Bahrain receives first PAC-3 MSE shipment from Lockheed Martin

Bahrain receives first PAC-3 MSE shipment from Lockheed Martin
Bahrain receives first PAC-3 MSE shipment from Lockheed Martin

In 2019 the US State Department approved the sale of 60 PAC-3 MSE and 36 Patriot MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced Missiles (GEM-T) missiles with canisters to Bahrain in a deal worth an estimated $2.5 billion.

White House greenlights Army plan for Patriot and GMLRS multi-year buys

White House greenlights Army plan for Patriot and GMLRS multi-year buys
White House greenlights Army plan for Patriot and GMLRS multi-year buys

The Office of Management and Budget has notified Congress this week with its FY24 budget request amendments.

‘Up our game’: The Pentagon’s 3 strategies to shore up munitions stockpiles

‘Up our game’: The Pentagon’s 3 strategies to shore up munitions stockpiles
‘Up our game’: The Pentagon’s 3 strategies to shore up munitions stockpiles

With the war in Ukraine raging, missile and other munition production seems like a sure bet. But the Pentagon knows industry is wary of getting burned should attitudes change and is trying to offer novel reassurances.

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All-Domain Operations Shape The Joint Battlespace For Decision Dominance

All-Domain Operations Shape The Joint Battlespace For Decision Dominance
All-Domain Operations Shape The Joint Battlespace For Decision Dominance

The Defense Department is shaping the joint all-domain environment by tying sensors to shooters in exercises like Northern Edge 21 and Project Convergence.

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Joint All-Domain Operations: The Key To Decision Dominance And Overmatch

Joint All-Domain Operations: The Key To Decision Dominance And Overmatch
Joint All-Domain Operations: The Key To Decision Dominance And Overmatch

In this Q&A with Stephanie C. Hill, Lockheed Martin’s executive vice president for Rotary and Mission Systems, we discuss how AI/ML, open systems, and edge computing enable JADO.

SecDef Carter: Do Missile Defense Review Urged By Greenert, Odierno

SecDef Carter: Do Missile Defense Review Urged By Greenert, Odierno
SecDef Carter: Do Missile Defense Review Urged By Greenert, Odierno

Tight budgets have a way of encouraging critical thinking and forcing a willingness to make painful but well-grounded tradeoffs. The Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, and the Army Chief of Staff, General Raymond Odierno, wrote a November letter about the weaknesses of our current missile defense approach to then-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. This letter, recently leaked…

A New Approach for U.S. Missile Defense?

A New Approach for U.S. Missile Defense?
A New Approach for U.S. Missile Defense?

Phil Coyle knows missile defense. He was director of Operational Test and Evaluation from 1994 through January 2001, during the darkest days of THAAD and when missile defense was a religious issue for both Republicans and Democrats. Thank goodness we had Coyle around to actually bring facts to the roiling debate then. Does Coyle think…

Navy Wins Big As Senate Approps Adds $4.2B To Keep Nine Ships, Add Destroyer, Fund Attack Sub

CAPITOL HILL: Those nine warships the Navy planned to retire in the face of the budget crunch? Fuggedaboutit. They’re back in, if the Senate Appropriations Committee has anything to say about it. The Army wants to keep working on tanks? Cool. We got their back. Helicopters flew the guys who killed Osama bin Laden and…