Air Force’s surprise JLTV buy in FY18 could be start of larger procurement effort The U.S. Air Force has quietly inserted itself into the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program with a request of 140 units in FY18, but the service is poised to buy more vehicles if it can find the funding. By: Valerie Insinna August 4
Macron: French military only government agency to get budget boost next year French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the armed forces will be the only government ministry to receive a spending increase next year. By: Pierre Tran July 20
US military office reportedly spends $130K in monthly rent at Trump Tower The White House Military Office, separate from the U.S. Secret Service, is occupying space at Trump Tower. By: Paige Williams July 19
France names new top military official after predecessor resigns in budget dispute French Army Gen. François Lecointre has been appointed as the country's armed forces chief. By: Pierre Tran July 19
Dubai firm saves Swedish drone maker from financial woes CybAero has signed a debt-refinancing deal with Bracknor that will ease a critical working-capital burden that threatened to destabilize the drone maker’s development, production and export operations. By: July 14
US House passes sweeping 2018 defense policy bill, 344-81 The U.S. House passed a $696.5 billion defense policy bill on Friday, but it exceeds statutory budget caps, setting up a showdown. By: Joe Gould July 14
White House against 'Space Corps' and other House plans, fueling policy bill debate The Trump administration is registering more than two dozen objections to the House’s 2018 defense policy bill, including a new space-focused branch of the military, it announced Wednesday. By: Joe Gould July 12
Air Force’s lower buy rate drives $27.5B spike in F-35 acquisition costs The Pentagon’s projected total cost for buying the F-35 shot up by $27.5 billion from 2015 to 2016, a spike mostly driven by slower-than-expected Air Force procurement, the program office announced. By: Valerie Insinna July 11
Mulvaney opens door to bigger DoD budgets The White House budget office has directed all federal departments and agencies to submit 2019 budgets no more than 5 percent above their 2018 budget requests. By: Joe Gould July 10
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