Joe Gould Last year’s defense policy bill passed without language championed by Rep. Donald Norcross that would have gradually increased “Buy American” requirements for major defense programs...

Rodrick H. McHaty and Joe Moye Russia has increasingly used private military companies (PMCs) such as the Wagner Group and others over the past decade to advance its strategic...

Andrew Eversden The Pentagon’s top artificial intelligence official warned Tuesday that the department’s biggest competitive threat is obsolescence. https://www.c4isrnet.com/artificial-intelligence/2021/03/30/jaic-director-pentagons-biggest-competitive-threat-obsolescence/

Sebastian Sprenger German contractors Rheinmetall, Hensoldt and Diehl Defence have teamed up to bid on the country’s envisioned short-range, air-defense program, the companies said Tuesday. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2021/03/30/three-companies-make-a-joint-run-for-germanys-new-air-defense-program/

Christina Mackenzie Naval Group is set to become “a Franco-Australian” company, CEO Pierre-Eric Pommellet said in the wake of a contractual commitment to spend at...

Jen Judson Lockheed Martin scored a $1.1 billion contract from the U.S. Army to build another 11,000 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets, the company announced...

Christina Mackenzie Naval Group and the Chantiers de l’Atlantique have formed the joint venture MO Porte Avions to manage France’s new generation aircraft carrier program. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2021/03/30/naval-group-chantiers-de-latlantique-team-up-for-frances-new-aircraft-carrier/

Jerry McGinn The Biden administration is facing two early tests in the area of corporate mergers and acquisitions. Depending on who is doing the talking,...

Joe Gould and David B. Larter Austal USA has broken ground on a steel production line in Mobile, Ala., as the Navy winds down its aluminum-hulled shipbuilding programs...

Jen Judson The Army has outlined, in a recent white paper obtained by Defense News, its “critical” role in great power competition to include deterring conflict, upholding...

Mike Yeo Singapore has taken delivery of its first new transport helicopters from Airbus, as the Southeast Asian nation takes the next step in recapitalizing its transport...

Agnes Helou Lebanon is selling five Hawker Hunter fighter jets and three Sikorsky-made S-61 helicopters, the Ministry of National Defense announced, calling for interested parties...

Mark Pomerleau Marking a paradigm shift in how the Army procures, fields and updates equipment, a full brigade for the first time is testing modernized...

Sebastian Sprenger The German government is buying a minority stake in defense supplier Hensoldt, a company that derives from European aircraft manufacturer Airbus’ former defense and...

Hank Naughton Lockheed’s purchase of Aerojet Rocketdyne would strike a blow to competition and innovation. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/03/biden-should-shoot-merger-down/172893/

Mark Pomerleau In the run up to the 2020 presidential election, U.S. Cyber Command conducted over two dozen missions to block foreign adversaries’ efforts to...