The KC-46A Pegasus is intended to start replacing the U.S. Air Force's aging tanker fleet, which has been refueling aircraft for more than 50 years. (Christopher Okula/U.S. Air Force)

Here’s when the US Air Force will get its first KC-46 tanker

For months, the Air Force and Boeing have been at loggerheads on when the first KC-46 tanker would be delivered.

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BAE Systems' Amphibious Combat Vehicle prototype took part in operational tests with Marines over the last two months. SAIC and BAE are competing to win the Marine Corps' ACV low-rate initial production contract expected to be awarded in June 2018. (BAE Systems)

BAE wins Marine Corps contract to build new amphibious combat vehicle

The Marine Corps has awarded BAE Systems a low-rate initial production contract to build its new Amphibious Combat Vehicle.

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President Donald Trump shows a chart highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House on March 20, 2018, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)

US Chamber of Commerce wants Trump to put America’s defense industry first

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has some 30 recommendations on how to hard-wire economic security and defense-industrial base considerations into the government’s international arms sale decisions.

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Defense News Minute June 20, 2018
The Marine Corp has chosen BAE to make a new amphibious combat vehicle, and Germany and France agree to start joint development of a new aircraft and tank.

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