Wei Sun, 49, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Arizona under a plea agreement to one felony count of violating the Arms Export Control Act (AECA).

The head of Pentagon acquisition and sustainment is focusing on several priorities during the Trump administration’s final days in office, including the creation of a trusted capital marketplace, strengthening the defense industrial base and working with Capitol Hill on purchasing software differently.

House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) is concerned the two U.S. Senate election runoffs in Georgia and “political calculations” over renaming military bases honoring Confederate leaders will hinder signing the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill into law.

A consortium of British space companies is calling on the UK government to make key investments in space capabilities as an initiative to boost and shape the UK’s future economy.

President-elect Joe Biden’s Pentagon must prioritize scaling defense innovation while also facing a stagnant defense budget, says Chris Brose, Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) former policy director.

A parliamentary committee says the defense ministry is in danger of failing “to capitalize on the huge investment that the UK has made” in the two ships because of delays in programs critical to their operation.

The U.S. Navy still intends to pursue Battle Force 2045, although former Defense Secretary Mark Esper is no longer at the Pentagon, the head of Navy shipbuilding says.

Two senior House Progressive Caucus members are requesting that President-Elect Joe Biden nominate a defense secretary who has not been previously employed as a defense contractor, which may rule out rumored favorite Michele Flournoy.