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🔷 Saved Rounds 9.2.34
Welcome to Tuesday's Saved Rounds, where we send out all the goodies we couldn't squeeze into our Sunday newsletter.
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They Said It
“very aspirational at best, right now”
— Marine Corps Brig. Gen. William Wilburn Jr., on the Pentagon’s CJADC2 dreams to connect every sensor to shooter
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In that Number
$10 million
The Air Force is preparing to award $10 million worth of study contracts for engines that could power later versions of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).
Saved Rounds
Navy fighter pilots finally have a way to train with flight simulators at sea aboard aircraft carriers
The Army received its first EAGLS laser rocket counter-drone system (shoots APKWS rockets)
Aurora Flight Sciences completed a 7-hour flight test of their hydrogen fuel cell-powered drone
Russia is dealing with supply chain and technology issues in Su-57 stealth fighter production
The Italian Navy declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the F-35B on aircraft carriers
The Air Force received the first EA-37B Compass Call for operational training
L3Harris received a $587m Navy contract to provide test articles for the EA-18G’s Next Generation Jammer Low Band program
Thailand indicated it will buy Saab Gripen E/F fighters over F-16 Block 70/72s
North Korea made a clone of Israeli kamikaze drones
Embraer is selling up to 6 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to the Uruguayan Air Force
Taiwan is building 2 Harpoon coastal defense missile bases to defense against China
Northrop Grumman showed off a redesigned ICBM target missile
Serbia is buying 12 Rafale fighter jets
Raytheon won a $51m contract for military satcom antennas that connect to commercial constellations
The Air Force finally approved a plan for new satellites to track ground targets from space
Stoke Space received a $4.5m DIU contract to prototype cargo delivery from space
DIU is looking for generative AI solutions to help with military planning
Norway was approved to buy 100 AMRAAM-Extended Range missiles from RTX for ground-launched air defenses
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