Global for Thursday, March 21, 2024

• FY24 defense appropriations bill invests in more modern, ready force
• Defense spending bill has some Ukraine aid, multiyear munitions buys
• UK teams with McLaren Formula 1 racers with eye on electrifying fleet
• US Navy making Aegis updates, training changes based on Houthi attacks
• AUKUS nations name British-Australian vendor team to build submarines
• Congress wants US Air Force to better explain reorganization plans
• Maldives starts flying Turkish drones for maritime surveillance
• Outsourcing Navy shipbuilding weakens the United States
• Replicator gets $200 million in newly released defense spending bill
• Defense Innovation Unit would get major funding boost in spending bill
• Marine wargames offer a look at the future — and fuel dissent
• F-35 delivery delays frustrate European air force upgrade plans
• Fixing subpar barracks at top of the Marine Corps’ budget wish list