Defense Watch: LWCLU Award, Dutch FMS, UGVs in UKR, Drone U, Vectis Overseas
LWCLU Award. RTX’s Raytheon said on Oct. 19 that its Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) with Lockheed Martin has received a $215 million production contract for the missile’s Lightweight Command Launch […]
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Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine
A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]
Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]
CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year
A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]
House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature
The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]
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Army Scales Up Enterprise Agreement For Striveworks’ AI Tech To $700 Million
Striveworks announced Thursday the Army has approved a tenfold increase to its existing enterprise agreement for the company’s artificial intelligence software, with the now five-year, $700 million deal including a […]
Navy/USMC
HD Hyundai And Kiewit Plan To Launch New U.S. Shipyard
South Korea’s HD Hyundai on Friday announced plans with the North American Kiewit Maritime Co. to start a new shipyard in the U.S. that aims to build both Navy auxiliary […]
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USAF Examining KC-46A Software Integration Effort
The U.S. Air Force may undertake a KC-46A Software Integration Sustainment & Support (K-SWISS) effort for the Boeing [BA] refueling aircraft. The effort would involve the KC-46A Systems Integration Laboratory […]
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Private Equity Firm Wildcat Agrees To Acquire Fraser Shipyards
Wildcat Defense, a new business of the private equity firm Wildcat Equity Partners, on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire Wisconsin-based Fraser Industries and invest $350 million in the […]
Space
Space Systems Command Makes CASR Awards for Space Domain Awareness
Companies unnamed by U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) have received six Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) purchase agreements under the ACCESS contract for space domain awareness (SDA), the […]
Commentary
The ‘Warfighting Acquisition System’ and What it Means for Weapons Development
By Paul Maguire, Defense Opinion Writer. For decades, the Department of Defense has operated on a model that assumes time is an ally. The reality of 2026 and the array […]
Iran Conflict Reaffirms Need for More Aircraft Carriers
By Steven Willis, Defense Opinion Writer The most important naval lesson emerging from the ongoing conflict with Iran is the continuing value of aircraft carriers and their embarked air wings […]
The Pentagon’s AI Acceleration Challenge
By Zhenia Klevitsky, Defense Opinion Writer The Department of Defense’s race to operationalize artificial intelligence (AI) has entered a new phase. The fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) allocated significant […]
Optimizing Data Centers to Meet Growing Mission Demands
By Jason Dunn-Potter, Defense Opinion Writer A century ago, innovation in national defense wasn’t defined by data, but by dominance. After World War I, the aircraft carrier became one of […]
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