A group of bipartisan lawmakers are cautioning the U.S. defense secretary on signing off on all combatant commander requests at the expense of military readiness.

The UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) is to establish a second joint squadron with the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) to support the training of fast jet pilots for the Gulf state. 

Bridget Lauderdale will replace Greg Ulmer as vice president and general manager for the F-35 program.

President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate former Silicon Valley executive and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Director Michael Brown as under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment.

Leonardo, Italy’s large aerospace and defense company, said March 24 that it has postponed the initial public offering of stock in its U.S. defense electronics subsidiary known as DRS.

The UK government is planning reforms to defense procurement as part of a strategy that aims to foster a more productive relationship between government and the defense and security industry. 

The Pentagon awarded multibillion-dollar technology development and risk-reduction contracts to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for the Next-Generation Interceptor (NGI), officially ousting Boeing from the competition.

Ahead of the fiscal 2022 budget rollout, 24 Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee are urging President Biden to fund nuclear triad modernization and homeland defense programs.