EU pumps over $1 billion into defense R&D, centered around Ukraine war lessons
The choice of funded projects marks a shift to 21st-century warfare, with loitering munitions and affordable mass drone production high on the agenda.
By Linus Höller
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Pentagon, Lockheed Martin agree to $4.7 billion PAC-3 interceptor deal
Lockheed in January discussed a target of increasing annual PAC-3 interceptor production from approximately 600 to 2,000 over a span of seven years.
By J.D. Simkins
Starting off small: Army grapples with bringing robotics into fold
Is the Army ready to bring robotics and autonomy into its ground formations, or is it still just over the rainbow?
By Jen Judson
Pakistan faces tough competition in armored vehicles export
Pakistan’s Cavalier Group faces stiff competition from entrenched suppliers and is yet to secure domestic orders that could help export hopes.
By Usman Ansari
US Army plans light vehicle RFP in 2018 as industry offerings line up
As the Army plans a competition in 2018 to buy a light ground mobility vehicle that would speed infantry troops off-road across future battlefields, companies showed their wares this week.
By Joe Gould
Industry offerings emerge for Army's Mobile Protected Firepower
A competition to rapidly procure effective Mobile Protected Firepower for infantry brigade combat teams is about to officially kick off.
By Jen Judson
Chief: 'The Army needs to get bigger'
The Army must get bigger so that it can better balance today’s missions with training for a future battlefield that promises to be increasingly lethal and complex, the service’s top officer said.
By Michelle Tan
Lockheed, Rockwell to develop airborne C2 system for launching ICBMs
Lockheed Martin and Rockwell Collins have been awarded contracts to make it possible for the Air Force to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, even if launch control centers on the ground are destroyed.
By Valerie Insinna
Air Force transitioning key intelligence system to open architecture
By the end of 2018, the Air Force’s distributed common ground system will have tested a new open architecture backbone, paving the way for it to use algorithms and machine learning to exploit data, a service official told Defense News on Sept. 5.
By Valerie Insinna
Northrop Grumman cements deal for $9.2B purchase of Orbital ATK
After absorbing Orbital ATK into a fourth business unit, Northrop expects sales to grow from its 2016 total of about $25 billion to $30 billion.
By Valerie Insinna
Democrats to press Trump's pick for US ambassador to Afghanistan over vague strategy, troop increases
Democratic lawmakers plan to grill President Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan over the administration’s vague plans, including the possibility of deploying more troops.
By Joe Gould