A House panel is asking the Navy to look at putting mine countermeasures on its Expeditionary Sea Base platforms.
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Thursday, July 29, 2021
A House panel is asking the Navy to look at putting mine countermeasures on its Expeditionary Sea Base platforms.
House lawmakers are directing the Pentagon to continue exploring the potential for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA to be used for homeland defense, tasking the Missile Defense Agency to spearhead a new report on options for development and deployment of the new guided missile to protect the continental United States.
The House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee is concerned about the pace of adaptive and cognitive electronic warfare capability development, according to its mark of the fiscal year 2022 defense bill.
Lawmakers on the House Armed Services intelligence and special operations subcommittee are calling on the comptroller general to review U.S. Special Operations Command's armed overwatch program as part of their fiscal year 2022 defense policy proposal.
A House panel today approved legislation that would extend by one year the Navy's option for entering a block buy agreement for amphibious ships.
The Defense Department's fiscal year 2023 budget may provide some insight into who will be responsible for the tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission in the future.
Coming off a quarter that logged a 34% jump in space sales, driven in large part by Northrop Grumman's role in the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program, company officials anticipate that growth will "modulate" heading into 2022.
A House panel is asking the Navy to look at putting mine countermeasures on its Expeditionary Sea Base platforms.
The House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee is concerned about the pace of adaptive and cognitive electronic warfare capability development, according to its mark of the fiscal year 2022 defense bill.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said today he is concerned the Pentagon, after the withdrawal of one nominee and the planned departure of a key acting official, will be without a senior acquisition chief, but stressed he is working with the White House to identify a qualified candidate.
The first-built XQ-58A Valkyrie is heading to the Air Force Museum after officials opted to retire the drone and clear the way for new production aircraft that a Kratos spokeswoman said would "be better suited for future representative flight testing and operations."
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 25-1 last week on a proposal to authorize a $25 billion increase in defense spending for fiscal year 2022, a strongly bipartisan vote that congressional staffers say suggests Senate appropriators might also be along for the ride.
