Defense Watch

Department of the Air Force Posture Hearing. The Senate Armed Services Committee is to hear from newly minted Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave […]

FORGEing Solutions. The Defense Innovation Unit last week issued the  “FORGE: Foundry for Operational Readiness and Global Effects” solicitation, which is getting after advanced manufacturing solutions to “boost production capacity […]

ALPV Update. Lt. Gen. Eric Austin, Deputy Commandant of Combat Development and Integration, on April 30 confirmed the Marine Corps is currently testing two Autonomous Low Profile Vessels [ALPVs] out […]

GD Waiting On Sub Money. General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic told financial analysts recently the company has not yet received the supplemental shipbuilding money approved by recent continuing resolutions. The […]

FMD + Hyundai. Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries this month to explore opportunities to collaborate of future international […]

Golden Dome Summit Delay. The Missile Defense Agency updated a federal notice that an upcoming summit on Golden Dome-affiliated next generation missile defense technologies has been pushed back “due to […]

SecNav Message. Newly confirmed Secretary of the Navy John Phelan released his first message to the fleet on April 1, in which he reiterated that revitalizing the shipbuilding and industrial […]

F-47 Contract. The Air Force award to Boeing to develop the F-47 manned Next Generation Air Dominance fighter is a cost-plus incentive-fee contract the service said last week, that includes […]

$2 Billion. In the last few years, Congress has stepped up investments under the Defense Production Act, which Congress is to reauthorize this year. “In recent years, spurred by the […]

First-Person View. Conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine should spur the Pentagon to put a higher priority on offensive first person view (FPV) drones, according to one lawmaker. “We […]