Analysts say straying too far from a parent design can cause problems, but so can being too faithful to it.
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.
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A bright future for tactical vehicles. See Breaking Defense Game Changer here.
By Barry Rosenberg
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GM Defense is infusing its tactical vehicles with the same, repeatable processes for build and quality that go into General Motors’ commercial vehicles.
By Barry Rosenberg
“In practical terms, [the delay] has almost zero impact because the LCS has, for the most part, not been deployed,” much in the past 15 years said Bryan Clark, an analyst at the Hudson Institute.
By Paul McLeary
“We have ample margin for this hull form,” said Capt. Kevin Smith, the Navy’s frigate program manager. “Some of those could lead to direct energy type projects and other capability. But right now, just as an example for weight, we have at least 100 tons of margin for future upgrades.”
By Paul McLeary
“I don’t mean to be dramatic,” said Navy CNO Adm. Mike Gilday, “but I feel like if the Navy loses its head, if we go off course and we take our eyes off those things we need to focus on, I think we may not be able to recover in this century.”
By Paul McLeary
The biggest defense manufacturers in the world warned the Pentagon and OMB of “significant job losses in pivotal states” if Congress doesn’t come up with stimulus money to cover unforeseen expenses.
By Paul McLeary
Millennium Space Systems is delivering on critical missile tracking constellation
With programs like MTC, Millennium Space Systems is redefining what it means to be an operational prime – rapidly delivering operational small sat constellations on rapid timelines.
With contractors on the way, the union and the company remain at an impasse even as seven Navy destroyers languish pierside.
By Paul McLeary
“My view on that is if we’re not ever really going to get to 12, why are we wargaming around 12,” Modly told reporters in his office Tuesday. “Why are we not war gaming around what we most likely will have, and then figure out how we manage risk in those areas?”
By Paul McLeary
“I see no scenario where frigate isn’t a major player where we’re heading,” Navy acquisition chief says.
By Paul McLeary
Acting Navy Secretary Modly says the “bottom line is that we need to find at least $40 billion in real line-of-accounting savings to fund the development, construction, and sustainment of this new [355 ship fleet] over the next 5 years.”
By Paul McLeary
The Navy is looking to get a new class of frigates in the water as soon as possible, but the budget wrangling between Congress and the White House might mean that gets put on hold.
By Paul McLeary
The Navy tells Congress it wants to get more deadly and sail longer. Quickly. Can you say unfunded requirements?
By Paul McLeary
The Navy may back off its much-publicized call for a 355-ship fleet and look at new options like unmanned vessels, the Chief of Naval Operations said.
By Paul McLeary
