Yearly Archive: 2022

Under a party tent at an airport in Mobile, Alabama, the CEO of Lockheed Martin grinned as he shook hands with the head of Airbus’s defense and space business unit.

It was late January, and Lockheed’s Jim Taiclet was welcoming Airbus’ Michael Schoellhorn, who had flown in from Europe to help anno…

The United States has committed more than $4.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including approximately $3.8 billion since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked invasion on February 24.

On May 6, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced th…

After more than a quarter of a century of cuts to the expenditure and the format of the armed forces, the 2019-2025 military programming law (LPM) plans to increase military expenditure to 2% of GDP by 2025 and to create 6,000 jobs.

This budgetary growth trajectory, which aims to regenerate the …

In a report today the Public Accounts Committee argues the Russian invasion of Ukraine raises concerns that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has not “identified the modern battle-winning capabilities our armed forces need” in the face of “a number of potential adversaries rapidly developing new militar…

Two top U.S. intelligence officials testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee today on global threats to the United States and its allies emanating from China, Russia and Iran as well as terrorist organizations.

Army Lt. Gen. Scott D. Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agen…

The Defense Department urges Congress to quickly pass the president’s supplemental request, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said at a press briefing today.

That request seeks $33 billion, which includes $5 billion additional drawdown authority so that DOD can continue uninterrupted provisi…