Defense Watch

Reed on ‘Belt Tightening.’ Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said last week the potential “belt tightening” of defense spending could provide the Pentagon an […]

Space National Guard. Acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth has signed a proposal on the integration of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserves into the […]

Best and Final Offer. The U.S. government and Lockheed Martin submitted an F-35 best and final offer on to the Finnish government for the latter’s HX fighter competition to replace […]

M-SHORAD Fielding. The Army announced on April 23 has fielded the first Mobile Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) systems, delivering four systems to the 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery […]

S-97 Raider. Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky unit announced last week it has flown its S-97 Raider helicopter at an Army installation for the first time, demonstrating the aircraft for service officials […]

Supply Chain Summit. Senior Biden administration officials on Monday will host a virtual summit with CEOs on semiconductor and supply chain resilience. The event will be hosted by National Security […]

Cyber EO. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that for President Biden’s forthcoming executive order on cyber security the “administration is working on nearly a dozen actions” with more details […]

Beyond Red Hawk. The Air Force’s announcement last September of its first digitally engineered platform–the Boeing eT-7A Red Hawk trainer–marks the beginning of what may be a slew of such […]

F-35C Engine Transfer. The Navy’s USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) aircraft carrier conducted a vertical replenishment at sea on March 6, simulating the ability to transfer an F135 jet engine for […]

AMPV Deliveries. BAE Systems has delivered 20 of the Army’s new Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPV) to date, including vehicles across all five variants, according to Maj. Gen. Ross Coffman, director […]