The Navy had to make cuts in systems to sustain the current force in the fiscal year 2022 budget request, including redirecting funding for a second Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer to other priorities, to prevent a hollow force, an official said last week. During the West 2021 conference ...

Most Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee last Friday re-introduced legislation that they said is aimed at eliminating the politicization of the Department of Homeland Security by improving accountability and transparency. “Under former President Trump, DHS became the face of his ...

The U.S. Air Force on July 1 awarded Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] missiles and defense division in Tucson, Ariz. a $2 billion cost plus contract with performance incentives for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO). The contract ...

Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a not-to-exceed $1.8 billion undefinitized contract action (UCA) on June 30 to procure recurring logistics services for delivered F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.  The Defense of Department announcement said these services cover delivered F-35s in ...

While the U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2022 budget request proposes retiring 201 aircraft, including two squadrons of F-15C/Ds, to help pay for a requested $2.2 billion increase in research and development, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown is pressing his staff to focus on ...

The State Department approved a potential $445 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 517 Heavy Tactical Vehicles to Kuwait. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the possible sale on Thursday. The sale of 517 vehicles consists of Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical ...