Aviation Week discuss how a government watchdog has changed the military’s effort to choose two launch providers from a field of Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance.

The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts to the winners of four prize challenges for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force expeditionary unmanned aircraft system (MUX) for four individual mission payloads.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked for Navy Secretary Richard Spencer’s resignation Nov. 24 due to what the top U.S. defense official said was a loss of confidence.