Memo reveals US Navy must pick between future destroyer, fighter or sub for FY23 plan The service may have to pick just one of three major modernization programs on the horizon to fund, and postpone the other two due to budget limitations. By: Megan Eckstein June 8
Biden picks Shyu for DoD research and engineering chief President Joe Biden will nominate Heidi Shyu, the Army's former acquisition chief, to be the Pentagon's undersecretary for research and engineering, Defense News has learned. By: Joe Gould and Aaron Mehta April 27
Biden to nominate Frank Kendall as Air Force secretary Frank Kendall previously served as the Pentagon's top acquisition official during the Obama administration. By: Valerie Insinna and Joe Gould April 27
Biden requests $715B for Pentagon, hinting at administration’s future priorities U.S. President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2022 budget request asks for $753 billion in national security funding, an increase of 1.6 percent that includes $715 billion for the Defense Department. By: Aaron Mehta and Joe Gould April 9
Rejoining Open Skies would send ‘wrong message’ to Russia, State tells partners A State Department demarche, obtained by Defense News, signals concerns over rejoining the Open Skies Treaty. By: Joe Gould and Aaron Mehta April 7
Chaos, cash and COVID-19: How the defense industry survived — and thrived — during the pandemic A year into the pandemic, Defense News has measured its toll on the defense industry. The full scope of damage is complex and still coming into focus, but a broad outline is becoming clear. By: Aaron Mehta and Valerie Insinna March 15
At long last, Turkey’s Altay tank finds an engine from South Korea The Altay program has faced delays due to a lack of access to significant components like the engine, transmission and armor. By: Burak Ege Bekdil March 8
Spencer Boyer tapped as deputy assistant secretary for Europe and NATO Boyer is currently the Washington head of the Brennan Center for Justice. By: Aaron Mehta February 17
Majority of voters support ICBM replacement alternatives, new poll finds The new research, exclusively shared with Defense News, found the majorities of both Republicans and Democrats polled would be in favor of alternative solutions to the Pentagon’s planned program to replace intercontinental ballistic missiles with the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent. By: Aaron Mehta February 5
US Navy halts deliveries of Freedom-class littoral combat ship The Navy has told Lockheed Martin it will not accept deliveries of the Freedom-variant LCS until the combining gear issue is fixed. By: David B. Larter January 19
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