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Jun 17, 2020
Acting Pentagon Comptroller Elaine McCusker, who raised concerns in 2019 about the legality of the U.S. freezing aid to Ukraine, has resigned.
Jun 16, 2020
Operation Warp Speed aims to deliver 300 million doses of a vaccine to inoculate the spread of the novel coronavirus by January, but senior Trump administration officials acknowledge that they cannot guarantee a 100% success rate.
Jun 15, 2020
The European Commission has awarded €205 million ($230.5 million) in research and development funds to 16 multinational defense projects.
Jun 15, 2020
The European Commission has awarded €205 million ($230.5 million) in research and development funds to 16 multinational defense projects.
Jun 15, 2020
The U.S. Air Force has 394 KC-135s, 59 KC-10s and now more than 33 KC-46As, but that still is not enough by about a half. In fact, the Air Force’s major commands requested air refueling on 6,174 training sorties last year, but received tanker support for only 3,092. 
Jun 12, 2020
Will Roper, who leads U.S. Air Force acquisition, is requesting that the service take over an artificial intelligence (AI) project called Project Maven.
Jun 11, 2020
Last week’s Russian Defense Ministry contract with Sukhoi for 20 Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers is an interim step until development of a modernized variant is completed, an industry source tells Aerospace DAILY.
Jun 11, 2020
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill, if passed, would be a big win for the F-35, MQ-9, X-58 and the U.S. Army’s UH-60 replacement.