L3Harris announced on October 5 that it had been awarded a sole-source contract by the United States Air Force to modernize the electronic warfare system of the B-52 Stratofortress fleet.… Continue reading "L3Harris Awarded 10-Year Contract For B-52 Electronic Warfare Upgrades"
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Rolls-Royce a contract to re-engine the B-52 bomber. The contract, worth $2.6 billion, when fully exercised will deliver 608 engines for the Air Force’s… Continue reading "U.S Air Force picks Rolls Royce’s F130 for the B-52’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program"
The United States Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is resuming procurement efforts for its defensive hypersonic Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program after a long pause that followed its… Continue reading "U.S. Missile Defense Agency Resumes Hypersonic Missile Defenses Effort"
The US Air Force says that its second booster flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon “did not meet all flight objectives”, after the hypersonic missile’s booster rocket… Continue reading "Motor Ignition Failure During Second ARRW Booster Flight Test"
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s markups for the 2022 NDAA include language prohibiting retirement of any of the US Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt IIs throughout fiscal 2022, alongside ordering an… Continue reading "SASC 2022 NDAA Markups: A-10 Retirements Blocked, Independent Assessment for Armed Overwatch"
This weekend at Overt Defense we’re rounding up some of the week’s biggest defense news. The situation in Afghanistan is becoming critical with 1,000 ANA soldiers to fleeing to Tajikistan,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (5 – 9 July)"
The US Air Force’s first F-15EX arrived at its new home base of Eglin Air Force Base yesterday, a day after it was formally accepted at Boeing’s St. Louis production… Continue reading "The US Air Force’s First F-15EX Touches Down At Eglin Air Force Base"
With the impending departure of the Trump administration, the various political appointees in the Pentagon are similarly clearing out their desks. While the jury is still out on whether they… Continue reading "“I Cannot Wait To Leave This Job, Believe Me”: A Tale Of Two Appointees"
The Army has handed out two large contracts for the development and production of it’s upcoming Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW). On August 30th Dynetics was awarded a $352 million… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin, Dynetics, and Raytheon together will produce the US Army Long Range Hypersonic Weapon"