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Pentagon Advances Key Modernization Milestones Across Navy, Army and Air Force

Recent moves include selecting a new second-stage rocket motor design, seeking a manager for the first Medium Landing Ship Block 1, preparing a supplemental environmental impact statement for the Sentinel ICBM program, initiating brigade-level UAS procurements for fiscal 2026, laying out plans to expand air and missile defense forces by 30 percent

U.S. Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S. Besson (LSV-1) from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, departed Joint Base Langley-Eustis en route to the Eastern Mediterranean on March 9, 2024. (Photo: U.S Central Command)
Lt. Gen. Sean A. Gainey, commanding general, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command speaks to those in attendance at the 28th Annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium Aug. 5 in Huntsville Ala. (Photo: U.S. Army)
Pictured are U.S. Air Force personnel from the 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 1st Reconnaissance Squadron as they work on a 9th Reconnaissance Wing two-seat TU-2S Dragon Lady on Aug. 1. The resulting flight logged more than 14 hours and over 6,000 nautical miles, the Air Force said (U.S. Air Force Photo)
A battery assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, display their patriot radar and antenna mast group during table gunnery training exercise on Kadena Air Base in Japan, Oct. 19, 2017. (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Adan Cazarez)

Overview

  • The Navy has selected Northrop Grumman’s design for the 21-inch Second Stage Rocket Motor and expects to award the contract imminently.
  • NAVSEA issued a Request for Information seeking a Vessel Construction Manager to oversee construction of the first Medium Landing Ship Block 1.
  • The Department of the Air Force is preparing a supplemental environmental impact statement for the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM program and has cancelled three of four scheduled town halls this month.
  • The head of the Army’s Air and Missile Defense Command says the 2040 strategy will be published within about three months as the service plans a 30 percent force expansion over eight years with new Patriot, IFPC and counter-UAS units.
  • After cancelling FTUAS, the Army will award fiscal 2026 brigade-level UAS contracts with Textron and Griffon competing, and industry has bolstered sensor and supply chains through Rocket Lab’s Geost acquisition, Umbra’s new satellite-components unit and Leonardo DRS’s maritime counter-drone demonstration.