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Aug- 2024 -

6 August

MQ-20 Avenger, Sabreliner jet, and F-5 Advanced Tigers.

MQ-20 to Play Adversary Aircraft in Pentagon Training Program

General Atomics has been contracted to turn a pair of MQ-20 Avenger drones into surrogate adversary autonomous aircraft for a Pentagon training program.

Jul- 2024 -

30 July

Arms

A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA is launched from the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) during a flight test off Hawaii in 2017

Rojoef Manuel

Raytheon to Supply Standard Missile 3 for US, Japan

The Missile Defense Agency has contracted Raytheon Technologies to deliver Standard Missile 3 for the US government.

30 July

Cyber

Rojoef Manuel

DISA Taps Leidos for Defense Network Operations, Maintenance Services

DISA has awarded Leidos a contract to deliver operations and maintenance services for the Department of Defense Network capability.

15 July

Sea

ARCTIC OCEAN - The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea, homeported in Seattle, sits ice in the Northern Arctic Ocean in support of various scientific research projects, Oct. 5, 2009. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns

Rojoef Manuel

Bollinger Joins US, Canada, Finland Icebreaker Fleet Initiative

Bollinger Shipyards has joined a project between the US, Canada, and Finland to create icebreakers that will help secure the Arctic region.

4 July

Air

Eighteen U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles from Kadena Air Base are parked on the ramp, July 9, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The F-15s evacuated due to Typhoon Maria. This is the most aircraft to ever evacuate to Yokota AB from Kadena AB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Oaskabe)

Rojoef Manuel

Pentagon Boosts Fighter Jet Presence in Japan

The US Department of Defense is planning to enhance its fighter jet presence across multiple military bases in Japan.

3 July

Land

Crowley will continue to serve the U.S. military’s transportation and logistics needs under the Defense Freight Services Program.

Rojoef Manuel

Crowley Receives $2B for US Defense Freight Transportation Services

Crowley has received a $2.3-billion contract to extend support for the US Defense Freight Transport Services program

May- 2024 -

23 May

Cyber

Rojoef Manuel

Virginia SATCOM Firm to Build 5G Anti-Jamming Prototype for DIU

iDirect Government has received a contract to develop a 5G counter-interference prototype for the Defense Innovation Unit.

22 May

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Rendering of Aerial Reconnaissance & Elimination System (ARIES) anti-drone interface

Rojoef Manuel

California Startup Demos Counter-Drone System for DoD Stakeholders

Skylark Labs has completed tests of its proprietary counter-unmanned aerial system solution for US Department of Defense stakeholders.

8 May

Americas

Inder Singh Bisht

Aerojet Clinches Pentagon’s Hypersonic Additive Manufacturing Contract

The US Department of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program has contracted Aerojet Rocketdyne to develop a hypersonic propulsion prototype through additive manufacturing.

8 May

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion