Experts tell Breaking Defense that while Asian shipbuilders have become renowned for good reason, it’s apples and oranges comparing them to the US Navy’s staple prime contractors.
By Justin KatzWhat weapons and engines will let loyal wingmen drones hit their potential?
In the fourth video in our CCA series, Breaking Defense looks in the details for the future fleet. For the full CCA video series click here.
Pappano’s years of experience in working with the submarine industrial base will likely be crucial to helping the service’s senior civilian work through AUKUS.
By Justin Katz
On the two year anniversary of the war, the Breaking Defense team has assembled a series of pieces on the state of the conflict across multiple domains, what might come in year three, and what lessons the US has learned from the conflict.
By Breaking Defense Staff
The challenges for the Navy to dispose of the former USS Enterprise have driven the service to stand up a new office to deal both with “The Big E” and the pipeline of Nimitz-class carriers to come.
By Justin Katz
The Navy’s top leaders still need to sign out the creation and final details of the new office, but a draft document indicates the focus will be on moving advanced but existing technologies into the field for operational use.
By Justin Katz
The Hudson Institute’s Bryan Clark said the NATO innovation hub had learned lessons from Ukraine that could push it in new directions.
By Jaspreet Gill
Display screens are the eyes for maneuver forces needing to command and control
The Army is upfitting vehicles with big 24 or 32-inch displays that present multiple sources of data for a full operational picture.
Long-range missiles, missile defenses, and robotic ships will be essential adjuncts to the big, expensive “Death Stars” that dominate the Navy budget, says Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute.
By Bryan Clark
Bollinger’s CEO says the deal has strengthened his company’s standing in the industrial base, but analysts worry the merger is a bellwether for more consolidation to come – which could impact the Pentagon’s shipbuilding plans.
By Justin Katz
Guertin, if confirmed, would fill the position last officially held by James “Hondo” Geurts.
By Justin Katz
The Senate Armed Services Committee was right to fund the system, even if the Navy didn’t request it, writes Bryan Clark.
By Bryan Clark
Pentagon leaders should down-scope JADC2 around a smaller set of force compositions, focused on problems facing combatant commanders and using the forces deploying to or already in theater, argue Bryan Clark and Dan Patt.
By Bryan Clark and Dan Patt
Russia has “been very thoughtful about how they’ve been ramping up their level of activity” in the Black Sea, said Bryan Clark, a fellow at the Hudson Institute.
By Justin Katz
If missile defenses can’t protect everything, then Pentagon planners need to start thinking about new ways of deploying their limited assets – and that means new risks, say two Hudson Institute experts.
By Bryan Clark and Timothy A. Walton
In this op-ed, Bryan Clark lays out potential topics of discussion at this year’s Indo-Pacific Exposition in Sydney, Australia, such as the future of AUKUS.
By Bryan Clark