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Mar 18, 2020
Jim Taiclet, a relative outsider, could herald big changes at Lockheed as the Pentagon’s top contractor changes CEO.
Mar 18, 2020
Eighteen months after Boeing/Saab team won the T-X contract, the T-50 and M-346 continue to compete for USAF deals.
Mar 17, 2020
Advanced ICBMs drive faster schedule, but can MDA deliver?
Mar 16, 2020
The 45th Space Wing sees launch on demand for commercial and government satellites in the near future.
Mar 13, 2020
With a 2024 deadline to land crew on the Moon, NASA is putting its procurement processes on speed drive.

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Jan 07, 2022
Turkish Aerospace (TAI) has opened a wave of new facilities as the company prepares for the development and production of an indigenous combat aircraft. 
Jan 06, 2022
The Defense Department organization that oversees global military sales has a new leader.
Jan 06, 2022
President Joe Biden has nominated Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla to lead U.S. Central Command as the Pentagon looks to shift away from constant operations in that command’s area of responsibility to threats in the Pacific.
Jan 06, 2022
The Netherlands is sending its new MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude, long-endurance platforms to the Caribbean as part of a shakedown and evaluation of the new aircraft.
Jan 06, 2022
Bradley Feldmann has left Cubic’s corner office as the new private owners of the storied 70-year-old defense contractor appoint new leadership.
Jan 06, 2022
NATO fighters were scrambled the equivalent of more than once a day during 2021, mostly in response to Russian military flights.
Jan 06, 2022
A Republic of Korea Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35A was saved Jan. 4 when the pilot chose to land the aircraft on its belly following an inflight mechanical malfunction.
Jan 05, 2022
The U.S. needs to move quickly to increase collaboration with defense industries abroad to bring on the best technologies quickly, and a key way to do that would be to expand the National Technological and Industrial Base while also loosening arms sales restrictions, the Pentagon’s former top weapons buyer said.