Defense Watch

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 […]

Light Wheeled Vehicles. Forecast International predicts that the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) will dominate the international light wheeled vehicle market through 2024 – accounting for as much as 75 […]

More Border Security Technology. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), fresh of a trip earlier this month to the southern border to examine border security and immigration issues, tells reporters that one […]

Predictive Cyber Map. White House Cyber Security Coordinator Michael Daniel says a potential model for predicting cyber attacks is akin to integrated sensors used to forecast weather. He says the […]

OPC Affordability Hawk. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says that his department is “ensuring that the Coast Guard has what it needs to get its job done.” Echoing recent comments […]