"This will be a whole new infrastructure that we have to stand up and so getting all of those things in place, getting the weapon system done, but as importantly, getting the fleet trained ... that's going to be the one of the challenging parts of this," said Vice. Adm Johnny Wolfe, director of the Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs.
Effectively untouched after about four hours of debate, the bill will now go to the House Budget Committee.
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
While the hearing didn't dive into foreign policy, Hegseth offered a peek into weapon programs that may get more attention.
SLCM-N was a priority of the first Trump Administration that Biden tried and failed to cancel. Now Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe has to figure out how to actually build it — without compromising ballistic missile modernization or new hypersonics.
In this op-ed, Kyle Balzer argues that developing a new nuclear sea-launched cruise missile is imperative to deterring China and Russia.
With a GOP-controlled House and a Democrat-controlled Senate, nothing in the bill is final until the last minute conference negotiations are completed, but here are the key issues to watch.
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.