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“The deliberate toning down of criticism of Chinese behavior and policy in order to stabilize the bilateral relationship makes it very difficult to have these types of conversations,” said Lavina Lee, a security studies expert.
By Colin ClarkChanging the battlefield with quadcopters and fixed-wing VTOLS
There’s a new battlespace called “air-ground littoral” where quadcopters and fixed-wing VTOLs now dominate.
Victus Haze is the second iteration of the Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Space-3 (TacRS-3) mission to launch a prototype satellite within 24 hours of a “go” order, but also is designed to quickly perform an up-close on-orbit inspection of a (simulated) threatening spacecraft.
By Aaron Mehta
“Now it [the Columbia-class submarine] is delayed by at least a year, leaving no more margin for failure for the rest of the decades-long procurement and delivery schedule,” said Rep. Ken Calvert, chair of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee.
By Valerie Insinna
The added layer of bureaucracy comes as Navy brass prepares to testify in front of lawmakers.
By Justin Katz
In an exclusive interview with Breaking Defense, HII boss Chris Kastner said the company views its non-shipbuilding division as a key source of future growth.
By Justin Katz
“The question is, how do you manage what you might call the transition from the legacy systems to modern systems?” John Plumb, assistant secretary of Defense for Space Policy, told reporters.
By Valerie Insinna
As for new nations potentially working on AUKUS Pillar II tech efforts, the State Department’s Kurt Campbell teased, “I think you’ll hear that we have something to say about that” next week.
By Tim Martin
Today’s bold remotely piloted aircraft technologies are shaping an even bolder vision for the future
Advances in RPA technologies signal a future where aircraft could operate from a variety of austere locations, making it much more difficult to find and target large air bases.
Ships from nine key programs are facing delays, in some cases of up to three years, according to a new Navy review.
By Justin Katz
In an interview with Breaking Defense, Andrew Hastie discussed keeping AUKUS a three-party arrangement, the housing issue it could create and the need for a new joint defense committee.
By Colin Clark
The bipartisan spending package, released early this morning, increases defense funding by $27 billion over the previous year’s enacted budget and includes a number of key provisions the department had requested.
By Valerie Insinna, Ashley Roque, Michael Marrow and Theresa Hitchens
Both plans would shrink the fleet to 280 ships by fiscal 2027, then grow them back from there to a high of 387 ships if one of the options is followed.
By Michael Marrow
Navy officials have stressed during the budget rollout many ‘hard decisions’ were made due to the defense spending caps in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
By Justin Katz Navy brass and lawmakers go back-and-forth every year about early ship retirements. This year looks like it will be no different.
By Justin Katz
UH-60M Blackhawks from Lockheed Martin Sikorsky and CH-47F Block II Chinooks from Boeing would have ended production in 2030 if the Army kept FARA going, a top service official testified.
By Valerie Insinna
