Defense Watch

$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 […]

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 […]