“I'd like to see in a Harris administration, a commitment to the innovation reform agenda at DoD,” said HASC Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith. “That really has, I think, stalled a little bit."
The Virginia factory will be the second missile production facility Kongsberg builds in the United States.
Six companies have already signed up for a new flight-test program to mature their autonomy software.
Feeling lost on defense budget matters after the August legislative recess? Breaking Defense has a primer for you.
"It looks like there's going to be another continuing resolution that'll come up next week. ... The debate has been, how long should that CR go?" said Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va.
Following developmental woes, Lockheed Martin plans to invest over $350 million in the F-35 program over the next five years, which the company told Breaking Defense will be geared toward "enhancing capabilities and driving efficiency across the F-35 enterprise."
“I'm not looking in any way, shape, or form to re-litigate how we got here, where to place blame. I don't care. At this point, I don't care,” said Rep. Rob Wittman.
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
“I’m getting tired of over-promising and under-delivering,” F-35 program head Air Force Lt. Gen. Mike Schmidt said.
UH-60M Blackhawks from Lockheed Martin Sikorsky and CH-47F Block II Chinooks from Boeing would have ended production in 2030 if the Army kept FARA going, a top service official testified.
A wide-ranging hearing on the F-35 revealed new details on the aircraft’s current operations, as well as its developmental struggles, including its beleaguered TR-3 upgrade.
Breaking Defense's Michael Marrow interviews Rep. Rob Wittman on a host of key defense issues.
Explore how networked warfare, AI, and 3D-printed drones are reshaping US Indo-Pacific strategy.
“We look sort of speciously at our friends… [and] with what we’ve gone through here recently, with security breaches, we should be the last ones to be lecturing somebody else about what they need to do," the congressman said.
One NDAA amendment attempts to calm potentially rough waters around Virginia-class sub transfers, while the another could reel in that ambition to guard the US industrial base.
In an interview with Breaking Defense, chairman of the House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee Rep. Rob Wittman explains the committee’s thinking behind keeping AETP going, as well as the reason for slashing funds from NGAD.
In an exclusive op-ed, Rep. Rob Wittman, R-VA., the Vice Chairman of the HASC and Chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, lays out why he thinks efforts like the Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program could be the future of warfare.