A draft of the House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) mark of the fiscal 2021 defense funding bill, released July 7, would give the Pentagon $9.3 billion for 91 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, an additional 12 aircraft above President Trump’s budget request.

The U.S. Air Force has received nominations from 26 states to become the future home of U.S. Space Command (Spacecom).

Austria is to phase out its aging Saab 105 jet trainers without a replacement as ministers attempt to figure out the country’s future airspace surveillance plans.

France has been approved by the U.S. State Department to purchase three E-2D Hawkeye carrier-borne airborne early warning aircraft.

A potential sale of Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks to Lithuania has been approved by the U.S. State Department.

Michael Griffin, U.S. defense undersecretary for Research and Engineering, leaves behind a new model for advanced technology development in the Pentagon that seeks to deliver capabilities years faster than the system he inherited.

In response to a request by Indonesia of a potential sale, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on July 6 that Indonesia is eligible to import the U.S. Marine Corps version of the twin-engine tiltrotor. 

Australia has said it will acquire reconnaissance and communications satellites while also building space-awareness cooperation with the U.S.