Ashley Roque covers land warfare for Breaking Defense. Over the past two decades, she’s reported on defense, US politics, and foreign policy for publications inside and outside of the United States including Janes, Roll Call, Inside Defense and Shephard Media. Ashley holds a BA in English with a minor in journalism from Florida State University, and a master's degree in conflict transformation from the University of Basel.
“There are no big plot twists in this budget where we’re going off in some new directions of new initiatives that you never heard of from us before,” a senior defense official.
That request to Congress includes $6 billion to support Ukraine, NATO, and other European partner states, and $9.1 billion for DoD’s Pacific Deterrence Initiative.
“I feel really good about the product we’re sending to Congress. Now, is it perfect? No… important trades had to be made,” Army acquisition head Douglas Bush said today.
By year’s end, service leaders should have a draft TWV strategy to guide their decisions on a host of vehicle fleets from the Infantry Squad Vehicle to the future Common Tactical Truck.
With an Maneuver Support Vessel – Heavy competition on the horizon, the service is also working on the smaller MSV-L but is rebaselining the program to address design changes and increasing costs.
“There is a very big difference between a mistress and a real wife,” quipped retired Brig. Gen. Ariel Karo, Rafael’s executive vice president for marketing and business development, during an interview with Breaking Defense, referring to the relationship with Gulf customers since the signing of the Abraham Accords.
With programs like MTC, Millennium Space Systems is redefining what it means to be an operational prime – rapidly delivering operational small sat constellations on rapid timelines.
With programs like MTC, Millennium Space Systems is redefining what it means to be an operational prime – rapidly delivering operational small sat constellations on rapid timelines.
