Air Force surges munitions buys with $4.3B for JASSM and LRASM, $3.5B for AMRAAM
The awards follow a desire by officials to boost the Pentagon’s munitions stockpile.
Air Force, Space Force seek $16B extra for FY26 ‘unfunded priorities’
The services’ unfunded requests, obtained by Breaking Defense, reflect sharp increases compared to last year.
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Lockheed announces new ‘extreme range’ version of JASSM cruise missile
Lockheed is putting its own funds toward early development work on the missile, which could “significantly” expand the missile’s reach past the JASSM and the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile variants currently being produced for the Air Force and Navy, said Michael Rothstein, Lockheed’s vice president of air weapons and sensors.
P-8 LRASM testing expected to wrap this summer, Boeing official says
Boeing will also soon begin flight testing a multimission pod developed with internal funds, according to company official Jon Spore.
Air Force wants to retire 250 aircraft as part of $188B FY25 budget request
“We're very, very fixated on being competitive with the pacing challenge [of China],” said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. “I think the budget that we've submitted moves us forward — not quite as fast as we would like to, but it moves us forward in the right direction while maintaining current capabilities that are essential to the nation.”
Hypersonic ship-killer: Navy taps Lockheed, Raytheon to start developing HALO missile
HALO is the follow-on program to the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, produced by Lockheed and used on both Navy and Air Force warplanes.
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GPS: Still the gold standard in global navigation
The GPS network continues to prove its unmatched reliability, and it’s only getting stronger.
With missile upgrade, P-8A Poseidon brings capacity, complexity to China fight: Analysts
Upgrading the P-8's offensive capabilities could add confusion to any Chinese planning, but the Pentagon has struggled to integrate LRASM onto other aircraft.
They’re Back: US Subs To Carry Harpoon Ship-Killer Missiles
The effort falls in line with Pentagon efforts to deploy more punch at longer ranges, a clear recognition of the growing ability of China and Russia to keep American and forces at a stand-off distance
Eying China, Navy Refits P-8 Plane For Deeper Strike
Submarines, spy planes, and surface ships are all getting an overhaul as the Navy worries about Chinese precision standoff weapons holding the US fleet at bay.
Beyond INF: An Affordable Arsenal Of Long-Range Missiles?
The US could develop more than a dozen different land-based weapons for $7 to $12 billion, thinktank CSBA estimates.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Navy Unveils $3.2B Unfunded List: 2 F-35s, New Laser & More Precision Strike
The Navy tells Congress it wants to get more deadly and sail longer. Quickly. Can you say unfunded requirements?
‘Fight To Get To The Fight:’ Marine Amphibs Under The Gun
CAPITOL HILL: Threatened by hundreds of precision-guided munitions now in the hands of Russia and China, the Navy and Marine Corps continue to search for technologies and tactics that will allow them to operate close to the coastline without unsustainable losses. “We’re going to need long-range fires that can operate from a ship or from […]
US Sees Little Chance To Save INF Treaty Days Before Deadline
Just back from a unsuccessful round of discussions with her Russian counterparts in Geneva to discuss the Cold war-era accord, Undersecretary of State Andrea Thompson told reporters today she’s not hopeful of saving the INF Treaty before Feb. 2, when time runs out on the 60 days the Trump administration have given Moscow to acknowledge it had violated the treaty.
Marines Want Missiles To Sink Ships From Shores, And They Want Them Fast
“The Army is looking at this too but probably on a different timeline -- the Marine Corps wants to get after this pretty quickly.”