The House of Representatives on May 22 barely passed President Donald Trump’s extensive spending package, which includes a $150 billion plus-up in DOD spending.

Poland plans to buy around 1,400 Boeing GBU-39/B Small-Diameter Bombs (SDB), Warsaw and Washington say.

The European Investment Fund is putting $45 million into a fund run by Keen Venture Partners as part of Europe’s efforts to foster defense and space startups.

Japanese technology conglomerate Rakuten has entered into cooperation with a Ukrainian effort to develop a defense technology ecosystem.

The UK will publish its Strategic Defense Review within two weeks, says former NATO Secretary Gen. George Robertson, who has helped lead the effort.

The Ascent joint venture of Babcock and Lockheed Martin secured a £300 million contract to train rear crew personnel for the UK Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.

ESA and the European Commission want to come to an agreement around what a future Earth-observation system should look like in advance of funding decisions.

Lockheed Martin says it has proposed to establish several in-country MRO capabilities in the Philippines to support the F-16 and C-130 fleets.