Lithuania’s defense minister on nuclear threats from Belarus and NATO summit expectations
Lithuanian defense minister Arvydas Anušauskas spoke with Breaking Defense during a recent visit to Washington.
Lithuanian defense minister Arvydas Anušauskas spoke with Breaking Defense during a recent visit to Washington.
Getting nations to develop interchangeable weapons is "about leadership. And it's also about having a narrative that for me, in many ways, these are low-hanging fruits that will empower the West to fight better together," Maj. Gen. Karl Engelbrektson tells Breaking Defense.
“I believe … that it's a Russian job,” Arvydas Anušauskas told Breaking Defense in an interview in Washington.
"I can tell you, this is going to get re-litigated in the committee and on the floor. And I just want to make sure people have the full scope of information to make the decision," said Wittman on the F-35's next engine.
Increased spending in Europe will likely "increase the amount of competition between European and US defense companies," says Leonardo DRS CEO William Lynn.
The former No. 2 official at the Pentagon believes the department is going to have to get creative as inflation puts long-term contracts at risk.
The conglomeration of 25 entities is focusing on drones, AI and munitions, CEO Mansour Almulla says.
The US Navy answers questions about its roadmap for employing electric and battery power for lasers, radars, and propulsion over the next two decades.
DoD Satcom Chief Mike Dean discusses how new, disruptive capabilities for SATCOM in LEO, MEO, and GEO are creating novel mission sets for all-domain operations and new ways of paying for it. He also provides a status report on developing enterprise SATCOM command and control.
"Everybody realizes the technologies, and the changes, we're seeing today (in space) are much more transformative than we've ever seen," says Aerospace's Steve Isakowitz.