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The Senate Appropriations Committee this morning passed its fiscal year 2016 defense spending bill, which adds 12 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, 10 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, a Joint High Speed Vessel […]

PALMDALE, Calif. — Northrop Grumman [NOC] on June 4 rolled out the first of five Global Hawks specially built for the NATO alliance. The milestone is the culmination of a […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Republican and Democrat are calling for the Defense Department to standardize drone pilot training. “We are disturbed that the Department of Defense has no […]

When Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno retires this fall, he leaves to his successor a legacy of uncertainty in end strength, modernization, funding and the service’s role in […]

Unmanned boats that can be air-dropped from a helicopter and a handheld system able to construct a virtual 3D model of vehicles damaged by roadside bombs were among the technologies […]

Airbus was awarded a full-service contract for 15 H145M helicopters by the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), the company said on June 2. This is a seven-year comprehensive co-operative support and […]

A key Air Force officer said June 1 the service could order more than the 112 HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRH) it is currently planning to procure. “Right now the […]

Kratos Defense & Security Systems [KTOS] on June 1 said it has agreed to sell its United States and United Kingdom operations of its Electronic Products Division to Britain’s Ultra […]

The Army and Northrop Grumman [NOC] on May 28 destroyed a ballistic missile using the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) in its first flight test, […]

Concerns about the military’s waning technological dominance have fueled a $200 million boost to directed energy research in the Senate Armed Service Committee’s (SASC) defense authorization bill. The committee’s version […]