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The Space Development Agency is ready to launch a third vendor’s satellites into low Earth orbit as early as Oct. 5.

Boeing’s victory caps a two-month series of U.S. Navy disclosures that transform the vision for the future carrier air wing.

The last of the U.S. military’s Cold War-era missile warning satellites got a final dance on orbit as part of a recent exercise before their planned retirement.

Boeing has won the race to develop the U.S. Navy's F/A-XX next-generation combat aircraft, beating Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman delivers 21 satellites to Vandenberg SFB for SDA’s low Earth orbit constellation, with launches planned in the coming weeks.

NORTHROP gets F-35 radar award... RAYTHEON gets NGJ-Mid Band repair contract... SES appoints Luxembourg secretary general to board of directors...

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

CAE to continue providing C-130H aircrew training... AEVEX, DIVERGENT announce one-way attack munition... L3HARRIS gets NGJ-Low Band award...

L3Harris Technologies has completed the PDR for 18 new satellites in development for the SDA's missile warning, tracking and defense-centric sat constellation.

New cost figures are not yet ready for the massive ICBM project as Air Force leaders outline design shifts.

U.S. Navy tests MQ-20 autonomy mission planning as it prepares to develop and field future Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

SIKORSKY gets contract for 16 Black Hawks... VIASAT-3 F2 enters service... New VPBD at L2 AVIATION...

The U.S. Space Force and the Defense Innovation Unit have tapped Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly to build prototype reconnaissance satellites.

Northrop Grumman displayed a new model of its Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at AFA's Air, Space and Cyber conference.

BAE to demonstrate space rad-hardening tech... Leadership changes at SAAB... NORTHROP gets H-1 kit award...

The U.S. Space Force has established its first operational unit dedicated to space-based moving target indication.

SDA expects Northrop Grumman Transport Layer satellites to launch soon, advancing deployment of its delayed proliferated LEO network.

VULCANFORMS, SPECTER AEROSPACE partner on hypersonic weapons... SES O3b mPOWER constellation complete... New CFO for DRONESHIELD...

Northrop Grumman has dropped out of its partnership to help build the U.S. Navy’s next-generation jet trainer as it awaits a decision by the service.

The race to plug the gap in solid rocket motor production has been evolving, with the finish line moving farther and farther away and new questions emerging.

The U.S. Space Force has chosen a remote location in northern Texas to complete a triad of sites for its next-generation ground-based space awareness network.

NORTHROP gets Common Infrared Countermeasure production award... SPACEX schedules USSF-153... PENTAGON announces Indiana’s first advanced nuclear micro modular reactor...

BOEING gets Super Hornet/Growler flight control surface repair award... PRATT expanding Polish manufacturing facility... SPACEWERX funds wireless satellite charging research...

GD supporting Nuclear-Armed, Sea-Launched Cruise Missile... DYNETICS gets MRADR award... New government relations chief for PBS AEROSPACE...

Cygnus XL boosted the International Space Station’s orbit, positioning the station for Russia’s Progress 96 mission.