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US Needs to Better Manage Counter-Hypersonic Development: GAO

US Needs to Better Manage Counter-Hypersonic Development: GAO

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) continues to build components of the Missile Defense System (MDS), test its capabilities, and plan for countering evolving threats. In fiscal year 2021, MDA made progress, but continued to fall short of its goals for asset deliveries and testing.

For example, MDA…

US Probing How American Electronics Ended Up in Russian Weapons

US Probing How American Electronics Ended Up in Russian Weapons

Federal agents have begun questioning U.S. technology companies on how their computer chips ended up in Russian military equipment recovered in Ukraine.

Commerce Department agents who enforce export controls are conducting the inquiries together with the FBI, paying joint visits to companies to a…

F-35 Helps Patriot Missiles to Shoot Down Aerial Target

F-35 Helps Patriot Missiles to Shoot Down Aerial Target

A U.S. Army Patriot missile defense system and an Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft combined Wednesday to shoot down a dummy cruise missile over the Pacific, according to an Army spokesman.

The drill marked the first time a Patriot system had been fired from the island nation of Palau, and th…

Saab Completes EMD T-7A Red Hawk Deliveries from Sweden

Saab Completes EMD T-7A Red Hawk Deliveries from Sweden

Saab has shipped the last of five fully installed T-7A Red Hawk aft fuselages from its factory in Linköping, Sweden to Boeing’s production site in St. Louis. In addition to the five Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) aft fuselages, Saab has over the program also delivered two test fusel…
Lockheed Wins $130M Order for Eight ARTS-V2 Radars

Lockheed Wins $130M Order for Eight ARTS-V2 Radars

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, has been awarded a $130,527,339, contract modification (P00032) to previously awarded contract FA8210-17-C-0001 for the Advanced Radar Threat System – Variant 2 (ARTS-V2).

The contract modification is to provide for the exercise of…

France Qualifies Fardier Vehicle for Paras, Special Forces

France Qualifies Fardier Vehicle for Paras, Special Forces

PARIS — On June 10, 2022, the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) qualified the Fardier vehicle intended for the airborne troops of the Army, as well as for the special forces. The first eight vehicles should be delivered to the forces by the end of the year.

A small air-transportable, air-d…


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