Sunday, September 17, 2017
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Key Issues B-52 GDLS F-22 trainers
Jason Sherman | Sept. 15, 2017
The Army this month plans to begin reliability, availability and maintainability testing of Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle prototypes, the latest milestone in the $13.7 billion project to replace the service's Vietnam-era M113 personnel carriers, according to a service spokeswoman.
Rachel Karas | Sept. 15, 2017
The Air Force this week released a request for information to kick off an experimentation campaign in fiscal year 2018 that will inform whether and how the service can cost-effectively buy directed-energy weapons to protect overseas bases from unwanted unmanned aerial systems.
Marjorie Censer | Sept. 15, 2017
Lockheed Martin Ventures said Friday it is investing in Ocean Aero, the developer of the Submaran unmanned maritime vehicle.
Courtney Albon | Sept. 15, 2017
A new bomber fleet-size report acknowledges that while the Air Force may only need 100 new B-21 bombers to meet current threat analysis, the service may need to procure additional bombers before production closes.
Jason Sherman | Sept. 14, 2017
The Air Force's award last month of a pair of contracts to launch a Long Range Standoff weapon competition does not necessarily reflect a firm Defense Department decision to procure a new, nuclear-armed cruise missile, according to the defense secretary.
The Defense Department last month sent the White House a detailed list of acquisition program priorities it had hoped to fund at the beginning of fiscal year 2018 in the event Congress passed a stopgap budget measure restricting spending levels and prohibiting new programs, according to documents obtained by Inside Defense.
The Navy last month, as part of a Pentagon-wide package, sent the White House a list of programs from the fiscal year 2018 budget request the service identified as needing a waiver so that work could progress under a continuing resolution.
The Air Force estimates it would cost $1.7 billion to convert 34 older-model F-22 training jets to an operational configuration that is homogeneous with today's Block 30 Raptor fleet.
Army senior leaders will spend fiscal year 2018 laying the groundwork for potential new programs, even though it will require them to devote fewer resources to improving existing systems, according to the service's deputy chief of staff (G-8).
Lockheed Martin Ventures said Friday it is investing in Ocean Aero, the developer of the Submaran unmanned maritime vehicle.
The Senate voted 84-9 today to cease debate on its version of the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill and is expected to vote on final passage Monday.
The cost of the Navy's maintenance projects at its four public shipyards has grown by 41 percent over five years to an estimated $4.86 billion, and, as a result, the service anticipates it will be unable to conduct 73 of 218 maintenance periods over the next 23 fiscal years, according to the Government Accountability Office.
President Trump intends to nominate Thomas Harker, a Department of Veterans Affairs official, to serve as assistant secretary of the Navy for financial management and comptroller, the White House announced Friday.
The Navy has assembled a team of cyber experts to "look for and assess any anomalous activity that may exist on-board John S. McCain," a destroyer that collided with a commercial ship last month, according to a senior Navy official.
The Air Force this week released a request for information to kick off an experimentation campaign in fiscal year 2018 that will inform whether and how the service can cost-effectively buy directed-energy weapons to protect overseas bases from unwanted unmanned aerial systems.
