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F-35 on Lockheed Martin production line WASHINGTON: Lockheed Martin is projecting about an 80 percent drop in its portion of the F-35’s costs per flying hour by 2031, company officials said today — arguing that overall costs could be even further reduced should DoD sign a company-proposed multi-year performance-based logistics (PBL) contract. “Our costs per flying …

The Space Force successfully launched the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite on an Atlas V launch vehicle from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, May 18. WASHINGTON: The Space Force plans to award contracts this year for early development of tech to underpin potential next-generation launch …

USS Dewey (DDG 105) fires an SM-2 missile. WASHINGTON: The chairman of the House seapower subcommittee, Rep. Joe Courtney, fired a shot across the bow of the White House shipbuilding budget, questioning its proposed cuts to surface warships. An even more prominent Democrat, Senate Armed Services chairman Jack Reed, signaled loud and clear he plans …

An Unmanned Surface Vessel navigates a set course at Camp Lejeune, July 2019. WASHINGTON: The Navy and Marine Corps are testing radically new ways of operating in the Pacific by sending experimental unmanned ships into an ambitious exercise next week. Underpinning that exercise is an ambitious new plan for island-hopping that demands a fast implementation …

GM Defense has brought forward capabilities from its commercial operations for the Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle. There is a need to update the U.S. defense military mobility fleet to support increasingly complex missions, bring advanced technologies to the battlefield and support evolving warfighter requirements. From the arduous defense procurement processes to a limited industrial base, …

The European Court of Justice upheld a complaint from the European Commission that the UK was not obeying air pollution rules while it was still a member. Its Luxembourg-based judges ordered Britain to pay the costs for both itself and the EU. The ECJ could have ordered Britain to pay multimillion pound fines as a …

Raytheon’s T-6 trainer is used by the Air Force and Navy for basic pilot training. WASHINGTON: CAE’s acquisition of L3Harris’s Military Training unit continues the Canadian firm’s efforts to expand and broaden its US defense portfolio, especially with the Air Force, say company officials and industry analysts. “CAE will be a very good parent, hungry …

Seal of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Human rights literally disappeared from former President Trump’s National Security Council (NSC) when he dropped the term from the position once known as the special assistant to the President for multilateral affairs and human rights. President Biden has appointed a new coordinator for democracy and …

Comedian Kunal Kamra, facing contempt for allegedly caricaturing the SC in an undignified and derogatory manner, tells SC that SC judges are the most powerful but enjoy no protection from jokes. “I do not believe that any high authority, including Judges, would find themselves unable to discharge their duties only on account of being the …

The Defense Department envisions AI networks linking forces across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace.  “We lost the initiative early. “We just couldn’t move fast enough. We were trying to coordinate the campaign through multiple chat rooms and email queries, while they just seemed to flow over us. Our sensor to shooter links could never …