Colton Jones

Colton Jones serves as Deputy Editor of Defence Blog, with a specialization in the U.S. defense industrial base. A former member of the United States Air Force, Colton brings firsthand military experience to his analysis of procurement, defense manufacturing, and Pentagon policy. He is one of the blog’s lead writers and most respected defense experts.
Maritime Security

U.S. Navy upgrades E-6B comms while its replacement takes shape

The U.S. Navy is upgrading the communications suite on the E-6B Mercury, an airborne nuclear relay aircraft, even as the service moves forward with the E-130J Phoenix II, the platform eventually set to replace it. Naval Air Systems...
Aviation

U.S. Air Force looks to keep Minuteman III guidance system running to 2050

The U.S. Air Force wants to keep the Minuteman III flying through 2050, and it's now looking for contractors who can help figure out how to do it. The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center published a special notice...
Maritime Security

U.S. Navy sets up $650M competition for 474 military boats

The U.S. Navy just spread a contract worth up to $650 million across eight small American boatbuilders to keep its fleet of rigid hull inflatable boats stocked for the next decade. Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington awarded...
Army

Raytheon gets $441M urgent GEM-T missile order

Raytheon RTX picked up a $441.6 million contract modification on April 30 to build PATRIOT GEM-T missiles, with the Department of War demanding delivery by September 30 — five months from award, no extensions mentioned. Army Contracting Command...
Army

U.S. Army seeks bat researchers for Aberdeen Proving Ground

The U.S. Army is hiring bat researchers to work at Aberdeen Proving Ground — and the solicitation is a reminder that one of the most significant military testing installations on the East Coast operates under biological constraints...
Aviation

Pentagon plans to destroy hundreds of Minuteman II missile motors

The U.S. Space Force is looking for a contractor to dismantle and destroy the rocket motors from decommissioned Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missiles. Space Systems Command's Assured Access to Space directorate published a Request for Information on April...
Aviation

US military spends $178M to keep aging J85 jet engine in service

The U.S. military has been quietly spending over $178 million on J85 jet engine supplies across a series of contracts and modifications. General Electric Co., operating from its Lynn, Massachusetts facility, has received a sequence of awards against...
Army

Rockwell Collins gets $472M deal for Chinook avionics

The U.S. Army has awarded Rockwell Collins a nearly half-billion dollar contract to keep the CH-47 Chinook's command, control, and communications systems current. Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, awarded Rockwell Collins Inc., headquartered in Cedar Rapids,...
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