Defense Watch

Epic Fury Cost. The first 100 hours days of the U.S. military operation against Iran, dubbed Epic Fury, cost $3.7 billion, or $891.4 million per say, estimates the Center for […]

If We Don’t Fund It, You Will. Top U.S. Air Force officials have said that they want to move quickly to space-based air moving target indication to replace the service’s […]

F-47 Engine. On Feb. 18, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited Boeing facilities in St. Louis where the company’s Phantom Works is developing the F-47 sixth generation stealth fighter. The same […]

F/A-XX Slow And Steady. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle last Tuesday told reporters that while it seems like the Navy and Defense Department have delayed the down-select for […]

CVN-79. HII announced its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division successfully completed builder’s sea trials of the second Ford-class aircraft carrier as the ship came back to port on Feb. 4. […]

Weapons and Tactics. U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) recently hosted this year’s Weapons and Tactics Conference (WEPTAC) at Nellis AFB, Nev., to test out airmen-developed concepts and systems […]

A Dividend Boost. While President Donald Trump rails against publicly traded defense contractors paying dividends and buying back their stock, L3Harris Technologies on Jan. 23 said its board approved a […]

HII On EO. Following the White House’s new executive order calling on defense industry executives to prioritize increasing production capacity over paying out dividends and stock buybacks, HII CEO Chris […]

LCS LUCAS Launch. The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) on launched the Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) in the Arabian Sea, marking the first […]

Golden Dome Industry Talks. Space Force Gen. Mike Guetlein, head of the Golden Dome initiative, recently minimized concerns about too much secrecy on the Golden Dome architecture and what the […]