The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report on Jan. 14 warning issues with a new digital design tool and further effects threatens the cost and schedule of the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN). The report, “Delivery Hinges on Timely and Quality Materials from ...

Prime contractor for the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Lockheed Martin [LMT] awarded Boeing [BA] $974 million in subcontracts in 2020 to develop a next-generation seeker and continue current seekers for the air and missile defense system, Boeing said Wednesday. The company said the seeker ...

In the wake of the recent discovery of a cyber security breach of a number of federal agencies and even more private sector entities, the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has introduced a new effort aimed at reducing cyber risks nationwide through better use of data, ...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded L3Harris Tehcnologies, Inc. [LHX] a $122 million prototype award Jan. 14 for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) Phase IIa effort. Under this award, the company is directed to provide the MDA’s HBTSS an on-orbit prototype ...

Defense companies’ pause in all political donations by their Political Action Committees (PACs) in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is unlikely to disfavor disproportionately the 147 GOP congressional members who voted not to certify the Electoral College results for ...

Despite headaches that touch, in one way or another, almost every major nuclear weapons refurbishment underway at the National Nuclear Security Administration, the agency’s big contractors generally got good reviews in the pandemic-beleaguered 2020 fiscal year, according to agency’s annual ...