Defense Watch

Philosophical Differences. Nikki Haley resigned from Boeing’s board of directors on March 16, saying she can’t support the company’s request to the federal government for a bailout amid the COVID-19 […]

Ford Elevators. Last week Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said seven of the 11 planned Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) on the USS Gerald R. Ford will be certified […]

Antarctic Break Out. The Coast Guard’s lone heavy polar icebreaker, the Polar Star, arrived at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Jan. 22 in support of Operation Deep Freeze, the annual joint […]

NASA Bids. A Dynetics-led team that includes Sierra Nevada Corp. has bid on NASA’s Human Landing System program, SNC officials said in a Thursday media call. The program would develop […]

New Offices. Northrop Grumman this month opened its first office in Poland, which is the company’s first international customer for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS). […]

B-21 Exports? The Air Force has not yet addressed any plans to export the B-21 Raider as the next-generation bomber moves through development, Will Roper, the service’s acquisition chief, told […]

3Q M&A. The multinational professional services consulting firm PwC said there were 92 mergers and acquisition deals worth $11.1 billion in the global aerospace and defense market in the third […]

DIU Space Station? The Pentagon’s experimental technology unit is seeking industry input for an “Orbital Outpost” program that would look to build a mini space station to test autonomous and […]

SBIRS Deemed Operational. The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO-4) has achieved Air Force Space Command operational acceptance, the service announced Thursday. The satellite provides worldwide […]

Truman Funds. The Navy acquisition chief James Geurts said since the president decided the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) will gets its refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) and not retire […]