Defense Watch

NDAA Markups: SASC released its markup schedule for the National Defense Authorization Act, days after the corresponding House committee approved its own version of the bill. The full committee markup–which […]

Defense Budget. The House Armed Services Committee is gearing up to debate the fiscal year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act on April 29. During the release of subcommittee marks last […]

Antares Failure (One View). An Orbital ATK executive says “excessive bearing wear” in the turbopump of an Aerojet Rocketdyne engine, “main engine number one,” (ME-1) is “most probably” the cause […]

Body Camera Testing. As interest grows across the country in the in the use of body-worn cameras by local law enforcement officers, Customs and Border Protection is field testing the […]

HASC Markup Schedule. HASC Chairman Mac Thornberry  (R-Texas) releases the fiscal year 2016 National Defense Authorization markup schedule slated for later this month. On April 22, the subcommittee on Emerging […]

Minuteman Test Launches. The Air Force performs a pair of unarmed Minuteman III ICBM test launches from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., the week of March 23. The first test launch takes […]

Cyber Mission Forces. The establishment of the Cyber Mission Force is “very much a reality” and is “about half-way through the build” of 6,200 personnel in 133 teams, says Adm. […]

Lone Dissenter. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who cast the lone vote on Thursday opposing a cyber security information sharing bill marked up by the Senate Intelligence Committee, says the Cybersecurity […]

Protest Denied. The Governmental Accountability Office last week denied a protest filed by Safran Group’s Morpho Detection business that sought to overturn a potential $162 million contract from the Transportation […]

Lockheed Martin T-X. Lockheed Martin insists it is sticking with Korea Aerospace (KAI) after foreign news outlets reported Lockheed Martin was considering dropping KAI and its T-50 as part of […]