The letter says the Navy’s current shipbuilding plan violates statutes and demands an “updated” plan by next week.
By Justin KatzAnswers at the edge: Where to find solutions that connect the battlespace
When it comes to a common operating picture, not everyone needs the same equipment. What they need is the same situational awareness.
SWAC Director Andrew Cox joked that his office would be “building Pinocchios” if it can’t move its blueprints for change into real-boy programs with funding behind them.
By Theresa Hitchens
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is “critical to being able to execute the emerging operational concepts” being honed by the Joint Staff for future conflict, Joseph Nogueira, acting CAPE director, says.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I want to really put a mark on the wall to start driving ourselves in that direction,” CSAF Gen. CQ Brown told the annual McAleese conference today.
By Theresa Hitchens
NGI kicked off in 2019 after the cancellation of an earlier $5.8 billion plan to replace the existing Exo-Atmospheric Kill Vehicle, which defends the US mainland against long-range ballistic missile attacks.
By Paul McLeary
Rep. Anthony Brown, a 30-year Army veteran and member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a statement that “Wormuth has the experience and knowledge necessary to lead the United States Army through the complex and multifaceted challenges we face today.”
By Paul McLeary
As defense budgets face post-COVID cuts, everyone wants to axe “legacy” systems. But the services define “legacy” very differently from defense reformers.
By Mark Cancian and Adam Saxton
Advances in radar are key to countering the modern drone warfare and missile threat
Drones, high-speed cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles attacking together from 360° creates complexity only certain radars can handle.
At the moment, there are no plans to reduce the Air Force’s plans to buy 1,763 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, says acting Air Force acquisition head Darlene Costello. But…
By Theresa Hitchens
“In the budget for FY 23, that’s where I see that we’ll really make some key decisions” about the tactical air fleet, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown says.
By Theresa Hitchens
The HASC tactical air and land forces subcommittee wants the Air Force to explain “how ABMS intends to transition demonstrated capabilities into sustainable Programs of Record.”
By Theresa Hitchens
Asked during his briefing here whether 25 by 25 was achievable, Greg Ulmer, head of the F-35 program for Lockheed Martin, said the company would prove itself just as it had by lowering the cost of an F-35A to below $80 million one year early.
By Colin Clark
F-35 Program Executive Officer Vice Adm. Mat Winter today told the HASC tactical air and land subcommittee that Lockheed was guilty of just that, adding that this had helped lead to a shortage of an average of 600 parts each month, causing production line slowdowns and cost increases.
By Colin Clark
The Air Force wants more planes – and believes it has found a way to get them.
By Colin Clark
PENTAGON: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a former Marine Corps rifle platoon leader, wants better technology and training to keep frontline foot troops alive. He sent a Feb. 8 memo (below) to the Joint Chiefs, service chiefs, combatant commanders, and other top officials to create a Close Combat Lethality Task Force, applying the kind of top-level…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
