Defense Watch

KC-46 Beddown Decision. The Air Force has chosen Travis AFB, California, and Joint-Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to each house 24 KC-46A tanker aircraft. The service signed the record of decision […]

Telescope Under Microscope. The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to discuss NASA’s budget-busting James Webb Space Telescope in a hearing Thursday. The open hearing is set for 10:30 a.m. Eastern […]

SASC Chairman to be Chosen Tuesday. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) told reporters on Capitol Hill that the next SASC chairman is expected to be chosen Tuesday and that he intends […]

Backup Icebreaker. The National Science Foundation, which manages and funds the U.S. Antarctic Program, is conducting a market survey for potential long-term backup or on-call icebreaking services that could be […]

Navy Reforms. Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer earlier this month told reporters that 78 of 110 recommendations made by the Strategic Readiness Review and Comprehensive Review have been implemented. […]

Space-Based Sensors. The Defense Department is exploring options to build a constellation of small satellites that could detect and track hypersonic weapons. The MDA is expected to complete a systems […]

Death by Many Cuts. America is suffering from a “slow bleed” when it comes to cyber attacks and intrusions against its industry and government computer networks, according to Ron Ross, […]

Earache. 3M Company agreed to pay $9.1 million to resolve allegations the company “knowingly” defective combat earplugs to the Defense Logistics Agency in violation of the False Claims Act, the […]

New Checkpoint TSA Demo. The Transportation Security Administration said that it is working with American Airlines to begin demonstrating later this month a computed tomography (CT)-based scanner supplied by Analogic […]

House Intel Bill. The House on Thursday passed its Intelligence Community authorization bill for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 by a 363-54 vote. The legislation funds national security programs to […]