Nine weeks after the first U.S. crewed launch to the space station since 2011, two NASA astronauts are heading home.

NASA’s current tally for the economic toll to its programs from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is about $1.5 billion, Administrator Jim Bridenstine said on July 29. 

The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory plans to audition the medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system next year to carry two, newly-developed airborne networking pods. 

Boeing’s noncommercial businesses remain its lone bright spot amid a global airline industry crisis that is forcing the company to shrink, despite a second-quarter performance that saw minuscule year-over-year revenue growth and lower operating margin in Boeing’s Defense, Space, and Security unit.

As part of a larger strategy shift that calls for the removal of 11,900 U.S. troops from Germany, an F-16 unit is relocating from Spangdahlem Air Base to Italy, Defense Secretary Mark Esper says.

Dassault Rafales arrive in India; USAF chooses ATAC; TAI completes F-16 upgrades; and U.S. releases images of Su-24s in Libya.

The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee is against folding funding for Defense Department programs into the latest COVID-19 relief package. 

A proposal by Senate Republicans seeks to add billions for defense spending to the COVID-19 relief package, including new money for F-35, P-8 and C-130J procurement.