Defense Watch

Telework Forever! A strong majority, 81 percent, of Defense Department information technology and program managers surveyed want the department to allow more frequent use of teleworking even after the ongoing […]

Taiclet’s Focus. New Lockheed Martin President and CEO Jim Taiclet will be pursuing four primary missions, which include leading the defense industry with the best technology, developing an innovation culture […]

Air Force Acquisition. As of Friday, all of the Air Force’s major acquisition programs were expected to proceed on schedule even as the U.S. military has had to adapt to […]

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 […]