Defense Watch

SBIRS and Next-Gen OPIR Support. Northrop Grumman said that it has finished a Critical Design Review (CDR) for Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A) under a U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific […]

ITEP Engines. The Army has now accepted the first two General Electric Aerospace-built T901 helicopter engines, developed under the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), the company said on October 13. […]

Speaker Race. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) has secured the endorsement of two top defense-focused lawmakers in his bid to be the next Speaker of the House. Reps. Mike […]

Starlink Competitors? Next Friday, Oct. 6, is the planned launch date for Amazon’s two Project Kuiper Protoflight satellites aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral […]

From Ukraine to Arizona. The Arizona Defense and Industry Coalition (AZDIC) says that it “looks forward to welcoming Ukrainian pilots to train on F-16s at Morris Air National Guard Base […]

AUSA. Rick Maze, the Association of the United States Army’s (AUSA) director of media operations, provided an update to Defense Daily that the organization’s annual conference scheduled for Oct. 9 […]

Air, Space, and Cyber. “Defeating Multipolar Threats: A Strategic Imperative for Airmen & Guardians” is the announced theme for this year’s Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) annual air, space, […]

AI News. Sweden’s Saab last week said it has acquired Britain’s BlueBear Systems Group, a provider of artificial intelligence-enabled software for autonomous swarm systems of uncrewed and crewed vehicles. The […]

GMD Management Benefits. A top Missile Defense Agency (MDA) official said the agency’s change to break up the management structure for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) missile defense system has […]

Startup Advice for Congress. Congress can do more to help startups in the national security arena by “making more bets” on these venture capital-backed companies “by taking just a tiny […]