“These albatrosses [have been] dragging the department down for decades. This is the year we are going to get these programs delivered,” said Frank Calvelli, space acquisition head.
By Theresa HitchensBetter user interface and experience create faster decision-making in multi-domain operations
Improved UX and UI can enable smarter use of AI and automation, helping warfighters manage data-rich environments and make faster, more informed decisions.
DIU is now seeking commercial materials and systems, such as for propulsion and alternative navigation, to test on its planned hypersonic test jet.
By Theresa Hitchens
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Pentagon’s annual weapon test report reverses classification, details major program challenges
The report, without “controlled unclassified information” redactions, discusses concerns with major weapons programs from ships to planes to hypersonic missiles.
By Jaspreet Gill, Theresa Hitchens and Justin Katz
The new surface vessel will play a key role in filling capability gaps created when the Navy’s mine countermeasure ships are retired.
By Justin Katz UISS will be a key mine countermeasures asset for the Navy moving forward, but it experienced significant issues during testing last fall, according to new details initially hidden from public view.
By Justin Katz
In a letter obtained by Breaking Defense, lawmakers called on Sec. Austin to review the “controlled unclassified information” and “publicly release the greatest amount of information possible about these systems, consistent with the continued protection of sensitive information.”
By Valerie Insinna
Pentagon testers take issue with comms, guns and durability over tough terrain for the troop carrier.
By Andrew Eversden
Space Force celebrates 5th anniversary at growing Spacepower Conference
Our latest eBook offers updates on the Space Force and SPACECOM, showcasing the latest tech, and the challenges of modern space operations.
“By caving to pressure inside the Pentagon and hiding unclassified information behind a pseudo classification, the current leaders of DOT&E are undermining the effectiveness of their own agency,” said Dan Grazier, a fellow with the Project on Government Oversight.
By Valerie Insinna The Pentagon’s top weapons tester says the service has “limited flight test opportunities” to support putting a hypersonic weapon onboard the Zumwalt class.
By Justin Katz and Andrew Eversden
“I worry that this will end up [resulting] in a watered down version of the report that makes it more difficult for the press and the public to make sure that we are buying weapon systems that are effective and safe,” said Mandy Smithberger of the Project On Government Oversight.
By Valerie Insinna
The Pentagon’s top tester, DOT&E, had urged the Army to take more time. But Army leaders said today they’ve got plenty of field tests scheduled with real soldiers.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
NC3 is “the last line of communication capabilities and associated equipment that we know will always be there during our worst day,” explains Air Force Lt. Gen. James Dawkins, deputy CSAF for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration.
By Theresa Hitchens
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.
At issue is not just this particular program, but the much wider question of how a Pentagon testing apparatus designed for big industrial age programs can keep up with the much faster and more fluid upgrade cycles of information technology.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
