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Is JSTARS the right way forward? Even Lockheed says it’s a question worth asking.
Next week, the U.S. Air Force is expected to announce its decision on whether to continue the JSTARS recap program, but a top Lockheed Martin executive contends that an alternative to JSTARS might actually be the best approach.
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Pentagon’s deputy secretary temporarily gets lead space advisory job
The deputy defense secretary will step temporarily into the role of the Pentagon’s lead coordinator for space activities, but questions remain on who will ultimately oversee national security space programs.
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Coast Guard to launch small drone competition
The Coast Guard wants small unmanned aerial system to provide ISR to its national security cutters for missions like drug interdiction.
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The Pentagon no longer has a leader on space programs. What does that mean?
The principal Department of Defense space adviser position has been vacated. What comes next is still a mystery.
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Changes to LCS mission equipment coming in FY19 budget
The three LCS mission modules contain a number of weapons, sensors and unmanned systems used for missions related to surface warfare, mine countermeasures and anti-submarine warfare.
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Russia’s nuclear underwater drone is real and in the Nuclear Posture Review
A draft of the Pentagon’s Nuclear Posture Review confirms the existence of an underwater nuclear drone made and operated by Russia, a capability the U.S. Defense Department had not previously publicly acknowledged.
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Saab hoping to edge its radar into Navy’s future frigate program
The Navy has tapped Raytheon’s Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar as its preferred radar for the future frigate, but Swedish defense company Saab is closely watching the program to see if an opening develops for its Sea Giraffe agile multibeam radar.
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GAO dismisses Raytheon’s JSTARS recap protest, cementing Northrop as radar provider
The Government Accountability Office on Dec. 28 dismissed Raytheon’s initial protest, filed on Nov. 20, as well as two supplemental protests filed Dec. 11 and 18.
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Is the Air Force changing its mind on long-endurance drones?
Aurora has struggled to get the U.S. Air Force interested in ultrahigh-endurance drones that, in the case of its Orion aircraft, can stay aloft up to 100 hours. But the company’s CEO thinks the service just might be changing its mind.
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Air Force to unveil plan to revamp ISR enterprise this spring
The flight plan will chart the course for the Air Force’s ISR enterprise from now until 2035.
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Is JSTARS the right way forward? Even Lockheed says it’s a question worth asking.
Next week, the U.S. Air Force is expected to announce its decision on whether to continue the JSTARS recap program, but a top Lockheed Martin executive contends that an alternative to JSTARS might actually be the best approach.
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Pentagon’s deputy secretary temporarily gets lead space advisory job
The deputy defense secretary will step temporarily into the role of the Pentagon’s lead coordinator for space activities, but questions remain on who will ultimately oversee national security space programs.
-
Coast Guard to launch small drone competition
The Coast Guard wants small unmanned aerial system to provide ISR to its national security cutters for missions like drug interdiction.
-
The Pentagon no longer has a leader on space programs. What does that mean?
The principal Department of Defense space adviser position has been vacated. What comes next is still a mystery.
-
Changes to LCS mission equipment coming in FY19 budget
The three LCS mission modules contain a number of weapons, sensors and unmanned systems used for missions related to surface warfare, mine countermeasures and anti-submarine warfare.
-
Russia’s nuclear underwater drone is real and in the Nuclear Posture Review
A draft of the Pentagon’s Nuclear Posture Review confirms the existence of an underwater nuclear drone made and operated by Russia, a capability the U.S. Defense Department had not previously publicly acknowledged.
-
Saab hoping to edge its radar into Navy’s future frigate program
The Navy has tapped Raytheon’s Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar as its preferred radar for the future frigate, but Swedish defense company Saab is closely watching the program to see if an opening develops for its Sea Giraffe agile multibeam radar.
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GAO dismisses Raytheon’s JSTARS recap protest, cementing Northrop as radar provider
The Government Accountability Office on Dec. 28 dismissed Raytheon’s initial protest, filed on Nov. 20, as well as two supplemental protests filed Dec. 11 and 18.
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Is the Air Force changing its mind on long-endurance drones?
Aurora has struggled to get the U.S. Air Force interested in ultrahigh-endurance drones that, in the case of its Orion aircraft, can stay aloft up to 100 hours. But the company’s CEO thinks the service just might be changing its mind.
-
Air Force to unveil plan to revamp ISR enterprise this spring
The flight plan will chart the course for the Air Force’s ISR enterprise from now until 2035.
-
Is JSTARS the right way forward? Even Lockheed says it’s a question worth asking.
Next week, the U.S. Air Force is expected to announce its decision on whether to continue the JSTARS recap program, but a top Lockheed Martin executive contends that an alternative to JSTARS might actually be the best approach.
-
Pentagon’s deputy secretary temporarily gets lead space advisory job
The deputy defense secretary will step temporarily into the role of the Pentagon’s lead coordinator for space activities, but questions remain on who will ultimately oversee national security space programs.
-
Coast Guard to launch small drone competition
The Coast Guard wants small unmanned aerial system to provide ISR to its national security cutters for missions like drug interdiction.
-
The Pentagon no longer has a leader on space programs. What does that mean?
The principal Department of Defense space adviser position has been vacated. What comes next is still a mystery.
-
Changes to LCS mission equipment coming in FY19 budget
The three LCS mission modules contain a number of weapons, sensors and unmanned systems used for missions related to surface warfare, mine countermeasures and anti-submarine warfare.
-
Russia’s nuclear underwater drone is real and in the Nuclear Posture Review
A draft of the Pentagon’s Nuclear Posture Review confirms the existence of an underwater nuclear drone made and operated by Russia, a capability the U.S. Defense Department had not previously publicly acknowledged.
-
Saab hoping to edge its radar into Navy’s future frigate program
The Navy has tapped Raytheon’s Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar as its preferred radar for the future frigate, but Swedish defense company Saab is closely watching the program to see if an opening develops for its Sea Giraffe agile multibeam radar.
-
GAO dismisses Raytheon’s JSTARS recap protest, cementing Northrop as radar provider
The Government Accountability Office on Dec. 28 dismissed Raytheon’s initial protest, filed on Nov. 20, as well as two supplemental protests filed Dec. 11 and 18.
-
Is the Air Force changing its mind on long-endurance drones?
Aurora has struggled to get the U.S. Air Force interested in ultrahigh-endurance drones that, in the case of its Orion aircraft, can stay aloft up to 100 hours. But the company’s CEO thinks the service just might be changing its mind.
-
Air Force to unveil plan to revamp ISR enterprise this spring
The flight plan will chart the course for the Air Force’s ISR enterprise from now until 2035.













