Coast Guard aircraft availability, inventory in decline, budget office says
Auditors noted the recent reconciliation legislation provided $3.7 billion to the Coast Guard to procure additional aircraft.
Golden Dome’s need for more SBIs may moot savings from lower launch costs: CBO
The smaller SBI price tag enabled by the drop in launch costs could be offset by the need for a much larger number of satellites to fulfil Trump's Golden Dome plan, the Congressional Budget Office study caveats.
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AI is transforming pilot training and the aircraft they fly
Modeling and simulation get an AI upgrade for more realistic training and improved autonomous platforms.
Navy would need billions more than estimated to build future fleet: CBO
The Congressional Budget Office "estimates that total shipbuilding costs would average $40 billion (in 2024 dollars) over the next 30 years, which is about 17 percent more than the Navy estimates."
Trump wants NATO to hit 3 percent GDP on defense. The US could fall short
In this op-ed, Dustin Walker and Mackenzie Eaglen of AEI assert that the US will struggle to keep hitting 3 percent of GDP spending if the budget doesn't expand dramatically.
Coast Guard’s newest icebreakers may jump 60 percent in cost: CBO
The Congressional Budget Office's report states the Coast Guard is working on its own new cost estimate for the heavy icebreaker program.
Navy’s future fleet’s price tag grows 5-10%, despite ship mix not changing: CBO
The increased cost compared to the previous year's shipbuilding plan was driven by the rising price in submarines.
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Beacon brings industry into a shared ecosystem to accelerate flight autonomy
Six companies have already signed up for a new flight-test program to mature their autonomy software.
F-35 readiness and flight hours fell in 2022, says CBO
F-35s are flying fewer hours and achieving lower readiness rates than earlier fighters did at comparable points in their service lives. In fact, the F-35A and F-35B variants are doing worse than they did in prior years.
Navy Super Hornet fleet aging faster, less available than predecessor fleet: CBO
The Super Hornets' performance also had unfavorable comparisons to other Navy and Air Force fleets.
Next-gen destroyer’s price tag could be $1B more than Navy’s estimates: CBO
In its annual report on Navy shipbuilding, the Congressional Budget Office's warned that "uncertainty about the ultimate size and capabilities of the next-generation destroyer suggests that its final cost could differ substantially from both the Navy’s and CBO’s estimates."
Navy, Air Force flight stats have been dive bombing for two decades: CBO
The military's decline in flight hours and aircraft availability has remained a hot topic for lawmakers for several years.
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Meeting modern airpower needs with faster R&D cycles for propulsion
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
Nuclear Modernization Casts Budget Shadow Over Air Force Plans
"There's no free money, right, so it has to come from somewhere," said Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote, deputy chief of staff for strategy, integration and requirements.
CBO Pegs Price Of Navy’s FY22 Plans For Distributed Fleet: Over $32B
The new report states the actual cost of the Navy's projected fleet could be 43% higher than historical congressional appropriations.
Future Tank: Beyond The M1 Abrams
Manned armored vehicles will have a place even in a world of killer drones, experts agreed. But will they engage the enemy directly with big guns, or stay hidden and send out armed robots instead?
Costs Of Cruise Missile Defense May Top Benefits, Suggests CBO
“We’re not going to be able to defend every acre of North America," Tom Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), says bluntly.