Monthly Archive: Maggio 2022

Boeing, Nammo Conduct Successful Ramjet 155 Artillery Tests

Boeing, Nammo Conduct Successful Ramjet 155 Artillery Tests

ARLINGTON, VA. — A team from Boeing and the Norwegian company Nammo has conducted successful ground-fire tests of its Ramjet 155 Extended Range Artillery Projectile – a technology to enable long-range precision fires, one of the U.S. Army’s key modernization priorities.

The tests, led by Nammo …

Australian Navy Faces Strategic Risk of Ageing Capabilities

Australian Navy Faces Strategic Risk of Ageing Capabilities

There will be much celebration of the Royal Australian Navy’s achievements at this week’s Indo-Pacific Sea Power Conference and maritime exposition. They are significant. Five years of Indo-Pacific Endeavour activities have demonstrated the navy’s ability to generate a robust taskforce and sustain i…
GAO Sees Room for Improvement on Missile Defense Acquisition

GAO Sees Room for Improvement on Missile Defense Acquisition

The Missile Defense Agency has a lot of flexibility to develop the systems that make up the U.S. Missile Defense System. But has that flexibility improved the program?

We testified that MDA’s acquisition processes are now more closely aligned with leading practices, and that the agency has made p…

Lockheed Wins $43M to Redesign F-35 Panoramic Display Component

Lockheed Wins $43M to Redesign F-35 Panoramic Display Component

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $43,643,049 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001922F0001) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008).

This order provides for diminishing manufacturing sources non-recurring engineering in support of a redesigned panora…

US Navy Falling Behind on Shipyard Modernization Program: GAO

US Navy Falling Behind on Shipyard Modernization Program: GAO

We testified about Navy efforts to improve its 4 public shipyards. The condition of these facilities has a direct impact on the readiness of the aircraft carrier and submarine fleets they maintain.

— The Navy began a 20-year, $21 billion effort to modernize them in 2018
— Average facility cond…

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