Colton Jones

Colton Jones serves as Deputy Editor of Defence Blog, with a specialization in the U.S. defense industrial base. A former member of the United States Air Force, Colton brings firsthand military experience to his analysis of procurement, defense manufacturing, and Pentagon policy. He is one of the blog’s lead writers and most respected defense experts.
Army

U.S. Army wants robots to recover battlefield vehicles

Every soldier knows the feeling: a vehicle goes down in hostile territory, and suddenly a simple recovery mission turns into a potential casualty event. The U.S. Army wants to change that calculus by removing humans from the...
Army

U.S. Army’s most powerful tank gets a $43M production boost

According to a June 18 contract notice, the U.S. Army awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, the prime contractor for Abrams production and modernization, a $43.5 million contract modification in support of M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tank...
Maritime Security

Boeing wins $880M deal for P-8A training systems

The U.S. Navy awarded Boeing a contract with a ceiling of $880 million on June 18, with no funds obligated at award, to provide training systems for the P-8A Poseidon, the workhorse aircraft the Navy uses to...
Aviation

U.S. Air Force’s B-1 bombers get new wing parts

Top Flight Aerostructures, a Georgia parts manufacturer, won two indefinite-delivery contracts from the Defense Logistics Agency to build wing components for the B-1 bomber fleet. One contract has a maximum value of $53.1 million for trailing edges,...
News

Pentagon awards deal for orbital gas station demonstration

A Maryland company wants to build something nobody's ever actually flown: a working gas station in orbit, and the Department of War is now paying for it. Quantum Space announced a contract through the Pentagon's Operational Energy...
Maritime Security

U.S. Navy spent $117M on torpedo sonar kits

Somewhere beneath the ocean's surface, a submarine the U.S. Navy can't see is the threat that keeps American admirals awake at night, and the weapon built to find it just received continued funding to keep its sensors...
Aviation

Pentagon drops $300M on tiny decoys that trick missiles

Alloy Surfaces Company, based in Aston, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $300 million modification on June 12, according to a latest contract notice, covering continued production of a family of infrared decoy flares used to protect American military...
Army

U.S. Army wants to keep buying Javelin missiles for 10 more years

The shoulder-fired missile that Ukrainian soldiers have used to destroy hundreds of Russian tanks is about to become the subject of one of the most significant American weapons procurement planning exercises in years, as the U.S. Army...
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