HASC will take up the bill on Tuesday in a marathon markup session that will allow Democrats the opportunity to amend the measure.
By Valerie InsinnaMission management on the move
A new Collins Aerospace system enhances U.S. Army mobile command and control.
John Phelan’s memos come only a few weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth published a memo directing the termination of $5 billion worth of contracts.
By Carley Welch
The Defense Department will hold an online industry day for interested vendors May 7, issue a Request for Prototype Proposals in early June, and award contracts by mid-September, said Thomas Rondeau, the Pentagon’s director for “FutureG.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The estimated total rose by 25 percent over the last two years, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
By Aaron Mehta
“We intend to get this money out the door very quickly, working with the administration,” said one senior congressional official.
By Valerie Insinna
The scale of the upcoming exercise makes it “really exciting,” according to Tom Rondeau from the Pentagon’s FutureG office.
By Carley Welch
Strengthening the Aerospace and Defense industrial supply chain
Matt Magaña, president, Defense & National Security, Voyager Technologies explains how we must reshape the Aerospace and Defense industrial supply chain to make it stronger, smarter and more resilient.
Critics said the cost-saving instinct was valid, but parts of a new, sprawling mandate were “unrealistic.”
By Carley Welch
Big staffing changes are happening in the Pentagon. Editors Aaron Mehta and Lee Ferran talk that, and more, on this week’s episode of The Break Out.
By Breaking Defense Video
To better equip Canada’s air force and navy, Andrew Erskine in this op-ed states that Canada should acquire the C-27J Spartan and double its order of Protecteur-class ships.
By Andrew Erskine
The US should use an international desire for nuclear weapons as geopolitical bargaining chips, write two nuclear experts.
By Henry Sokolski and Thomas D. Grant
Having grown to 100,000 users worldwide, the Pentagon’s favorite big-data analytics system now needs the legal authorities and budgetary stability of a formal Program Of Record, officials told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. and Carley Welch
Daniel Driscoll, the 26th Secretary of the Army, is tasked with staffing, equipping and training the largest branch of the military.
By Catherine Macaulay
“We’ve got protection in our contracts from tariffs,” one defense industry executive told Breaking Defense. “There are fixed priced contracts that that would hurt on, but for the most part, we’re not super worried about it, to be honest.”
By Valerie Insinna
Congress has an opportunity this fall to clarify the purpose of the Small Business Innovation Research effort, write Jon Chung and Dan Berkenstock.
By Jon Chung and Dan Berkenstock