Global for Thursday, April 11, 2024

• MDA awards Lockheed $4.1B contract to upgrade battle command system
• Lower military secrecy thresholds coming this year, Plumb says
• Budget office says amphibious ship could cost triple Navy’s estimate
• AUKUS allies float path for Japan to join tech sharing pact
• How US Navy experiments could get drones beyond spying and into battle
• Sea-Air-Space 2024: All the cutting-edge tech at Navy’s largest show
• Without change, US Navy’s future fleet looks too ambitious for industry
• France to spend $540 million on artillery propellant production
• Space Force launches weather satellite to replace 1960s-era spacecraft
• In first, France’s aircraft carrier to deploy under NATO command