Defense Watch

SECNAV Meets Steelworkers. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro met with the President of the United Steelworkers David McCall and President of the Wessel Group, Michael Wessel, on Sept. […]

C-UAS Advice. The challenges associated with detecting an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in protected airspace, characterizing whether the object is hostile, and if a threat, defeating it, requires layered capabilities […]

Australian VLS. The Australian Defense Ministry on Sept. 25 said the Australian Defense Force (ADF) supported the re-arming of vertical launching systems (VLS) for Australian, Canadian and U.S. naval ships. […]

Under Protest. Mistral Inc. on Sept. 6 protested the Army’s award to AeroVironment (AV) of a potential $990 million, five-year contract for Switchblade loitering munitions. AV has said it will […]

More Bradleys. The Army has definitized a contract modification with BAE Systems worth over $440 million to produce more than 200 additional Bradley A4 infantry fighting vehicles, the company said […]

Launch Cadence. On Aug. 28, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Director Chris Scolese said that the agency will have put into orbit more than 100 satellites between June last year and […]

Open DAGIR. The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) on Aug. 29 officially launched its Open Data and Applications Government-owned Interoperable Repositories (Open DAGIR) Challenge, soliciting industry’s pitches […]

New Marine One. President Biden on Monday took his first flight in the new Sikorsky-built VH-92A presidential helicopter. The milestone arrived as the Marine Corps announced it had also received […]

Icebreaker Homeport. Juneau, Alaska, will be the homeport of the Coast Guard’s commercially-procured icebreaker, the Aiviq, which is expected to reach initial operational capability in 2026. Congress provided $125 million […]

New CRADA. Hanwha Defense USA said on Aug. 5 it has signed a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM). “Under the […]