Seahawk From 10,000 Feet Without Damage
A Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion lifted a nearly 16,000-pound Navy MH-60S Seahawk off a 10,000-foot Sierra Nevada slope on a 70-foot…
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US Special Operations Command Orders First Shoulder-Fired Zeus Missiles With Swappable Warheads
US Special Operations Command has made its first purchase of Aeon Industrial’s shoulder-fired Zeus, a $13.8 million low-rate production order for fewer…
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General Atomics to Build Common Hypersonic Glide Body Parts for Army and Navy Hypersonic Missiles
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will build parts and cable assemblies for the glide body shared by the Army’s Dark Eagle and the…
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US Shipbuilder Saronic Launches Second Navy-Picked Marauder Drone Ship and Cuts Build Hours by 8%
Saronic Technologies has launched its second Marauder medium unmanned surface vessel in Louisiana, built with 8% fewer labor hours than the first,…
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NASA Unveils X-70 Fractal X-Plane to Test Maneuvers Never Before Flown With a Pilot Aboard
NASA’s X-70 Fractal is a crewed research jet that can carry up to 2,000 pounds of swappable experimental payloads to test flight…
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US Navy Orders P-8A Increment 3 Block 2 Upgrade Kits for US and Australian Poseidon Sub-Hunters
Boeing will supply nine more P-8A Increment 3 Block 2 retrofit kits, seven for the US Navy and two for Australia, under…
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US Navy Awards Lockheed Martin $122M Trident II Navigation Subsystem Deal for US and UK Submarines
Lockheed Martin has won a $122.4 million no-bid Navy contract to sustain and develop the Trident II D5 navigation subsystem, a Shipboard…