Defense Watch

Fireside Chats. U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown is to kick off the Air Force Association’s 2021 Virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium (VAWS) next Wednesday in a fireside […]

F-35A Engines. The U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) said that it is working with the F-35 Joint Program Office and Pratt & Whitney to resolve supply and maintenance […]

Win, Lose, Win. After first winning the contract, then losing it following protests by losing bidders, Amentum’s DynCorp International business unit once again has won a potential $1.3 billion contract […]

Future NCA Weapons. The Air Force procurement of existing weapons, such as the Boeing GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb, generally allows little deviation for the addition of new capabilities so it […]

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 […]