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Oct 30, 2020
French defense officials are calling for the development of a future medium airlifter for the 2030s that could replace the CASA CN235 and Lockheed C-130H Hercules aircraft in French service. 
Oct 29, 2020
Before the House and Senate defense authorization panels met this week for their first conference negotiation meeting with panel leadership, governors from 14 states urged Congress to prohibit the proposed retirements of U.S. Air National Guard C-130 aircraft.
Oct 29, 2020
British lawmakers have expressed concern that the government’s planned Integrated Review of the UK’s defense posture may be further delayed or incomplete when published in November.
Oct 28, 2020
The Pentagon’s Mobility Capabilities and Requirements Study has been delayed for another three months, but the head of U.S. Transportation Command has provided  a sneak peek of the results, disclosing that the assessment may reveal a need for more intratheater airlifters.
Oct 28, 2020
Shares of Raytheon Technologies on Oct. 28 were headed to their second day of significant declines after the aerospace and defense behemoth revealed a new U.S. criminal probe into its heritage Raytheon Missiles & Defense business, as well as continuing concerns regarding a slow commercial aftermarket recovery.
Oct 28, 2020
The Pentagon has tapped private equity investor Acorn Growth Companies, a middle-market firm that targets only Western aerospace, defense and intelligence companies, to help lead its Trusted Capital Marketplace effort as the predominant, preordained financial sponsor.
Oct 22, 2020
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) anticipates the House and Senate will reach a conference agreement in early December for the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill, which is roughly five months after each chamber passed its version of the bill.
Oct 21, 2020
Democrat Kim Mangone is challenging one of the most powerful Republicans in Congress, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, to represent California’s 23rd District.