Defense Watch

Drone Corps Opposition. Gen. Randy George, the Army chief of staff, told lawmakers on May 21 he doesn’t believe a proposal to establish a separate drone branch within the service […]

DIB Help. The Defense Department last week released a new, competitive open announcement seeking white papers for research or prototype projects in six critical sectors of the defense industrial base—kinetic […]

JWCC Update. The Department of Defense has awarded around 80 task orders worth more than $640 million combined under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contracts previously awarded in December […]

No Deal. Lockheed Martin last Tuesday withdrew its proposed offer to acquire satellite designer and manufacturer Terran Orbital. Lockheed Martin on March 1 had offered to acquire Terran for $1 […]

FVL CFT/Autonomy. The Army’s Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team is looking at potentially taking on autonomy as its official fifth line of effort, the organization’s director told reporters on April […]

FFG-62. The Navy and shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine conducted a keel laying ceremony for the first Constellation-class guided-missile frigate (FFG-62) on April 12. This signified the formal start of ship […]

SASC NDAA Schedule. The Senate Armed Services Committee will consider the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act in mid-June, the panel’s leadership has announced. SASC’s work on the next […]

Greece/UH-60s. Greece on April 5 officially signed a letter of acceptance (LOA) to move ahead on its plan to buy 35 UH-60M Black Hawks. The LOA follows the U.S. government’s […]

Army Ammo. The Army has selected General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and Northrop Grumman for a new $3.05 billion contract to manufacture medium caliber training cartridges, the Pentagon announced […]

SpaceX Contract with DoD for Ukraine. Last summer came news that Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, had signed a contract in June with DoD to continue providing the company’s […]