Pentagon inks SM-3 framework deals with RTX, Boeing on critical components
The seven-year framework deals cover key SM-3 components including avionics and ejector assemblies.
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Trump opens door for foreign-built Navy ships. It could get complicated.
President Donald Trump has called for the US to outsource the building of at least a few Navy ships to foreign shipyards.
CENTCOM launches multinational attack drone task force
U.S. Central Command will stand up the inaugural task force focused on multi-domain, multinational attack drones.Task Force Falcon Strike will utilize one-way attack drones composed of unmanned systems from above, on and below the sea, managed by U.S. military support staff and regional partners, according to a Thursday release.The move to launch this unit follows…
Patriot makers hedge on Ukraine production deal as officials question cause of hold-up
KYIV, Ukraine — Though U.S. President Donald Trump promised Kyiv a license to build Patriot missile interceptors last month, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have begun putting the brakes on a joint-production deal as executives weigh what is “feasible” and the licensing runs into Washington’s red tape.American officials are backpedaling too. Trump on July 20 told…
Pentagon inks deals with Boeing, RTX to boost production of SM-3 components
The Pentagon signed two framework agreements Friday with Boeing and RTX to expand production of critical components for the Standard Missile-3, the Navy’s primary ship-launched interceptor against ballistic missiles. The deals cover avionics and ejector assemblies Boeing supplies to prime contractor Raytheon, an RTX business, for both the SM-3 Block IB and the newer Block…
As warfare becomes engineering, the era of the digital mercenary dawns
Private cyber firms will be allowed to take action against foreign threats under a new White House policy, another step into a future where tech developers are ever more closely entwined with military operations, which now evolve faster than governments can keep up. Under the policy, announced Wednesday, the U.S. government will pay private cybersecurity…
New US security entities hint at more Latin American operations
The recent establishment of a organized-crime task force by U.S. Southern Command is the latest expression of the Donroe Doctrine, the administration's interventionist—some say imperialist—approach to Latin America. But it may also signal a increased desire to work with regional partners—or just to operate inside their countries. Last year's launch of Operation Southern Spear marked…
Intel ops are underway at Space Command’s nascent Alabama HQ
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Less than a year after President Trump reversed a Biden-era decision to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado, space intelligence operations are being conducted in existing offices at Redstone Arsenal while a permanent headquarters is built on base. By year’s end, SPACECOM plans to have roughly 200 of the 1,800 Colorado-based positions…
Pentagon hands Palantir up to $244M in no-bid work
Palantir has secured another lucrative commitment from the Defense Department: a pledge to pay the company up to $243.9 million to use its software through March 31, 2027. In a memo viewed by Washington Technology, Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg has directed DOD departments to identify options for more spending on Palantir products from April 1, 2027, and Dec.…
Iran war reveals protection of space assets on bases has to ‘evolve,’ top general says
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Iran’s deliberate targeting of U.S. radar systems during Epic Fury shows that the military has to change the way it protects key space assets on the ground, U.S. Space Command’s leader said. Iranian drone and missile attacks after the initial U.S.-Israel joint strikes reportedly damaged multiple radar sites. One U.S. Army Space…