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DOD on ‘Aggressive’ Track to Develop Hypersonic Weapons

DOD on ‘Aggressive’ Track to Develop Hypersonic Weapons

One of the Defense Department’s top priorities is developing hypersonic weapons capability, a particularly important goal, considering recent developments in this area by near-peer competitors China and Russia, the assistant director for hypersonics from the office of the undersecretary for research…
US Army Awards $823M DCGS Drop 2 Contract to BAE Systems

US Army Awards $823M DCGS Drop 2 Contract to BAE Systems

The Intelligence Knowledge Environment is a framework of modular data and artificial intelligence analytic capabilities built to autonomously transform information into knowledge

The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems an initial order under its Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Capability Dr…

Senate in Turn Passes $740 Billion Defense Bill

Senate in Turn Passes $740 Billion Defense Bill

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, a $740 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto over a provision removing Confederate names from military bases.

The vote was 86-14, one …

First Keel Laying of the New Australian Navy Patrol Boats

First Keel Laying of the New Australian Navy Patrol Boats

The National Shipbuilding Program has reached another milestone with the laying of the keel on the first of six new Cape Class Patrol Boats for the Royal Australian Navy.

The vessels are being built by Western Australian company Austal at Henderson, which will grow the patrol boat force to 16 ves…

MDA Falling Behind on Missile Defense Tests: GAO

MDA Falling Behind on Missile Defense Tests: GAO

In fiscal year 2019, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) delivered many of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) assets it planned and conducted key flight tests, but did not meet all of its goals for the year.

For example, MDA successfully delivered interceptors for use by warfighters and co…

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