Defense Watch

No More SCO? The House Armed Services Committee’s fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill calls for a plan to eliminate or transfer the functions of the Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office […]

Air Force Crash Probes. Air Force investigators have concluded that two mid-air collisions involving two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and two F-16C Fighting Falcons were both due to pilot error, according […]

Markups Begin. Congressional markups of the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill begin at the House Armed Services Committee on April 26. The committee’s six subcommittees will take up the […]

F-35 Milestone. The F-35 Lightning II program has wrapped up developmental flight tests for its system development and demonstration phase, according to the Defense Department’s joint program office and prime […]

Trump Troops. President Trump, who recently ordered the Department of Defense to deploy the National Guard to help secure the southern U.S. border, told reporters aboard Air Force One on April […]

Research Review. The Air Force is on track to finish a year-long review of its research efforts this fall, according to service Secretary Heather Wilson. The Air Force announced the […]

NASA Funding. The $1.3-trillion fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill, which President Donald Trump signed into law March 23, contains $20.7 billion for NASA, a $1.1 billion increase from FY […]

Pave Hawk Crash. A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq March 15, killing all personnel aboard, according to U.S. Central Command. While the cause of […]

F-35 vs. A-10. A congressionally mandated comparison test of the Air Force’s F-35A and A-10 aircraft will be conducted during the F-35’s initial operational test and evaluation, which is slated […]

March Madness. Congressional defense panels will dive into the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2019 budget request and other matters the week of March 5-9 by holding about a dozen hearings in […]