Defense Watch

Capitol Hill Look Ahead. The bustle of last week continues into the next, as the Senate looks to a vote on the defense authorization bill conference report. If passed by […]

Capitol Hill Week Ahead…. House Speaker John Boehner’s resignation at the end of October could change lawmakers’ calculus as the House and Senate work to avoid a government shutdown. The […]

DHS Cyber Strategy. The Department of Homeland Security’s leadership is reviewing a Cyber Strategy that has already been vetted by the department’s components and headquarters, according to the DHS Office […]

NDAA Watch. The House and Senate are still at a standstill on a conference report for the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. SASC Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) says he and […]

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 […]