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The National Intelligence Program was budgeted for $71.7 billion while the Military Intelligence Program was funded at some $26.6 billion in fiscal 2023.
By Lee FerranModernizing military simulation with open systems architecture
Best-of-breed common models and architecture enable virtual training and testing with the same data in a cyber-resilient posture.
A savvy DC veteran, Sec. Christine Wormuth didn’t outright call for Congress to go above the budget caps, but, she said, “given that we want to make sure that we are not only able to support Ukraine but that we also replenish our own stocks … a supplemental, I think, would be very helpful.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
A strategy that aims to lessen risk in the 2030s is ignoring the troubling, rising risk now, argues AEI’s John Ferrari.
By John Ferrari
“We learned in 2016 that recovering from artificial cuts is more expensive than getting it right in the first place,” David Norquist, NDIA’s president and CEO, told Breaking Defense.
By Justin Katz
“For me, this isn’t just about how much money we spend on defense, this is about how we spend the money,” SASC ranking member Sen. Jim Inhofe said. “And we need a higher top line because what’s in this budget right now is not nearly enough to make up for lost time.”
By Jaspreet Gill
LaPlante served as the Air Force’s top acquisition official from 2013 to 2015.
By Aaron Mehta
Millennium Space Systems is delivering on critical missile tracking constellation
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.
“There’s a perception out there that Lockheed’s going to take everything, and nobody’s gonna be able to get in to support of the F-35,” said Mike Miles of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 logistics unit about the firm’s PBL proposal. “That’s not the case.”
By Theresa Hitchens
Recent gains in readiness and modernization are fragile, Army leaders warned, and budget cuts would undermine the service’s ability to help the Joint Force.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Stefanik is the top Republican on this new legislative panel with broad jurisdiction over numerous DoD policy and programs.
By Catherine Macaulay
The SecDef again calls for increased defense spending in future budgets, but there’s little indication budgets won’t stay flat.
By Paul McLeary
“I’ve heard some people talk about [going] back to a BCA [Budget Control Act] level of funding,” Gen. Murray says, referring to the steep cuts also known as sequestration. “And I’ve heard some people say that it’s even going to be worse than BCA.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Without recruit training, the services will lose .5 percent of their end strength every month (unless stop loss is imposed, and that has its own costs). Because the training pipeline is several months long, units will not feel that gap for several months, but when the pipeline begins to runs dry, units will shrink.
By Mark Cancian and Adam Saxton
Marillyn Hewson “will depart the company on a high note, with all of its business units performing well and its share price several times higher than it was when she became CEO,” said analyst Loren Thompson.
By Colin Clark
Even if President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy find a way out of the debt limit debacle, AEI’s John Ferrari and Charles Rahr argue a compromise could be just that for America’s military.
By John Ferrari and Charles Rahr