Defense Watch

An Industry Loss. Longtime CACI International Leader J. Phillip “Jack” London, who spent 49 years with the company and managed its growth from a small consulting firm to a high-end, […]

Mayorkas Up. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday morning will host its first hearing of the year as it considers the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to […]

Update the No-Fly List. Following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of angry citizens wrongly believing that President Trump was the victim of a stolen […]

Oshkosh Deal. Oshkosh Corp. is acquiring the vehicle engineering and product development company Pratt Miller in a $115 million deal that that will organize the business as a wholly owned […]

Icebreaker Needs. The U.S. Coast Guard needs more polar icebreakers and should evaluate ice strengthening for some of its high-endurance National Security Cutters and forthcoming medium-endurance Offshore Patrol Cutters, says […]

Bomber Task Force. The latest Bomber Task Force mission on Nov. 26 featured an Air Force B-52 bomber from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, N.D. conducting integration operations […]

No pick yet. While Pres.-elect Joe Biden has picked a number of officials for his national security team–Tony Blinken for Secretary of State, Jake Sullivan for national security adviser, Alejandro […]

New Start Limits. The U.S. Air Force plans to increase the number of nuclear capable bomber bases from two to five and to field a future bomber fleet of at […]

Checkpoint Boost. Senate appropriators in their version of the fiscal year 2021 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill recommend a handsome plus-up to the Transportation Security Administration’s request for checkpoint computed tomography […]

Mobility AI. Autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) are top priorities for Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper, but Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, the head of Air Mobility Command (AMC), says […]