Aerospace
The U.S. Army Is Turning HIMARS Into a Pacific Anti-Ship Weapon
A $1.21 billion Army IDIQ puts Lockheed Martin's PrSM Increment 2 on HIMARS, giving land batteries a seeker that can hunt moving ships across the First Island Chain.
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Aerospace
Northrop and True Anomaly Win Prototype Deals to Crowd GEO With Watchdogs
DIU and Space Systems Command selected Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly to prototype maneuverable inspectors for GEO, feeding a $1.84B Space Force buy to replace an exquisite six-satellite fleet. Prototypes launch in 2028 before transitioning to operations in 2029.
Policy and Budgets
How a Stalled Reconciliation Bill Is Trapping the Pentagon's Multi-Year Munitions Strategy
Pentagon buyers pressed defense primes to expand munitions plants against promised multi-year contracts. With a $350 billion reconciliation add-on frozen in Congress, those factory investments are left hanging while the department prepares to reshuffle base spending or defer work into FY28.
Naval
Why the Navy Hired an Autonomy Startup to Build Traditional Landing Craft
Three yards just took $280.5 million in prototype agreements to build LCU 1700-class connectors, and one of them is Saronic, a company known for uncrewed boats, not crewed steel.
Partnerships
Lockheed Taps Detroit's Assembly Lines to Break the Patriot Interceptor Bottleneck
GM Defense turned the first PAC-3 MSE housing parts in 22 days, work aerospace shops often take months or years to finish. The run is the first timed test of Lockheed's bet that Detroit can unstick the Patriot interceptor line.
Companies
Lockheed Is Building Five Stealth Drones to Force Its Way Back Into Fighter Teaming
Skunk Works is building a fleet of five Vectis autonomous stealth drone prototypes with internal capital, testing an 80 percent touch labor reduction to challenge Anduril and General Atomics.
Policy and Budgets
Why the Pentagon Finally Admitted It Fielded Weapons in Orbit
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink revealed the Space Force operates on-orbit space control weapons as the service pushes a $71.2 billion budget against a frozen continuing resolution.
Aerospace
Super Hornets Will Keep Flying as Tankers Until Stingray Reaches the Fleet
The Navy has put Boeing's MQ-25A Stingray into low-rate production, a $562 million Lot 1 start that leaves Super Hornets doing tanker duty until 2029 to extend the carrier air wing's strike radius.
Naval
The Dry Dock Defueling Backlog Trapping 15 Nuclear Submarines at the Pier
A new GAO report finds the Navy will spend $3.1 billion keeping 15 retired attack submarines manned and fueled because public and private dry docks have no room to defuel them. The same yards already burned $3.4 billion on active boats that sat idle for a decade.
Aerospace
Boeing, Anduril, and Lockheed Martin Advance in the Race to Unburden Patriot
The Army selected Lockheed Martin and a Boeing-Anduril team for Phase 2 of its Second Interceptor competition, aiming to fill a critical mid-tier missile gap and preserve strategic Patriot stockpiles.
Electronics
How Northrop Grumman Locked In a Decade of Laser Defense for U.S. Army Helicopters
The U.S. Army awarded Northrop Grumman a $4.84 billion contract for Common Infrared Countermeasure systems through 2035, cementing a sole-source transition from pyrotechnic flares to continuous laser jamming across its combat helicopter fleet.
Aerospace
Covenant Emerges From Stealth With $250 Million to Mass-Produce Tomahawk-Class Cruise Missiles
Covenant emerged from stealth with Anthem, a mid-six-figure cruise missile designed for serial production as Tomahawk and JASSM inventories have been burned down in Iran. The company is trying to fill the gap between affordable mass and strategic range before allied magazines define deterrence.