Aerojet Rocketdyne provides solid rocket motor boosters and other products for hypersonics. (Aerojet Rocketdyne artist concept)
US defence contractor L3Harris Technologies plans to expand its weapons and space portfolio by acquiring US propulsion manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne for USD4.7 billion in cash, the two companies announced late on 18 December.
L3Harris chairand CEO Christopher Kubasik said his company would gain a “crucial national asset” in Aerojet Rocketdyne, whose products are used in missiles and launch vehicles.
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A demonstration version of Cubic’s 81 mm mortar training solution shown at 2022 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC 22). The three bombs beside it are 60 mm, 81 mm, and 120 mm training rounds. The small blue object is the electronic sensor cartridge, which is common to all three. (Giles Ebbutt)
Saab and Cubic have developed systems that bring enhanced realism to indirect fire training and support of live training.
The Department of Defense is expanding the scope of its “UAP” investigations to encompass undersea objects and those that transition between mediums.
When Pentagon officials use the acronym “UAP,” they now mean “unidentified anomalous phenomena” — or military-reported, unexplainable sightings.
The Air Force Research Lab has selected Leidos to work on a new hypersonic platform that could both gather intelligence on adversaries and attack them.
The IDIQ research-and-development contract, worth up to $334 million, is for AFRL’s Mayhem project.
“This program is focused on delivering a larger class air-breathing hypersonic system capable of executing multiple missions with a standardized payload interface, providing a significant technological advancement and future capability,” according to a Dec. 16 Defense Department contract award announcement.
FORT MEADE, Md. — U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) has been declared a subordinate unified command beneath its parent organization.
This designation signifies the codification of the enduring mission of the CNMF to defend the nation in cyberspace, officials said during a ceremony at Fort Meade, Maryland, on Monday.
The mission of the organization is to protect the nation against cyber threats. Its personnel — largely considered to be the best of the best in the cyber ops arena — form task forces organized against specific threat actors.
Instead of embracing either strategic clarity or strategic ambiguity on Taiwan, the United States has now ended up with a very non-strategic form of ambiguity. Facing the dual challenge of deterring a Chinese invasion without encouraging Taiwanese leaders to engage in political risk-taking, successive administrations have only muddied the waters with a series of conflicting […]
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The deployment of the Soviet SS-20 missile system in the 1970s and 1980s, and U.S. plans to deploy the Pershing II and Ground Launched Cruise Missile in response, spurred a crisis within NATO over U.S. nuclear deterrence in Europe. Susan Colbourn, associate director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies at Duke University’s Sanford School […]
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Over the past year, Washington has helped rally Europe to support Ukraine’s heroic defense of its sovereignty. Yet amidst the enthusiasm that this has generated, some observers remain concerned that the war in Europe will distract the United States from the more profound threat that it faces from China. They shouldn’t be. Given the deepening […]
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By Kris Osborn, President, Center for Military Modernization (Washington D.C.
Winter, 1968. A multinational force of American, British, Dutch, and Norwegian ships sails the North Atlantic, defending NATO’s shores under a shared flag — a first in modern history. Five decades later, when NATO’s core mission is more relevant than it has been in a generation, the alliance’s navy is adrift. NATO still maintains standing […]
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