Defense Watch

  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 […]

  QHSR Due Soon. The Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) will be released soon, possibly within a week, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson tells a House panel on Thursday. Despite […]

T-X RFP. The Air Force expects to release a request for proposals (RFP) for the T-X trainer program between July and September 2016, according to an Air Force spokeswoman. T-X, […]

Please, Few Changes. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff James Winnefeld says he expects changes to the Department of Defense’s fiscal year 2015 budget request, but he hopes […]

KC-46A ‘Pegasus.’ The Air Force names the KC-46A aerial refueling tanker Pegasus, prime contractor Boeing says in a Feb. 20 Twitter post. Pegasus is a winged horse from Greek mythology. […]

ABIS RFP Out For Now. The Army says that it has no plans in the “immediate term” to issue a Request for Proposals later this fiscal year for another upgrade […]