“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 InsinnaEnterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
“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 Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro recently said the service is slightly behind its “accelerated” schedule goals for the shipbuilding program.
By Justin Katz
As officials described how they’ll spend billions on America’s nuclear arsenal and presented rosy outlooks, California’s Rep. John Garamendi retorted, “The fact of the matter is every single one of these systems are behind schedule and over budget, every single one of them.”
By Theresa Hitchens
The new budget request seeks the second Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine and two Virginia-class boats, but lacks amphibs, a point sure to irk lawmakers.
By Justin Katz
“What is our true capability and capacity?” Rear Adm. Jonathan Rucker said. “If we make the assumption that we’re never going to get better, the answer is we don’t have enough [shipyards]. But we’re doing a lot of stuff” to improve the service’s infrastructure in the meantime.
By Justin Katz A five-sub buy would have the potential to save billions in taxpayer dollars if executed well.
By Justin Katz
Why cloud modernization is critical to multi-domain operations
JADC2 is a forcing function, driving digital transformation of network infrastructure.
The two reviews were largely welcomed by more hawkish commentators and criticized by supporters of more robust approaches to nuclear arms control — with the latter lamenting that Biden has walked away from campaign promises to reduce US reliance on nuclear weapons.
By Theresa Hitchens
“The key strategic risk remains we might need the SSNs much earlier than the proposed schedule,” Neil James, executive director of the non-partisan watchdog, the Australia Defence Association, said.
By Colin Clark
GAO found delays in more than half of the programs it studied. Also, 4-pound birds are a problem.
By Aaron Mehta
The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, Columbia-class ballistic submarine and B-21 bomber could all face delays under a yearlong continuing resolution, service officials said.
By Valerie Insinna and Andrew Eversden
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Power and energy are becoming mission enablers to support the increasing electric-load demands of modern combatant ships, especially in the areas of advanced radar and other electronic systems, as well as directed energy weapons.
By Barry Rosenberg
A US official called the move the “biggest strategic step Australia has taken in generations.”
By Aaron Mehta and Colin Clark
Rear Adm. Bill Houston described a submarine that boasts the payload and speed of the Seawolf-class submarines, the acoustics and senors of Virginia-class and the operational availability and service life of the Columbia-class submarines.
By Justin Katz
