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Raytheon to challenge Lockheed’s takeover of Aerojet, CEO says
Raytheon Technologies chief executive Greg Hayes. (Raytheon) “They [Aerojet Rocketdyne] are a huge supplier to us, and if that merger actually happens, you don’t have an independent supplier on the solid-rocket-motor side. And also, I think it gives us pause as we think about the competitive landscape going forward,” Hayes said at the Barclays Industrial Select virtual conference. If the deal is completed, Raytheon and Boeing would see a top competitor absorb a key supplier of solid-fuel rocket motors used in Raytheon’s missile systems. Hayes said the company would make its concerns known to the U.S. departments of Defense and Justice.
A Montana Democratic will chair the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, handing new clout over the defense budget to a state with nuclear weapons interests.
America is able to digitally design and build new weapons at a speed unseen before.
How did a new sixth-generation stealth fighter aircraft already take to the skies?
How did America’s new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) move toward operational service earlier than expected? Finally, how is the Pentagon planning to have a new high-speed, high-tech Next-Generation Interceptor (NGI) missile by the end of the decade? All of the amazing advances are thanks to digital engineering.
Fast-increasing digital engineering methods which draw upon computer simulations and advanced algorithms to closely replicate design specs and weapons performance parameters.
Outgoing Air Force Acquisition Executive William Roper has outlined a new “trinity” for digital engineering applications and explained the massive difference the process has made with major weapons programs such as a sixth-generation stealth fighter and new Ground Based Strategic Deterrent. Digital engineering techniques