Lockheed Martin is gearing up to launch a demonstration mission for its new LM 400 — a common, mid-sized satellite bus that the company plans to use in future bids for Defense Department contracts.
The bus will be launched into low-Earth orbit (LEO) onboard a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket in the first half of 2025, Jeff Schrader, Lockheed Martin Space’s vice president of strategy and business development, told reporters Wednesday.
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President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled his pick for a key national security position, selecting Matthew Whitaker to serve in his second administration as U.S. ambassador to NATO.
Whitaker was acting attorney general from November 2018 to February 2019 during Trump’s first term. He also previously served as chief of staff in the Justice Department and as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa. Additionally, he’s been co-chair for the Center of Law & Justice at the America First Policy Institute and of counsel at Graves Garrett Greim, among other positions.
A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** Donald Trump’s election will have significant implications for European security — including, but certainly not limited to, the war in Ukraine. While Trump’s 2016 election surprised many Europeans, they have had time to prepare for a second Trump administration.
Seven software vendors have been awarded prototype contracts to support the U.S. military’s Replicator initiative via a pair of commercial solutions openings, the Defense Innovation Unit announced Wednesday.
Viasat, Aalyria, Higher Ground and IoT/AI were selected among the 119 companies that submitted proposals for DIU’s Opportunistic, Resilient & Innovative Expeditionary Network Topology (ORIENT) commercial solutions opening.
The remains of a World War II bombardier whose B-24 bomber crashed in 1944 were located under 213 feet of water off Papua New Guinea in late September. Searchers found the remains with the help of specialized underwater sensors and an autonomous submarine provided by a nonprofit which works with the U.S. military and families to find missing American service members.
The group, Project Recover, began their investigation in 2017 with an archaeological survey of Papua New Guinea’s Hansa Bay, where a flight of B-24s on a late-war mission had reported one of their own had crashed.
AeroVironment (AV) has entered a definitive agreement to acquire BlueHalo in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $4.1bn.
PZL Mielec has completed the production and delivery of the last two S-70i Black Hawk multi-role helicopters for the Polish Armed Forces.
Since the DOJ and FBI have failed again, Texas Governor Greg Abbott orders Texas Law Enforcement to go after Chinese operatives intimidating, harassing, and maybe conducting rendition operations to exfiltrate critics of the CCP back to China.
January 20, 2025 can’t come soon enough. Let’s get the Government Agencies focused on their core, Constitutional missions, like eliminating foreign spy operations.
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U.S. Military Now Authorized to Kill Americans on U.S.
VIENTIANE, Laos — Citing a recent American arms sale to Taiwan, China rejected U.S. Secretary of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s invitation to meet with his top Chinese counterpart Defense Minister Adm. Dong Jun at a high-profile summit for Asian military leaders in Laos on Wednesday, two senior defense officials confirmed late Tuesday night.