“We want to do as much as we can; I would love to continue to bring on new projects, new programs to the border and try it out, but we want to do it in a responsible way that's safe,” Mark Ditlevson, assistant secretary of defense for Homeland Defense and Americas Security Affairs, told Breaking Defense.
The program is driving hard to meet President Trump’s 2028 deadline, officials said, but they have yet to release a formal solicitation, let alone pick a specific vendor and design.
Models that replicate real-world physics streamline design, testing and iteration processes.
The unmanned helos will be integrated on three corvettes that Angola purchased for over $1 billion in 2023.
Japan and South Korea are stepping up their naval game in the face of China's phenomenal expansion.
Compared to recent contracts, the average flyaway cost of an F-35A and F-35B rose by over 11 percent, while the price of an F-35C climbed over 8 percent, according to figures supplied by the F-35 Joint Program Office.
An in-depth discussion with the service's chief of Naval Air Training Command.
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Delays at AM General to provide a new version of the JLTV to the Marines has led Oshkosh to step in with a solution.
It will supply 12 LM2500+G4 engines for six KDDX-class ships.
Textron Aviation Defense and SNC are currently competing for the Navy's Undergraduate Jet Training System program.
After inking a €4.3 billion frigate deal, Sweden’s defense minister told Breaking Defense Stockholm was keeping an “open mind” about additional cruise missiles.
Dwindling stockpiles and lessons learned from Ukraine and Iran are driving urgent needs for revamping manufacturing.
Navy veteran Hung Cao has been the service's acting secretary since April.
While the report said the Navy had made progress cutting delays for operational subs, the problem would get worse — and costlier — for those destined for decommissioning.
A B-2 bomber used a precision-guided, stealth air-launched anti-ship cruise missile against a decommissioned vessel, and the US Navy also rolled out unmanned boats to survey and strike targets at a pair of summer exercises.
Andrew Magliochetti, who previously served as the director of the Navy’s Office of Small Business Programs, will oversee the Office of the Defense Industrial Base.