GA-ASI’s MQ-9B: The right UAV for persistence, power, and performance
When assessing the state of the art of unmanned aerial systems, it’s critical to be very clear about what various aircraft can and can’t do – and could never do.
The company delivered three more F-35s than it expected to in 2021, Lockheed announced today.
By Valerie Insinna
“The vaccines work and will remain a military medical requirement for our workforce,” Austin said. “I continue to encourage everyone eligible for a booster shot to get one. This remains a readiness issue.”
By Aaron Mehta
A Russian invasion of Ukraine could derail the Defense Department’s planning.
By Valerie Insinna
A Pentagon spokeswoman says the department has stopped implementing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors.
By Valerie Insinna
“I think there’s not going to be an appetite for large scale M&A in in the defense industry,” the BAE Systems Inc. CEO said, while noting smaller add-ons will continue.
By Aaron Mehta
The first F-16 produced in Greenville, S.C., won’t be ready to begin flying until late 2022, said Greg Ulmer, Lockheed’s vice president of aeronautics.
By Valerie Insinna
Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
Above all, the event will support the UAE’s “Make it in the Emirates” initiative.
By Chyrine Mezher
American firms may be seeing dollar signs from Warsaw’s pledge to “buy more American equipment,” but there are a lot of hurdles.
By Bartosz Głowacki
Defense contractors will have another month to meet the mandate, but CEOs have cautioned that some losses in the workforce are inevitable.
By Valerie Insinna Companies like Raytheon and Northrop Grumman have already increased hiring, anticipating a reduction in its workforce due to the coronavirus vaccine mandate.
By Valerie Insinna
“The COVID-19 pandemic likewise taught the United States and our allies that adversaries, particularly China, are capable of weaponizing supply chain vulnerabilities to threaten our national security should they choose to,” the Task Force’s report says.
By Colin Clark
It is more of a repositioning rather than a withdrawal and “does not reflect any political orientation similar to the one to withdraw troops from Afghanistan,” strategic expert and political researcher Abdullah Al Jenaid tells Breaking Defense.
By Chyrine Mezher
Unlike previous conferences designed to provide training, weapons or military hardware, the meeting was centered on finding ways to bolster the cohesion, resilience, and stability of the Lebanese Armed Forces.
By Chyrine Mezher
Lawmakers must take more seriously events that seem unlikely but have potentially devastating consequences should they come to pass, write former representatives Brad Carson and Mike Rogers.
By Brad Carson and Mike Rogers