Defense Watch

Four-Star Global Strike. Air Force Secretary Deborah James recommends elevating Global Strike Command (AFGSC) leadership to a four-star general from the current three-star rank, according to a service statement. The […]

Colorado Bill. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signs a bill into law May 20 that allows companies that produce multi-million dollar satellites to store the equipment in Colorado without being […]

Program Under Way. Vehicle production has started for the significant upgrade of the Army’s M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzer to the M109A7 configuration. The First of the A6 variants was received […]

Navy Cloud. A Navy official says the service isn’t going after a fully cloud-enabled computing environment–contrary to what many consider as the optimal deployment of cloud. Instead, the service will […]

  Deal Timing. Orbital Sciences Chief David Thompson says the timing is right for the company’s pending merger with ATK for two reasons, one internal to the company and the […]

  Coast Guard sUAS Funding. There is no funding in FY ’14 and none is requested in FY ’15 for the Coast Guard’s eventual small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), the […]

New LCS Timeline. Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley tells the Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee that the cost of the last Littoral Combat Ship may go up because of budget-driven […]

CBP Explores Coastal Intercept Vessels. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Request for Information for Coast Interceptor Vessels (CIV) for maritime law enforcement purposes. The vessels would operate […]

New NATO Leader. The new Secretary General of NATO and Chairman of the North Atlantic Council will be Jens Stoltenberg, appointed Friday to succeed Denmark’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Stoltenberg. Currently […]

Stable Funding Needed. Outgoing Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp says that overall the Coast Guard’s acquisition house is in strong shape with just one key ingredient that needs constant […]