Defense Watch

Ukraine/Abrams. The first group of refurbished Abrams tanks set to go to Ukraine have been accepted by the U.S. government, the Army’s top acquisition official said on Aug. 7. “Of […]

SEC Cyber Rule. After announcing on July 26 a new rule requiring public companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents and their plans to identify and manage risks from cyber threats, […]

Ukraine Supplemental. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), chair of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, said last Thursday he expects the Biden administration to initiate the process soon on a new supplemental […]

DoD Data Generation. The founder and CEO of Scale AI, Alexandr Wang, told the House Armed Services Committee’s cyber, information technologies, and innovation panel on July 18 that the Pentagon […]

SASC on GHG. The Senate Armed Services Committee’s fiscal year 2024 defense bill would prohibit for two years the Defense Department from requiring any of its contractors to provide reports […]

Kaine Challenger. Hung Cao, a retired Navy captain, has filed paperwork to run for the Republican nomination to represent Virginia in the U.S. Senate. Cao is the latest Republican to […]

Norway FMS. The State Department on June 28 approved a potential $293 million foreign military sale with Norway for up to 580 RTX-built GBU-53/B air-launched, precision-guided glide bombs. The new […]

Replenishment Bill. Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have introduced a new bill that would amend DoD’s emergency acquisition authorities to allow […]

X-Bow Bolt Launch. X-Bow Systems last week said it completed the second successful launch of its Bolt rocket, the first vehicle in the company’s new suite of modular boost solid […]

Sentinel Supply Chain Mitigations. U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has told Congress that the service faces a challenge in ensuring that the Northrop Grumman LGM-35A Sentinel meets its initial […]