Texas university to build $130M complex to test Army’s combat tech The complex is to include a kilometer-long tunnel that will make Texas A&M Engineering “the hypersonics research capital of the country,” according to the school's vice chancellor and dean of engineering. August 9
General Dynamics re-welcomes Mattis to board of directors Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is rejoining General Dynamics' board of directors. August 8
An airborne radio that requires less power Collins Aerospace Systems announced Aug. 1 it recently demonstrated a new software-defined networking airborne radio for the Department of Defense. August 1
Why did the Pentagon spend $32.8M on risky tech? The Defense Department spent at least $32.8 billion on technology in 2018 that threatens national security, according to an inspector general’s report. July 30
The next cybersecurity concern for NATO? Space A new report warns that the cybersecurity vulnerabilities related to military space systems, specifically terminals and command-and-control systems, deserves renewed attention from NATO countries. July 29
What broke a UK satellite for a week? The European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation system was unusable for four days over the past week following an outage with undisclosed origins. July 26
Private equity firm to buy UK defense company in $5 billion deal U.S. private equity group Advent International Corporation expects to close the deal to buy U.K. defense firm Cobham by the end of the year. July 25
Bulgaria’s president walks away from $1.26 billion deal for F-16 jets Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has vetoed a $1.26 billion deal to buy eight new Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets. July 23
The next step in the Army’s $800M upgrade to its intel-sharing system The Army is looking to a award a contract worth as much as $800 million to upgrade it’s battlefield intelligence-sharing system. July 22
This is who wants to reform the Fourth Estate now Army Secretary Mark Esper said he plans to reform the Department of Defense’s Fourth Estate, the 27 agencies that provide business tasks for the war fighter, if confirmed as Secretary of Defense. July 22
Russian-Chinese air patrol was an attempt to divide allies, says top US Air Force official in Pacific
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