Defense Watch

Fighter Market. Forecast International projects industry will build more than 3,855 fighter aircraft over the next decade. The consulting group’s new fighter aircraft study values that production at more than […]

Chairman of the Board. Aerojet Rocketdyne’s board of directors on July 8 appointed Thomas Corcoran as its independent chairman, effective immediately. Corcoran, who was on the slate of directors backing […]

House Considers NDAA. The House is set to take up its version of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization starting on June 13, where it will debate and consider […]

RIMPAC 2022. The Navy began the 28th biennial international Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise on June 29. This year’s event includes 26 countries, 28 surface ships, four submarines, nine […]

NGI. Northrop Grumman said it recently started fabricating “integral throat entrances” for the Missile Defense Agency’s Next Generation Interceptor solid rocket motors. The company said on June 16 that this […]

Tactically Responsive Launch. The House Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill says that “given the successful tactically responsive launch-2 mission, the Space Force should continue to […]

New Joint Venture. Germany’s Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) said on June 8 they have established a new joint venture in Lithuania aimed at providing comprehensive logistical support for Lithuanian […]

Lichtenstein’s Counter. Warren Lichtenstein, executive chairman of Aerojet Rocketdyne, who is locked in a proxy battle against Eileen Drake, the company’s CEO, last Thursday officially offered his slate of eight […]

LCS To South America? Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday raised the idea of selling nine Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) the Navy wants to retire to South American countries. […]

Ukraine Supplemental Passes. The Senate on May 19 voted 86 to 11 to pass the new $40 billion Ukraine emergency aid supplemental, sending the bill to President Biden’s desk for […]