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.
Army

General Dynamics lands $716M Abrams sustainment deal

General Dynamics Land Systems collected nearly $730 million in Abrams-related contracts within days of each other, one a sweeping five-year sustainment vehicle worth $716 million, the other a $13.5 million modification that quietly pushed a separate Abrams...
Maritime Security

Northrop Grumman gets $488M to keep F-16 radar flying worldwide

The U.S. Air Force committed nearly half a billion dollars to keeping the F-16's radar supported across two dozen countries on April 27, 2026. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., operating from its Linthicum Heights, Maryland facility, received a ceiling...
Maritime Security

US shipyard HII wins $283M Navy contract for FF(X) frigate work

The U.S. Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a $282.9 million contract to lead yard support for the FF(X) class frigate program. The contract goes to Ingalls Shipbuilding, HII's Pascagoula, Mississippi shipyard, for FF(X) lead yard support work expected...
Maritime Security

General Dynamics shows ARV-30 at Modern Day Marine

General Dynamics showed up to Modern Day Marine 2026 with three business units, two booth numbers, and enough hardware to stock a small army — from a next-generation 8×8 reconnaissance vehicle with a 30mm cannon to an...
Army

New robot combo maps radiation without GPS or a human

Two unmanned systems companies have combined GPS-denied mapping with radiation detection in a single integrated package — giving CBRN teams the ability to see inside contaminated spaces in three dimensions, in real time, without sending a person...
Army

Textron debuts RIPSAW M1 combat robot at Marine Expo

Textron Systems and its subsidiary Howe & Howe pulled the wraps off a new unmanned ground vehicle at Modern Day Marine on April 28, 2026 — a wheeled robotic platform built specifically around the Marine Corps' vision...
Army

NASCAR firm brings six-wheel Mothership vehicle to Marine Expo

A NASCAR team just rolled a six-wheeled military platform onto the Modern Day Marine show floor — and it already has a Lockheed Martin missile test on its resume. Richard Childress Racing Enterprises, LLC, known across motorsport as...
Maritime Security

Patriot3 Shows Maritime SOF Systems at Modern Day Marine

Patriot3, a Virginia-based small business that has spent years building specialized equipment for special operations forces and law enforcement worldwide, brought its full maritime and ground operations portfolio to Modern Day Marine this week — sharing a...
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