Friday, December 13, 2024
The Army is poised to seek permission to provisionally field its next-generation, short-range ballistic missile following a key test at White Sands Missile Range, NM, where the service successfully executed a salvo launch of a pair of the first increment of Precision Strike Missiles, a major development for the $8.4 billion program.
The Defense Innovation Unit is positioning the Replicator 2 program, which is focused on countering small drones, for homeland defense, according to DIU's deputy director.
While the Air Force is changing the way it deploys and urgently modernizing the kind of platforms it would rely on to execute certain missions in the Indo-Pacific, service infrastructure worldwide has fallen significantly behind, said Ravi Chaudhary, assistant Air Force secretary for energy, installations and environment.
ORLANDO -- The Space Development Agency will post its request for proposals tomorrow for program integration for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 3, SDA Director Derek Tournear announced today.
ORLANDO -- The Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office's watchdog satellites are set to go online next year, according to the head of U.S. Space Command.
The Army's current modernization investments leave out Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, House and Senate authorizers argue in their joint explanatory statement accompanying the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization conference bill.
Former U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. John Aquilino has joined Lockheed Martin's board of directors, the company announced today.
After lawmakers noted concern with a "lack of transparency" from the Navy on submarine program challenges and solutions, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro assured reporters today that open communication between the service and Congress remains a top priority.
The Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor successfully completed a key operational assessment last week, clearing an important testing hurdle necessary to stay on track for a planned high-level review where the next-generation Patriot radar will seek to pivot to production.
The Defense Department's efforts to accelerate its notoriously slow acquisition process have proved unsuccessful, despite years of reform work, according to the Government Accountability Office, which released a new report today doubling down on its recent assertion that DOD procurement remains "alarmingly slow."
The Defense Innovation Unit is positioning the Replicator 2 program, which is focused on countering small drones, for homeland defense, according to DIU's deputy director.
House and Senate authorizers have agreed to use incremental funding to enter a contract for the construction of a new USS Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, according to the joint fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill, which approves $895 billion for national defense priorities.
