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UncategorizedDefense Watch: Golden Dome, New Chinese Carrier, AUKUS News, Deloitte Invests
Golden Dome Advocacy. Michael Payne, the nominee to be director of DoD’s office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE), told senators in advance policy questions before his hearing that […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch: Wilsbach In, Kratos News, Digital Cockpit, Domestic Icebreakers
Wilsbach Confirmed. A month after receiving his nomination, the Senate confirmed Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach as the next Air Force chief of staff last Thursday. Wilsbach, who headed Air Combat Command […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch: Boeing Machinists, Big GD Award, New USV
Boeing Union to Vote. The union representing about 3,200 Boeing defense employees in the St. Louis region has authorized its members to vote on Oct. 26 on the company’s revised […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch: Wedgetail, Energetics Partnering, Drone News
Wedgetail Deployment. The deployment term of a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail to Poland last July to aid Ukraine has ended. The plane has provided “critical surveillance, communications […]
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UncategorizedBoeing Wins $2.7 Billion In PAC-3 Seeker Production Contracts, Lockheed Martin And Diehl Make A Deal
Boeing [BA] on Tuesday announced it won a series of multiyear contracts worth $2.7 billion total to produce more Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) seekers. Boeing produces the seekers under prime […]
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UncategorizedAV Adds To Switchblade, UAS Product Lines In Pursuit Of Army LASSO, MRR Programs
AeroVironment [AVAV] is expanding its array of loitering munitions and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by adding capabilities to two products and introducing a medium-range suicide drone and a vertical takeoff-and-landing […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch: AUSA Up, German SPY-6, Space Fund, Funding Rounds
AUSA 2025. The Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) will hold its annual conference in Washington D.C. from October 13 to 15. The annual event is the largest landpower trade […]
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UncategorizedAEI Releases Space-Based Interceptor Calculator, Costs Can Balloon Into Trillions For Larger Constellations
An American Enterprise Institute (AEI) official created an interactive Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) Calculator to help show how the government’s design choices can vastly affect system cost, size and performance as […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch: DDGs, Shutdown Impacts, NGC2
DDG-126. The Navy christened the future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG-126), during a Sept. 27 ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, Maine. The ship is […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch: Sec War/Brass Meeting, China Space Plans, Army Acquisition Boss
Hegseth’s Meeting. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will meet with senior military leaders early next week, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed, but the topic for the gathering remains undisclosed. The […]