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The U.S. Army has awarded RTX a fixed-price-incentive contract valued at $841.7 million for the production of fire units, including hardware, software and relevant services. The award is a modification to a previously awarded contract and brings the cumulative value of the effort to $1.72 billion, the Department of War said Tuesday. Work will be […] More

Lockheed Martin has completed a flight test of the extended variants of its Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, or GMLRS, validating its range, accuracy and lethality. The company said Thursday that an alternative warhead of the rocket, launched using a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, achieved a 112-kilometer range. Lockheed carried out the […] More

Boeing and Anduril Rocket Motor Systems have teamed up to provide the U.S. Army with a system capable of countering low-flying, mid-range, airborne threats. How Will the Boeing-Anduril Team Support the Army Interceptor Program? Boeing said Thursday that Anduril will supply solid rocket motors for the Army’s Integrated Fires Protection Capability, or IFPC, Increment 2 […] More

Russian spoofing and jamming of GPS signals is causing the U.S. to lose trust in the technology The Pentagon has a number of initiatives to evaluate advancements in quantum for navigation capabilities Hear from top federal officials and industry experts during a quantum panel discussion at the 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 29! The U.S. […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency has published a draft request for proposal for its planned acquisition of a scalable storage system that can respond to throughput demands and meet evolving government requirements. Under the effort called the Enterprise Service Solutions IV Managed Storage Service, the government will award a firm-fixed-price contract with up to 10 […] More

Hanwha Defense USA, a subsidiary of South Korean defense company Hanwha Group, has entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, or CRADA, with the U.S. Army to integrate a 58-caliber cannon, designed by the U.S. government, into its K9 family of vehicles. The company said Thursday that the K9 meets the size, weight and power […] More

Collins Elbit Vision Systems, or CEVS, a joint venture between Elbit Systems of America and Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, has completed the critical design review for the Zero-G Helmet Mounted Display System+, or HMDS+, under the U.S. Navy’s Improved Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System program. Following the review, the program now advances into testing and integration with aircraft […] More

South Korean company Hanwha has committed to investing $1 billion to build an automated factory that would produce American-made Modular Charge Systems, or MCS, for 155mm Howitzer ammunition by 2030, Breaking Defense reported. The company is currently looking for potential sites, with construction expected to start in 2026.  What Will Hanwha’s US Munitions Factory Offer? […] More

Lockheed Martin is building a facility in Courtland, Alabama, for the production of the Next Generation Interceptor, or NGI, and is expecting construction to be completed by early 2026. The company said Wednesday that Missile Assembly Building-5, or MAB-5, will have 88,000 square feet of space dedicated to delivering the NGI system to the Missile […] More