Defense Watch

DoD Reform. As part of a Trump administration effort to streamline the federal government, the White House Office of Management and Budget has posted an online survey asking the public […]

Green Tapped for Army Secretary. President Donald Trump says he intends to nominate Mark Green, a medical doctor and state senator in Tennessee, to be Secretary of the Army. Green […]

Army IT Review. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley is conducting a detailed, “end-to-end” review of the service’s information networks to look for ways to increase their effectiveness, identify […]

Heather Wilson. President Donald Trump on March 21 formally submitted his nomination of Heather Wilson to become the next Air Force secretary after he announced his intention in late January. […]

Ospreys Delayed. A special operations squadron of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft scheduled to deploy to Yokota Air Base, Japan, has been delayed four years, the Pentagon announces. The initial three […]

Counter-Drone Work. The Department of Defense is fielding the first “tranche” of equipment to counter hostile unmanned aircraft, but much work remains to be done to tackle the growing threat, […]

DDG-51 Procurement. The final version of the fiscal year 2017 defense appropriations bill, unveiled March 2, would fund three Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers, one more than the Navy requested. The […]

Diesel Subs? Although the Navy could save money by making part its submarine fleet diesel-powered, Rear Adm. Frederick “Fritz” Roegge, submarine force commander for U.S. Pacific Fleet, expects the submarine […]

Fighter Saga. During President Donald Trump’s Feb. 17 visit to a Boeing plant in South Carolina, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus was seen holding a brochure for the […]

Space & Missile Defense. The U.S. Army taps eight firms to compete for $3 billion in work over nine years to develop space, high-altitude and missile defense hardware and software […]