Aaron Mehta

Aaron Mehta was deputy editor and senior Pentagon correspondent for Defense News, covering policy, strategy and acquisition at the highest levels of the Defense Department and its international partners.


  • Pentagon Names New Press Secretary
    Pentagon Names New Press Secretary

    Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Friday that Peter Cook, a veteran journalist with Bloomberg TV, will be the next Pentagon press secretary.

  • General: ISIL Using IEDs as Guided Munitions
    General: ISIL Using IEDs as Guided Munitions

    The Islamic State group is increasingly using improvised explosive devices as front-line weaponry.

  • Qatar To Procure Four C-17s
    Qatar To Procure Four C-17s

    With Qatar’s announcement Monday that it will buy four of Boeing’s remaining C-17s, only one Globemaster remains unclaimed as the company ends production on the transport plane.

  • Super Tucano Nets Sale to Mali
    Super Tucano Nets Sale to Mali

    Embraer has reached an agreement to sell six A-29 Super Tucano light attack turboprops to the Republic of Mali.

  • UTC to Divest Sikorsky Division
    UTC to Divest Sikorsky Division

    United Technologies Corp has formally announced it will divest itself of its helicopter producing Sikorsky division, with a final decision on how that happens expected this year.

  • For Military Aviation, China Not Yet Rising
    For Military Aviation, China Not Yet Rising

    China wants to expand its military aviation market, but geopolitical realities are interfering.

  • Rolls-Royce Engine Upgrades Pass First Flight
    Rolls-Royce Engine Upgrades Pass First Flight

    Rolls-Royce Series 3.5 engine upgrade completed its first successful live flight aboard a US government aircraft

  • Northrop Teams with Gulfstream, L-3 on JSTARS
    Northrop Teams with Gulfstream, L-3 on JSTARS

    Northrop Grumman has formally partnered Gulfstream and L-3 on its offering to the US Air Force Joint STARS recapitalization effort.

  • Pentagon Planning for Potential Iraq Expansion
    Pentagon Planning for Potential Iraq Expansion

    The Pentagon is laying the groundwork for a greater presence in Iraq, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed, one day after announcing an increase in personnel in the al-Anbar province.

  • US Increases Iraq Personnel to Combat ISIL
    US Increases Iraq Personnel to Combat ISIL

    The US will send up to 450 more personnel in non-combat roles to assist Iraqi security forces and tribal militaries to combat the Islamic State, also known as ISIL, the White House announced Wednesday