Global for Tuesday, May 14, 2024

• UK Navy to buy six vessels, enter new ‘golden age’ of shipbuilding
• House bill would block F-22 retirements, keep buying Air Force F-15EXs
• House panel takes aim at Navy size, new capabilities in defense bill
• Space Force should consider alternative launch sites, lawmakers say
• Ukraine, Russia race to shield battle tanks from exploding drones
• UK picks companies for billion-dollar hypersonic missile program
• House defense bill retains spending caps, creates DoD talent officer