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Battling sand and wind, Pentagon evaluates counter-drone tech at southern border exercise - Breaking Defense (opens the original)
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YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. — About seven miles away from the Mexico-United States border, an infrequent breeze provides a reprieve from the 100-degree-plus scorching heat. The reprieve is short-lived, as each zephyr comes with a cloud of dust. Weapons vendors, soldiers, drone operators and reporters cover their faces and squint their eyes, but inevitably it gets everywhere, including in equipment. This is the scene of Falcon Peak 26.2, US Northern Command’s fourth and most recent counter-drone e
Army taps 5 companies for PrSM Inc 4 prototypes - Breaking Defense (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON — The Army has selected five companies to develop prototypes for the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 4 program, restarting the competition for the service’s next long-range strike weapon. Anduril, Castelion, Lockheed Martin, RTX and Mach Industries each received Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements to build prototype missiles, the service announced Tuesday. The Increment 4 missile is intended to hit moving maritime and land targets at ranges of at least 1,000 km (621
Army awards up to $7B in sprawling counter-drone IDIQ - Breaking Defense (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON — Army acquisition leaders and Joint Interagency Task Force 401 officials announced today that the service awarded multiple contracts worth up to $7 billion for counter-drone capabilities. The contracts, which the Army began awarding Monday, are part of an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) vehicle, the leaders said. The contracts will support the Pentagon’s drone and counter-drone marketplace, as well as its Domestic Shield program — a project aimed at protecting US mili
Army adds $234M in undefinitized contract funding for Black Hawk deal - Breaking Defense (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON — The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin’s helicopter subsidiary Sikorsky an additional $234 million in an undefined contract action (UCA) for an initial 16 Black Hawk UH-60 helicopters, the service and the company announced today. The total contact value is now worth $356 million. The news comes as Sikorsky’s 10th multiyear deal, awarded in 2022 by the Army, is set to conclude by the end of 2027. The company plans to start delivering the 16 aircraft to the Army when the current multiye
Army has enough drones for each unit, now it needs to train soldiers to use them - Breaking Defense (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON — The Army’s lead for the Drone Dominance program said today that the Defense Department’s gauntlet-style competitions have, in part, helped get enough drones for every squad, but now the service needs more trained personnel to operate them, especially when operating in a contested electromagnetic spectrum. “We do have the volume to do that. A lot of that has been facilitated by [the Pentagon’s] Drone Dominance program,” Col. Gregory Merkl, the Army’s Drone Dominance director, said. “
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