The Department of the U.S. Air Force’s international affairs office recently established a dedicated space division to better align the department with a single strategy for international engagement.

The Pentagon has created the new position of assistant defense secretary for space policy, which Congress directed in the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.

French defense officials are calling for the development of a future medium airlifter for the 2030s that could replace the CASA CN235 and Lockheed C-130H Hercules aircraft in French service. 

Before the House and Senate defense authorization panels met this week for their first conference negotiation meeting with panel leadership, governors from 14 states urged Congress to prohibit the proposed retirements of U.S. Air National Guard C-130 aircraft.

British lawmakers have expressed concern that the government’s planned Integrated Review of the UK’s defense posture may be further delayed or incomplete when published in November.

The Pentagon’s Mobility Capabilities and Requirements Study has been delayed for another three months, but the head of U.S. Transportation Command has provided  a sneak peek of the results, disclosing that the assessment may reveal a need for more intratheater airlifters.

Shares of Raytheon Technologies on Oct. 28 were headed to their second day of significant declines after the aerospace and defense behemoth revealed a new U.S. criminal probe into its heritage Raytheon Missiles & Defense business, as well as continuing concerns regarding a slow commercial aftermarket recovery.

The Pentagon has tapped private equity investor Acorn Growth Companies, a middle-market firm that targets only Western aerospace, defense and intelligence companies, to help lead its Trusted Capital Marketplace effort as the predominant, preordained financial sponsor.