Defense Watch

Nuclear Command and Control. U.S. Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere, the head of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), says that “we are in the beginning steps” of AFGSC’s nuclear […]

CCA Operational Experimentation Unit. The U.S. Air Force plans to use Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat as part of an operational experimentation unit for the service’s planned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). […]

Space Experiments. U.S. Space Force’s small launch and targets division at Kirtland AFB, N.M., has awarded an $11.5 million contract under the Orbital Services Program-4 to Alameda, Calif.-based Astra Space […]

Tricky Challenge. Enabling U.S. Navy strike fighter aircraft to carry hypersonic missiles and stow them safely on aircraft carriers may be a knotty technical challenge. Last month, the Navy awarded […]

New USV. Saildrone, the developer of small unmanned surface vessels (USVs) for security, science and environmental missions, last week introduced its 33-foot Voyager mid-size USV, which is designed for near-shore […]

Fighter Fall. The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2024 budget request proposes the divestment of 131 fighter aircraft, including 42 A-10s, 57 F-15 C/Ds, and 32 Block 20 F-22 aircraft while […]

Ukraine Aid. Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairs of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees, respectively, and Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), […]

MDA Has Boost-Phase Intercept? Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director Vice Adm. Jon Hill recently confirmed DoD already has a boost-phase missile defense capability, but would not explain what it entails. […]

Ukraine/Abrams. Doug Bush, the Army’s top acquisition official, reiterated this week the Army is working through plans to get Abrams tanks to Ukraine “as quickly as possible.” Following the U.S.’ […]

Air and Space Forces Symposium. This year’s Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium on March 6-8 in Aurora, Colo., comes as U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles […]