The Pentagon plans within the next week to release new guidance on reducing the impact of inflation on vendors, particularly smaller companies that have firm, fixed-price contracts without flexibility to deal with increasing costs.

Ben Wallace will continue as UK defense secretary in the new government formed by new Prime Minister Liz Truss.

The U.S. Marine Corps is trying out the so-called expeditionary advanced basing operations concept with its Lockheed Martin F-35B fighters while on deployment to Australia.

The deals come as Chinese naval ships continue to prowl the waters around Taiwan after tensions heightened in early August.

An order for the Su-35 would be the first major acquisition by Iran for its air force in more than two decades.

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command on Sept. 2 returned its CV-22 fleet to flight after more than two weeks of grounding because of an issue with the tiltrotor’s gearbox for which the service still does not have a root cause.

The Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet is using Exercise Pitch Black to gain additional certifications and operational experience as the unit moves toward initial operating capability.

The Japanese Defense Ministry is asking for at least 5.59 trillion yen ($40.3 billion) in a budget request for 2023 announced Aug. 31.