The report, co-chaired by former Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, encourages reforms in other parts of the government to speed up defense acquisition.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Military operators will be able (at least virtually) to ill be able to (at least virtually) “sit side-by-side, elbow-to-elbow with the SDA test team” as the various satellite “layers” are put through their paces.
By Theresa HitchensThe emerging Indo-Pacific Warfighting Concept has been drafted, but still has “a ways to go as far as working through the Department of Defense,” says INDOPACOM’s head of requirements, George Ka’iliwai.
By Theresa HitchensThe next group of satellites, “Tranche 1 is going to be a big deal,” says SDA Director Derek Tournear, ensuring troops have “persistent regional access” to comms and missile warning/tracking data.
By Theresa Hitchens“By this time we were supposed to already have done three major war games and a Globally Integrated Exercise. And we’ve only done one of them, and that one was less than satisfactory because of all the restrictions we had to put in place for COVID,” Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Hyten.
By Theresa HitchensThe verbal pat on the back by the Defense Secretary at the biggest Air Force event of the year signals the program’s high priority for DoD writ large.
By Theresa HitchensThe Air Force will lead work on the concept for command & control, the Navy will lead joint fires, and the Army has logistics.
By Theresa HitchensFacing down a assertive China and resurgent Russia, the Navy is overhauling its strategy development, education and wargaming offices.
By Paul McLeary“I stand by every word I said,” Modly said in a defiant statement after audio of his remarks leaked. But after a Pentagon spokesman declined to support him during an afternoon press conference, and negative public sentiment poured in, Modly reversed course in a remarkably contrite statement released Monday night.
By Paul McLearyVice President Mike Pence still is scheduled to chair the upcoming National Space Council meeting despite the White House decision to cancel the public event.
By Theresa Hitchens“This is foundational to who we are,” Goldfein says of the new all-domain operations warfighting concept.
By Theresa HitchensAn elite team of researchers from Fort Detrick and Walter Reed briefed the Army Secretary and Chief of Staff last night. But are funding shortfalls, reorganization, and Pentagon politics getting in the way?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The Pentagon is about to pitch Congress on a plan to move $5.7 billion from legacy programs to new modernization efforts. Some offices are going to feel some pain.
By Paul McLeary
Creation of the Space Development Agency was “disconnected from the threat and the needs of the warfighter,” say Wilson, thus “highly unlikely to survive serious scrutiny.”
By Heather Wilson