Defense Watch

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 […]

NSC-7 Production Starts. Fabrication of the seventh Coast Guard National Security Cutter (NSC) has begun at shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries’ facilities in Pascagoula, Miss. The production contract for the cutter […]

Need Cyber Workers. The Coast Guard is wanting when it comes to its cyber security workforce, Vice Adm. Charles Michel, the service’s deputy Commandant for Operations, says at the Surface […]

Senior HAC Staff Announced. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) announced that Rob Blair will take over as clerk of the defense subcommittee. Blair joined the committee staff […]

TSA Law. President Obama on Friday signed into law a bill to reform the Transportation Security Administration by requiring the agency to be more transparent. Provisions of the Transportation Security […]

Orion Arrives. Engineers take their first look at NASA’s Orion spacecraft following its successful Dec. 5 flight test and recovery, according to Orion developer Lockheed Martin. Technical teams are examining […]

ATK, Orbital Clear Hurdle. ATK says that its pending merger with Orbital Sciences unconditionally cleared government regulatory review. The Federal Trace Commission informed the companies on Thursday that it and […]