Lawmakers’ add has been expected based on the bipartisan chorus of support for a bigger amphib fleet, but it remains a big win for the Marine Corps.
By Justin KatzEnterprise-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.
A senior Navy officer recently said the budget is an “endorsement of the capability.”
By Justin Katz
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
A recent test of the joint Navy-Army system that the Navy calls Conventional Prompt Strike suffered a partial failure in a June test, but that’s because Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe said the service “pushed the envelope… learned a lot.”
By Justin Katz
The fiscal 2023 budget request is the first to outline crucial details about the next increment of OASuW, including its hypersonic capability.
By Justin Katz
The Pentagon’s top weapons tester says the service has “limited flight test opportunities” to support putting a hypersonic weapon onboard the Zumwalt class.
By Justin Katz and Andrew Eversden Lawmakers say the money is “early to need,” but Navy argues cuts could imperil the Pentagon’s efforts to ensure its hypersonic weapon programs stay on track.
By Justin Katz
Why cloud modernization is critical to multi-domain operations
JADC2 is a forcing function, driving digital transformation of network infrastructure.
You can imagine a reusable system that can fly around and drop payloads and come back, or a hypersonic system that can carry other hypersonic systems,” said Gillian Bussey, head of DoD’s Joint Hypersonics Transition Office.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Navy has been eyeing the Zumwalt-class ships as a platform for hypersonic weapons.
By Justin Katz The test is a “critical milestone” on the way to fielding a common hypersonic missile used by the Navy and Army.
By Justin Katz
The Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon can fly over 2,775 km, an Army official told Breaking Defense. That figure probably applies to the Navy’s CPS version as well.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
GAO notes that efforts to defend against Russian and Chinese hypersonic missiles are much less mature than offensive efforts, with much less funding. Only 12 of 70 projects tracked by GAO related to defenses; DoD requested $207 million in 2021 for hypersonic defense, up from $157 million in 2020.
By Theresa Hitchens
“Take a look at what China’s really investing in,” Navy CNO Adm. Mike Gilday said. “Yes, they are putting more ships in the water, but they’re investing heavily in anti-ship missiles as well as satellite systems to be able to target ships. And so I’m mindful of that.”
By Paul McLeary
Navy officials said this week that the destroyer, which still hasn’t been deployed almost five years after she was christened, might find a place in the fleet after all.
By Paul McLeary
