Rep. Thornberry, the senior Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said the White House move to repurpose military procurement money “is in violation of the separation of powers within the Constitution… and I believe that it requires Congress to take action.”
By Paul McLearyGA-ASI’s MQ-9B: The right UAV for persistence, power, and performance
When assessing the state of the art of unmanned aerial systems, it’s critical to be very clear about what various aircraft can and can’t do – and could never do.
This year’s battle of the budget between the services has been much more public than any in recent memory, as Breaking D readers know. Mackenzie Eaglen, who writes for us regularly on Congress and the budget, does a deep dive and presents the results of which service really wins in the budget — and why…
By Mackenzie Eaglen
O’Connell said that the “silver lining” to the near miss of two defunct US satellites over Pittsburg on Jan. 29 is that “people are beginning to realize that these near misses are taking place much more frequently.”
By Theresa Hitchens
The DoD wants to invest in new technologies, but no real budget growth means it’s going to have to cut, and cut big to free up cash.
By Paul McLeary
With the expected nomination of the next Navy Secretary lost at sea, Thomas Modly has taken the wheel, and prepares to meet Congress next month and defend the 2021 Navy budget.
By Paul McLeary
After three years of budget growth for the Pentagon, the armed services are going to unveil some drastic changes for the 2021 budget.
By Paul McLeary
In other words, the fault is not with the OCO mechanism, but in many cases, with members of Congress who are critiquing its use.
By Andrew Hunter
A major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
The RAND report, commissioned by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, unsurprisingly recommends more power for the JAIC over future service budgets. Right now AI efforts are so diffuse no one’s even sure what’s in the 2020 appropriations bill just passed.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Gen. Arnold Bunch says that Air Tractor’s initial AT-802 offering “did not have ejection seats.”
By Theresa Hitchens
CSBA says the US is investing in the wrong jammers to counter Russia and China’s powerful EW forces. There’s another approach that would exploit our adversaries’ weaknesses.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“I am confident we can reconcile our differences,” House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa Hitchens
Congressional gridlock could stall over 100 programs just as the Army is starting to turn its ambitious modernization plan into real hardware.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Army Modernization Strategy aims to counter Russia by 2028 and China by 2035 — but Congress can’t pass a budget for this year.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“This is not going to be helpful over on the Hill,” one former congressional staffer said of SDA’s $11 billion, five-year draft budget. “In fact, it could put the final nails in SDA’s coffin.”
By Theresa Hitchens
