Defense Watch

FMTV Extension. The Army plans to extend its Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) contract with Oshkosh Defense for an additional three years, estimating it may order an additional 1,343 […]

Aussie-Japanese UUVs? The Australian Defense ministry said it signed a bilateral research agreement with Japan focused on undersea autonomy. The agreement is between Australia’s Defense Science and Technology Group and […]

Drone Connectivity. A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger demonstrated “hardware-agnostic, open standard-based autonomy” for Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs) in a flight test on Nov. 13, the company said this week, […]

Autonomy Prime. The U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm, AFWERX, said that it plans to release an Innovative Capabilities Offering and Autonomy Prime’s first fly-off solicitation in the near future for […]

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 […]