Defense Watch

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 […]

F-35 Controlling UAVs? The F-35’s upcoming Technology Refresh upgrade, known as Tech Refresh 3, could include new software that would allow the Joint Strike Fighter to control unmanned systems, the […]

KC-46. Boeing delivered the seventh KC-46A tanker to Altus AFB, Oklahoma on Monday, the company and the Air Force confirmed Thursday. The service and Boeing continue to work through a […]

  Icebreaker Funding. So far, Congress has appropriated just over $1 billion in procurement funding for the Coast Guard’s new heavy polar icebreaker program, the Polar Security Cutter (PSC), enough, […]

MQ-25 & T-X. Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer on Friday said after a recent trip to Boeing’s facility working on the new Air Force T-X trainer, he thinks the […]