The experimental targeting goggles field-tested last fall didn’t work in the rain. The ruggedized version to be tested this month will fix that flaw – and more, the Army says.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.ROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
A worker died in 2017 scooping up explosive tetrazene by hand with a spatula. The Army and Congress agree an upgrade is long overdue — but it won’t be cheap.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The draft bill comes after budget talks between House Dems and the White House fell apart on Friday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected today’s proposal out of hand.
By Paul McLeary
ULA’s immediate award is $337 million for two launches. SpaceX’s won $316 million for one launch, Will Roper said.
By Theresa Hitchens
“One thing the pandemic has taught us is the unthinkable can happen,” said Sen. Angus King, co-chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“You don’t have to be a doctor or a four-star general to understand that spending billions on new helicopters, combat vehicles, and fighter jets is not the solution” to the COIVD problem, said Rep. Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
By Paul McLeary
Future inevitability of quantum computers is a security problem today
‘Store Now, Decrypt Later’ attacks must be thwarted now with Zero Trust cybersecurity.
“I don’t see another obvious explanation other than it was a weapons test,” said Brian Weeden of the Secure World Foundation.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Air Force wants to cut its workhorse drone, the MQ-9 Reaper. The combatant commanders that use the MQ-9 don’t want to see that happen.
By David Deptula
The Air Force should field several iterations of improved drones before 2030 — not just to replace the MQ-9 — but to do everything from ISR to strike to counter-air missions.
By Theresa Hitchens
The $34 million deal marks the service’s first real thrust to get unmanned ships into the water, despite Congressional worries the service is moving too fast.
By Paul McLeary
WASHINGTON: House appropriators are worried that the Air Force’s latest try to replace the MQ-Reaper isn’t fully baked and might lead to a capability gap between the service’s planned divestiture of the venerable hunter/killer drone and any follow-on. “The Air Force’s fiscal year 2021 budget request proposes to terminate production of MQ–9 aircraft, citing an…
By Theresa Hitchens
Mackenzie Eaglen knows Congress (after all, she did work there) and she takes readers through the most important policy debates sparked by the two versions of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. Read on! The Editor. Much of the public debate about this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has focused on the renaming…
By Mackenzie Eaglen
House Democrats want to add $2.5 billion to build a second Virginia-class submarine next year. Senate Republicans would rather spend on destroyers and amphibious ships.
By Paul McLeary
The House Buy American provisions will destroy U.S. jobs when these countries buy from other countries. And Congress would be ripping up and overriding signed agreements with our closest allies that have served as the foundations of reciprocity in defense trade and cooperation within NATO and with other partners such as Australia and Israel for over 40 years. Our allies are our greatest advantage and this will undermine NATO and our commitment to other global allies.
By Bill Greenwalt