Prior to joining Breaking Defense, Justin Katz reported on the Navy and Marine Corps as an associate editor for Inside Defense, where he focused on the services' largest acquisition programs and congressional committees overseeing them. Justin has also covered the federal government's cybersecurity policies and programs for FCW and a worked as a general news reporter in both Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Katz graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla., in 2015 with a degree in communications focusing on journalism and is a native of Long Island, N.Y.
“We look out across the market and evaluate our customers' emerging needs,” David Phillips, a company executive, told reporters. "We’ve been hearing an increased expression of interest in a small, rapidly deployable unmanned surface vehicle that can support a variety of missions beyond mine countermeasures.”
According to a summary of the survey results, 46 percent of respondents indicated the deal will improve their companies’ hiring, retention and training efforts, and 42 percent said the deal would help to “invest in equipment to ensure quality and on-time delivery.”
As threats rapidly evolve, digital engineering, manufacturing capacity and robust supply chains are critical to meeting challenges.
SAWS "is an innovative approach that increase wages, accelerates submarine production [and] reduces the cost through the [future years]," said HII CEO Chris Kastner.
The Congressional Budget Office "estimates that total shipbuilding costs would average $40 billion (in 2024 dollars) over the next 30 years, which is about 17 percent more than the Navy estimates."
The president-elect has taken a personal interest in other specific Pentagon programs in the past, such as the presidential aircraft.
Deasy served as the Pentagon's CIO during the first Trump administration.
Do more with less: streamline workflows, reduce duplication, invest upfront to save long-term.
The possible sale of the RTX-made AMRAAMs includes up to 1,200 missiles.
The Multi-Domain Artillery Cannon will be focused on defense against unmanned and missile threats.
The time left for the US Navy to prepare for a conflict with China is deceivingly short.
Industry and the Pentagon always have their disagreements. But those usually stay behind closed doors.
The Sixth Domain is not defined by geography. It’s a new kind of conflict in which autonomy and networked systems allow thousand-dollar consumer electronics to destroy multi-million-dollar conventional weapons systems.
Ship counts were clearly on the mind of US Navy officials this year as they made numerous plays to bolster the fleet in novel ways.
Almost five years since awarding the first frigate contract, the US Navy is starting to move out on finding a second builder.
A source with knowledge of the program said the restrictions will require pilots to maintain certain altitudes and plan out flight paths to ensure they can land safely if an incident arises.
The deal is part of a series of aggressive moves Hanwha has taken to solidify its presence in the American defense industrial base this year.