Defense Watch

SOCOM R&D. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) chairwoman of the House Armed Services Committee’s emerging threats and capabilities panel, says she is “somewhat disappointed” that U.S. Special Operations Command’s fiscal year […]

Belgian F-35s? The Belgian Ministry of Defence, which is considering buying either the F-35A Lighting II or the Eurofighter Typhoon, says it expects to receive best and final offers from […]

DHS Authorization. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) has introduced a bill that would permanently authorize the Department of Homeland Security’s Joint Requirements Council, an executive body within the department that oversees […]

A-10 Wings. The Air Force, whose fiscal year 2018 budget request contains funding to restart wing production for the aging A-10 Thunderbolt II close-air-support aircraft, plans to buy more wings […]

Space Adviser. Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan will take over the duties of the principal defense space adviser on an “interim” basis, he wrote in a Jan. 17 memo to […]

NRO Launch. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 4 rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office satellite (NROL-47) lifted off Jan. 12 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The launch […]

JSTARS Review. The Air Force continues to explore whether fusing data from various air-, ground-, sea- and space-based sensors would provide a better picture than a replacement for the aging […]

Editor’s Note. This will be the last issue of Defense Daily in 2017. Our next issue will be dated Jan. 3, 2018. Happy Holidays! F-35 Production. Lockheed Martin plans to […]

CR Uncertainty. The continuing resolution (CR) that temporarily funds the federal government expires Dec. 22, but what will replace it is unclear. The Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee […]

CR Enacted. President Donald Trump signed into law Dec. 8 a continuing resolution (CR) that will keep the federal government running until Dec. 22. The two-week CR, which the House […]