Defense Watch

F-47 Strategic Planning Choices. U.S. Air Force leaders are to examine strategic choices on F-47 development by the end of January next year, as done in the first quarter of […]

Parsons Award. Parsons Corporation said on June 16 it has received a four-year, $169.5 million deal from the Army Corps of Engineers to design and build a new Ammonium Nitrate […]

Readying for V-BAT. The Coast Guard is readying three of its National Security Cutters (NSCs) to begin testing and deployment of the V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) this summer, a […]

Golden Dome Summit Axed. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on June 2 abruptly canceled an industry summit for the Golden Dome air and missile defense initiative. It was set to […]

Battle Management. The Department of the Air Force’s program executive office (PEO) for command, control, communications and battle management (C3BM) may hold another industry day this fall after one on […]

Palantir/Divergent. In a new partnership announced on May 20, Palantir will provide access to Divergent Technologies’ advanced manufacturing system on its Foundry and Warp Speed software platforms. “The partnership provides […]

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 and […]

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 […]