Defense Watch

E-7 Wedgetail Issues. The Air Force tells the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that the E-7 Wedgetail by Boeing is to achieve initial capability in April 2032. The Air Force was […]

Navy PAE Munitions. The Navy on June 25 announced it appointed Van Hendrey to lead the Navy’s Portfolio Acquisition Executive office for Munitions. The Navy previously established PAE Munitions in […]

Back to USPACOM. The Defense Department last week changed the name of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) to U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), reversing a name change the first Trump administration made […]

HAC-D Approves. The House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee approved its $1.07 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense spending bill on June 11 during a closed door markup. The legislation will next be […]

Next Gen OPIR Polar. The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of its fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill rejects U.S. Space Force’s renewed attempt to end the program for the […]

Golden Dome Munitions Strategy. The House Armed Services Committee chairman’s mark of the FY ‘27 defense authorization bill includes a provision requiring the secretary of defense submit an alternative plan […]

Sub Contract Close. Navy officials on May 19 told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) the service is close to finalizing a contract with General Dynamics’ Electric Boat and HII […]

MQ-9 Follow-On. As the U.S. Air Force considers a follow-on to the MQ-9 Reaper by General Atomics, the service has received more than 50 responses to a request for information […]

Michael on Mythos. Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer, said there is broad interest across the U.S. government in assessing Anthropic’s new Mythos artificial intelligence-powered cyber security model, which […]

AI/Classified Networks. The Pentagon announced on May 1 it has entered into agreements with SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services to leverage their advanced artificial intelligence […]