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US Navy Awards Leonardo DRS DAIRCM Production Contract to Shield Helicopters From Heat-Seeking Missiles
NAVAIR has awarded Leonardo DRS a three-year contract for low-rate initial production of the AN/AAQ-45 DAIRCM, a combined missile warning and laser…
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Textron’s M-346N Is Now the Last Major Contender in the Navy Jet Trainer Race After SNC Exits
Sierra Nevada Corporation has declined to bid its Freedom Jet in the U.S. Navy’s UJTS competition, citing the contract structure, leaving Textron…
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U.S. Navy Orders DTP-N Kits From Boeing to Turn Older F/A-18 Super Hornets Into Block III Fighters
Boeing will supply 64 DTP-N A-Kits and 32 B-Kits under a $23.8 million Navy order for Super Hornets rebuilt to Block III,…
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US Navy Seeks Digital Stability Augmentation to Keep 1970s-Era F-5 Jets Out of Inverted Dives
NAVAIR wants industry to adapt the American Systems AS2100 flight computer into a digital stability augmentation system and autopilot for the F-5N/F…
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US Navy Taps Lockheed Martin to Integrate F135 Engine Core Upgrade and New F-35 Cooling System
Lockheed Martin gets 50,000 more labor hours to integrate Pratt & Whitney’s F135 Engine Core Upgrade into the F-35 and push a…
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US Signs APKWS Production Framework for Up to 25,000 Counter-Drone Interceptors a Year
The Department of War and BAE Systems have agreed a seven-year framework to buy up to 25,000 APKWS guidance sections a year,…
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FN M3M Endurance Pushes .50 Cal Machine Gun Life to 60,000 Rounds
FN Herstal has launched the FN M3M Endurance, a life-extended .50 caliber pintle machine gun rated for 60,000 rounds, with preventive maintenance…
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US Navy Revives LRASM B-52 Integration for Standoff Anti-Ship Strikes
NAVAIR plans a sole-source Lockheed Martin order to integrate the AGM-158C LRASM anti-ship missile on the B-52, reviving an effort that stalled…
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Raytheon Wins $247M Phalanx Contract for Navy CIWS and Army C-RAM Guns
NAVAIR has awarded Raytheon a $247.1 million sole-source Phalanx contract covering Navy and Army close-in weapon systems through September 2030. Army accounts…
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U.S. Navy Flies Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile on F/A-18 for First Time
NAVAIR footage shows Castelion’s Blackbeard hypersonic missile flying on an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet for the first time, as the Navy’s MACE program…