Defense Watch

Marine Casualty. A Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion makes a hard landing around 9 a.m. Thursday at Camp Lejeune, N.C., killing one Marine and injuring 11 others, the Pentagon says. […]

Joint Strike Fighter. The Defense Department is not reexamining its plans to buy 2,443 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters over the life of the program, despite statements by incoming Chairman of […]

KC-46A Delay. Boeing’s KC-46A aerial refueling tanker will make its first flight a month later than projected, company spokeswoman Caroline Hutcheson says. During tests, the aircraft was loaded with a fuel […]

CRS-2 Award Postponement. NASA again pushes back its expected award date for Cargo Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2), this time to Nov. 5, to allow additional time to evaluate final proposal revisions […]

Capitol Hill. The Senate adjourns for August recess, shelving cyber legislation planned for debate until it returns in September. Republican leaders wanted to push through Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of […]

JAGM EMD Contract. DoD awards Lockheed Martin a $66 million fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract for engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM) work, according to […]

WGS-7 Launch. The Air Force successfully launches its seventh Wideband Global Satcom (WGS-7) satellite July 23 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., after a one day delay due to […]

Congress Watch. All eyes are on the National Defense Authorization Act conference committee the week of July 20. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) says he expects major […]

Cyber Security for TSA. The Transportation Security Administration has issued draft requirements for information assurance related to the security equipment it buys and sustains in the field. The agency’s Office […]

Ship Repair. Huntington Ingalls recently was awarded a $75 million contract to perform repairs to two of the Navy’s 11 active aircraft carriers. The company will provide management, material support services, […]