Japan has approved a $45.8 billion defense budget for the year beginning April 1, including $1.2 billion for ballistic missile defense programs, Reuters reported Friday. The budget will fund purchases of the Raytheon-made Standard Missile-3 Block
MoreThe U.S. Air Force‘s Ogden Air Logistics Complex has completed a five-year effort to refurbish 24 Lockheed Martin-built F-16 Fighting Falcon jets for the Indonesian air force under an aircraft acquisition and
MoreThe Aerospace Industries Association has called on House and Senate leaders to finalize the appropriations bill for fiscal year 2018 as well as repeal or increase the budget caps in order to
MoreJapan aims to develop its own stand-off cruise missile that can be launched from aircraft, warships and land-based defense systems to engage targets on land and at sea, The Drive reported Tuesday. The Yomiuri
MoreT.J. Kennedy, president of the First Responder Network Authority, will depart his role by the end of the year and return to the private sector, Urgent Communications reported. The report said Kennedy plans to
MoreThe U.S. Navy plans to procure 12 Columbia-class nuclear submarines to replace its fleet of Ohio-class ballistic missile vessels as part of the Defense Departmentâs plan to modernize the U.S. nuclear triad
MoreAn aerospace and defense trade group has asked Congress to devise a tax reform plan that would not contribute to budget deficit in an effort to prevent potential cuts to defense spending
MoreJohn Rood, a corporate officer and senior vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s international business since March 2016, will be nominated as Defense Department undersecretary for policy. The White House said Wednesday Rood also has
MoreAir Force Secretary Heather Wilson has said the service branch would decide by the end of this month whether to pursue or cancel the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program, Defense
MoreDefense Secretary James Mattis has said defense panels in Congress have approved the Pentagonâs plan to shift approximately $440 million in unspent fiscal 2017 funds from operations and maintenance accounts into missile
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