Yearly Archive: 2020

Lockheed Wins $7M for F-35 ‘End of Life’ Parts

Lockheed Wins $7M for F-35 ‘End of Life’ Parts

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $7,469,472 modification (P00001) to firm-fixed-price order N00019-20-F-0022 against previously issued basic ordering agreement N00019-19-G-0008.

This order exercises options to procure Intel Diminishing Manufacturing Sources parts that have …

US Army and Poland Coordinate Air Defense Integration

US Army and Poland Coordinate Air Defense Integration

Brig. Gen. Gregory Brady, the commander of the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, visited Poland on Aug. 11-12 at the request of Polish Col. Kazimierz Dynski, commander of the 3rd Surface to Air Defense Brigade, in order to facilitate the planning and execution of future exercises in the Eur…
Gremlins Program Completes Second Flight Test

Gremlins Program Completes Second Flight Test

After meeting several primary objectives during risk reduction flights at the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah in late July, DARPA’s Gremlins program now is targeting additional tests of its X-61A vehicle later this year. The program seeks to develop and demonstrate air launch and air recov…
Japan Cleared to Buy 32 Amraam Missiles in $63M Deal

Japan Cleared to Buy 32 Amraam Missiles in $63M Deal

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Japan of thirty-two (32) AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) with support for an estimated cost of $63 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Age…
Pentagon Approves Sale of Hellfire Missiles to UK

Pentagon Approves Sale of Hellfire Missiles to UK

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the United Kingdom three hundred ninety-five (395) AGM-114R2 Hellfire missiles with support for an estimated cost of $46 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency deli…
Darpa Comments AlphaDogfight Trials

Darpa Comments AlphaDogfight Trials

A small Maryland company took first place in last week’s AlphaDogfight Trials Final event, a three-day competition designed to demonstrate advanced algorithms capable of performing simulated, within-visual-range air combat maneuvering – commonly known as a dogfight.

Heron Systems’ F-16 AI agent …

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