U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

By Brian Everstine
Industry is expecting the U.S. Navy to select its Next Generation Fighter next year despite ongoing budget uncertainty, a competitor says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Ted Colbert, president of Boeing Defense & Space, says his company is still evolving its approach to the issue of data rights on its programs.
Farnborough Airshow

By Matthew Fulco
From July 2023 until the middle of this month, the Pentagon had refused delivery of the world’s most advanced combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition Bill LaPlante says the U.S. Air Force and Navy need to be sure they are buying the right thing before pulling the trigger.
Farnborough Airshow

By Matthew Fulco
The Pentagon has awarded BAE Systems’ FAST Labs a $22 million contract to develop advanced microelectronics for the defense industrial base.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Vivienne Machi
The 2024 National Strategy for the Arctic Region was released July 22.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is still withholding some payments to Lockheed Martin for F-35s, despite deliveries resuming with a limited number of new jets making their way to U.S. forces.
GASCC & RIAT

By Brian Everstine
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says the U.S. Air Force and Boeing have agreed to cost terms on production of E-7A Wedgetail prototypes.
GASCC & RIAT

By Michael Bruno
Newly public Loar Holdings is buying Applied Avionics of Fort Worth for $385 million in cash.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Space Infrastructure Ventures on July 12 agreed to provide up to $2.3 million via a convertible note until Sept. 1.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
A new data translation system meant to provide U.S. military space operators with a clearer picture of the heavens has entered operational trials.
Space

By Michael Bruno
KBR’s board unanimously OK’d the purchase, but it is subject to certain regulatory approvals prior to closing.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Senate authorizers want to take almost all of the remaining funding away from the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2025 budget request for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The SASC says it wants a progress report on the Pentagon’s efforts to field new capabilities to monitor air or ground targets in real time from space.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
As part of the review, the Pentagon rescinded the Sentinel program’s Milestone B approval from 2020.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach added to the uncertainty facing the F-22 replacement, saying there are no plans to retire the fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Allies of NATO will sign a new defense industrial pledge during its annual summit this week in Washington.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
After years of production delays and shortages, fighter OEMs are investing in in new facilities, manufacturing methods and labor to spark new growth.
Farnborough Airshow

By Steve Trimble
A cannon-fired, off-board-guided, hypervelocity projectile could become a new, low-cost layer of the U.S. Army’s defenses against air and missile threats.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon will continue with the Northrop Grumman LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, despite an 81% cost increase.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Australia department of defense announced on July 8 that it will procure an unspecified number of AeroVironment Switchblade 300 loitering munition systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Biden administration is accelerating delivery of the much-needed interceptors by moving Ukraine to the front of the line.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
Orbit Fab has successfully demonstrated the automated docking of its in-space refueling technology.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The next 18 months will be busy for United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) newest rocket, and no one is more aware of that fact than Tory Bruno.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Boeing executives revealed on June 26 that construction had started on a highly secure Advanced Combat Aircraft Facility in St. Louis.
Aircraft & Propulsion