Defense Watch

Saab-Brazil. Brazil awards Saab a $5.3 billion contract for the development and production of 36 Gripen NG fighter jets, according to a company statement. Saab and Brazil also sign a […]

Settlement. Leidos has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that the company knowingly engaged in prohibited conflicts of interest as a contract for […]

Border Resource Control. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson tells the United States Chamber of Commerce that the directors of two joint task forces he plans to stand up to bolster […]

CSIS Names New Defense-Industry Director. Andrew Hunter, the Defense Department’s director of the Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell, will take over as director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group in the Center […]

New Leader. The incoming Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, former Prime Minister of Norway, takes up his duties Wednesday Oct. 1. Outgoing NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said farewell […]

Terrorists and Cyber. Terrorists understand the economic havoc they could create through cyber attacks but the intelligence community hasn’t seen them develop the “great capability” to do so, Nicholas Rasmussen, […]

SpaceX Launch? Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is reportedly going to give its scrubbed launch of AsiaSat 6 another chance early in the morning of Sept. 7, but neither the […]

Iraq Costing $7.5 Million Daily. Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby says Friday the Pentagon has spent an average of $7.5 million a day on air strikes, humanitarian aid and […]

Boeing CCiCap. Boeing completes the phase two spacecraft safety review of its CST-100 spacecraft and the critical design review (CDR) of its integrated systems for its Commercial Crew Integrated Capability […]

NATO AWACS. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) awards Boeing a contract worth nearly $250 million to install digital flight decks and avionics on 13 of the alliance’s Airborne Warning […]