Air Warfare
“The good news about this approach is this really fits my priority of speed, speed and speed,” Frank Calvelli, space acquisition czar at the Department of the Air Force, said of the plan to have NRO take the lead with Space Force oversight and some funding.
By Theresa HitchensB-21, hypersonics and more: How digital development is driving industry innovation
Technological advancements are key to keeping pace with customer demands and evolving threat landscapes.
“In an effort… to push schedule, we did not have any slack in our schedule and that’s no way to manage developmental programs,” said the Program Executive Officer for Aviation, Maj. Gen. Robert Barrie.
By Ashley Roque
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is eager to promote defense industry, but analysts say that beyond politics, there’s some real progress.
By Agnes Helou
A new approach to speed, scale and efficiency for the industrial base
Radars, EW, EO/IR, space imagery, and microelectronics are brought under one roof for a streamlined approach to common people and factories.
“It’s getting after interoperability. Obviously, we don’t fight alone and it’s going to take a team of teams to fight,” said Maj. Gen. Wally Rugen.
By Ashley Roque
“OMB’s opposition to establishing a SNG and directive to transfer current National Guard space missions to an unestablished ‘Space Component’ will create a 7–10 year gap in the capabilities Air National Guard Space Units provide today,” the 51 Guard adjutant generals argue in a letter to President Joe Biden.
By Theresa Hitchens
Why cloud modernization is critical to multi-domain operations
JADC2 is a forcing function, driving digital transformation of network infrastructure.
On Thursday, three soldiers were killed in a mid-air collision between two Apache attack helicopters in Alaska, weeks after nine died in a Black Hawk incident in Kentucky.
By Lee Ferran
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told lawmakers Thursday that the service will make a decision on buying the hypersonic weapon after its prototyping phase concludes, a position seemingly at odds with testimony previously provided by the service’s acquisition lead.
By Michael Marrow
The Army chose the Bell-Textron bird based on a prototype, but an Army official predicted “very little” change for what soldiers will end up flying.
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The Federal Trade Commission formally made a second request for information last month as it evaluates antitrust concerns associated with L3Harris acquiring one of only two major suppliers of solid rocket motors for the Pentagon.
By Michael Marrow
The war in Ukraine may have spurred large defense jumps in Europe, but analysis suggests the Middle East seems preoccupied with regional issues.
By Agnes Helou
If contractors are put on the Contractor Responsibility Watch List for failure to meet cost and schedule performance goals, the Space Force has “the ability at that point not to award them any new contracts.”
By Theresa Hitchens
“These announcements move from extended deterrence to a new level of nuclear power sharing. South Korea [now] has a serious voice in nuclear planning,” regional expert Patrick Cronin told Breaking Defense.
By Aaron Mehta
“Industry has told us that they they think they can go faster, and we’re hopeful that we can accelerate the program,” said Laura DeSimone, Missile Defense Agency executive director.
By Theresa Hitchens
Insights on digital transformation following successes on B-21 and Sentinel
Customers and employees are experiencing the ‘Butterfly Effect’ of digital transformation from key national security programs.
A new proposal from Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall seems helpful on its face, but Bill Greenwalt and John Ferrari of AEI see red flags in the details.
By Bill Greenwalt and John Ferrari