Defense Watch

This Motor’s a GEM. Northrop Grumman’s 63-inch diameter, extended length Graphite Epoxy Motor 63XL (GEM 63XL) is to debut on the first flight of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur […]

Upcoming Coyote Buy. The Army plans to purchase at least 6,700 Coyote kinetic and non-kinetic interceptors to counter enemy unmanned aircraft systems “operating at various speeds and altitudes which are […]

Wiggle Room. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall earlier this month at the Reagan National Defense Forum said the service’s collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) program will “be fielding aircraft by the […]

Fighter Force Structure Exception. The fiscal 2024 defense authorization conference report appears to take account of the coming retirements of F-15s and A-10s and says that the U.S. Air Force […]

Pillar Two Expansion. A State Department Official recently said the administration sees AUKUS Pillar Two eventually expanding to others, but not yet. “I think right now what we want to […]

$80 Billion. After returning from Kyiv where he met with Ukrainian President Volodoymr Zelenskyy, other government officials and Ukrainian troops, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Nov. 22 held the […]

South Korea FMS. The State Department has approved a potential $52.1 million deal with South Korea for 42 AIM-9X Block II and five Block II-plus Sidewinder missiles. “This proposed sale […]

 SDA Classified Study. The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded L3Harris’ Salt Lake City location nearly $2.6 million under SDA’s Systems, Technologies, and Emerging Capabilities (STEC) program for a classified […]

DoD AI Strategy. The Pentagon on Nov. 2 released the new 2023 DoD Data, Analytics, and AI Adoption Strategy, which it said “unifies previous strategic guidance to scale advanced capabilities […]

Silicon Valley. The non-profit Silicon Valley Defense Group (SVDG) is urging Congress to retain a House-passed provision in the final fiscal year 2024 defense appropriations legislation to provide $1 billion […]