Senate appropriators agreed to increase Navy funding by billions to add new ships, new aircraft, and repair damaged destroyers as part of funding bill proposed on Nov. 21.The appropriations bill, released last week, adds billions beyond the Trump administration’s budget request (Defense Daily, ...
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Textron’s [TXT] Bell Helicopter division has received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency to deliver its 505 Jet Ranger X light helicopter to its customers in Europe.The first 505 Jet Ranger X was delivered in May 2017, and has now received certification from safety authorities in ...
The fiscal year 2018 defense bill passed by both Houses of Congress authorizes numerous changes and directives to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), including studies to expand missile defense fields.The conference-agreed FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorizes $12.3 billion in ...
Another U.S. guided-missiles destroyer collided with a commercial vessel in Japanese waters on Saturday, but this time U.S. damage was “minimal,” the Navy said.The Navy said in a statement that a Japanese commercial tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the Arleigh Burke-class USS Benfold ...
Budget Uncertainty. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, said it is unclear how Congress will keep the government funded when the current continuing resolution (CR) runs out Dec. 8. “I don’t see how this ends,” Smith said Nov. 15 at a special ...
The U.S. Navy held two separate international training exercises with Japan and South Korea on Nov. 12 while conducting rare coordinated operations with three U.S. carrier strike groups in the Western Pacific.The week of Nov. 5, the U.S. Navy announced the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS Nimitz ...
At the end of a mostly civil hearing Tuesday in which former federal officials advised senators against limiting President Donald Trump’s authority to launch nuclear weapons, Trump critic Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) emphasized the importance of ongoing nuclear deterrent modernization programs. � ...
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] delivered its latest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer on Wednesday, the future USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114), the Navy said.DDG-114 was delivered at HII's Pascagoula, Miss., facility following successful September in-port and at sea readiness trials ...
The U.S. Navy held two separate international training exercises with Japan and South Korea this Sunday while conducting rare coordinated operations with three U.S. carrier strike groups in the Western Pacific.Last week the U.S. Navy announced the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and ...
Space Revamp. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, who opposed a House proposal to create a space corps in the Air Force Department, said she is not yet ready to comment on the final space management overhaul provisions that lawmakers have included in the newly unveiled fiscal year 2018 defense ...