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Feb 27, 2020
U.S. Navy Fire Scouts need reliability boost; India buys U.S. helos; Norway sends F-35s to Iceland; Tunisia to buy light attack aircraft.
Feb 26, 2020
A new U.S. military assessment adds a hypersonic glide vehicle to China’s nuclear weapons portfolio.
Feb 25, 2020
The success of the growing commercial space industry is at risk.
Feb 21, 2020
Twelve years after the requirement emerged, the U.S. military finally appears serious about acquiring a light-attack aircraft fleet
Feb 21, 2020
While lawmakers always declare the president’s request dead on arrival on Capitol Hill, this year there was more than the usual dismissal by a rival branch of government.

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Jun 24, 2022
Major NASA projects are experiencing their greatest collective cost overruns and schedule delays since annual reviews of the trend began in 2009, according to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) latest assessment to Congress.
Jun 23, 2022
The Pentagon is heading toward a substantial budget authorization increase after the House Armed Services Committee approved an additional $37 billion over the Defense Department’s request by a 57-1 vote early June 23.
Jun 23, 2022
The Taiwan Navy has grounded all of its Sikorsky S-70C(M) helicopter fleet after one crashed at Zuoying Naval Base on June 22, leaving four injured, including one critically.
Jun 22, 2022
The U.S. has committed about $6.3 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden administration, including $5.6 billion…
Jun 21, 2022
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee is blasting the U.S. Air Force for not only changing how many Boeing F-15EXs it wants to buy, but how it is buying them.
Jun 21, 2022
A proposed amendment to the House Armed Services Committee’s markup of the fiscal 2023 defense policy bill would add $37 billion to the panel’s topline and plus-up Pentagon acquisitions, including another addition to the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 program.
Jun 21, 2022
Germany’s government has approved simplified procurement legislation enabling the country’s military to spend its recently approved €100 billion ($105 billion) special fund for 2022 more easily.
Jun 20, 2022
Canada will spend CAN$4.9 billion ($3.8 billion) over the next six years to upgrade the radar system that defends North America.