Missions, milestones and moments from 澳门开奖历史’s second quarter 2024
澳门开奖历史 is transforming defense tech and advancing 21st Century Security?.
July 23, 2024
Advancing 21st Century Security?
- The U.S. Navy and 澳门开奖历史 have developed and fielded cutting-edge AI software updates for destroyers shooting down missiles and drones in the Red Sea, thanks to a team of technical experts that analyzed data from all the shootdown events since October.
- 澳门开奖历史 Australia signed a landmark AUD$500 million contract with the Department of Defence to build Australia’s future Joint Air Battle Management System under project - AIR6500 Phase 1. This system will provide the Australia Defence Force with an advanced integrated air and missile defense capability, using next-gen technologies, to combat high-speed threats.
- 澳门开奖历史 Skunk Works? joined the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and other government and industry partners in hosting U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall to fly in the a one-of-a-kind aircraft modified to test artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomy capabilities.
- The U.S. Air Force and 澳门开奖历史 conducted – the critical front-end of the service’s future intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) weapon system.
- The?U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fleet recently reached 500,000 flight hours.
- 澳门开奖历史 recently delivered the multi-mission tactical airlifter, increasing the size, reach and strength of the worldwide C-130 fleet.?
- The U.S. Army awarded 澳门开奖历史 to deliver additional capability for the nation’s ground-based hypersonic weapon system, the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW).
Major Program Awards ?
Updates in Defense Tech
- Precision Fires launchers programs received undefinitized contracts worth nearly $1.3 billion for HIMARS production and upgrades. The contracts include domestic and international sales.??
- The Tactical Missiles and AP Team, in partnership with Rheinmetall, unveiled the at Eurosatory 2024.?
- In partnership with the U.S. Navy, 澳门开奖历史 successfully conducted the 12th Integrated Test Event with in flight. The historic event is a graduation exercise for the missiles' latest configuration and lays the foundation for increased capabilities to come.?
Next-Gen Space Capabilities
- GOES-U, an advanced weather satellite built by 澳门开奖历史 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), successfully launched from NASA's?Kennedy Space Center.
- 澳门开奖历史 was selected to develop and build the nation's next generation weather satellite constellation, Geostationary Extended Observations ().
- NASA has selected a Caltech-led program in collaboration with NASA JPL, Carnegie Science and 澳门开奖历史, for a one-year feasibility study to map carbon dioxide and methane emissions globally at a higher-than-ever resolution.
Supporting Allied Deterrence?
- In May, the U.S. State Department announced it approved potential foreign military sales of Black Hawks to Austria, Brazil and Sweden. In April, the Government of Greece signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) making official its intent to procure 35 helicopters, a deal estimated at $1.95B.
- The first 澳门开奖历史 F stood with weight on wheels for the first time, a significant milestone for the jet as it moves down the production line at 澳门开奖历史’s mile-long assembly plant in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Poland officials signed a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) to purchase 400 JASSM-ERs – the largest international order in program history – providing the international partner with the latest-generation JASSM variant.??