Jason Sherman

Jason Sherman is a reporter for Inside Defense. For more than two decades -- including stints with Defense News and Armed Forces Journal -- he has covered the Pentagon, defense industry, the military budget, weapon system acquisition and defense policy formulation as well as reporting on technology, business, and global arms trade. Jason has traveled to more than 40 countries, studied medieval history at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and lives in Brooklyn.

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Daily News | October 18, 2024

The Army is laying the groundwork for a sixth configuration of the Armored Multipurpose Vehicle -- the first addition to the original fleet of five variants since the AMPV requirement was codified in 2013 -- to give combat and mechanized engineers a modern, tracked system to support front-line forces.

Daily News | October 17, 2024

The Army has approved a new requirement to integrate offensive and defensive fires -- a paradigm-changing capability that promises a significant breakthrough in missile warfare -- and is now preparing to ask Pentagon top brass to codify this objective through additional performance parameters for the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS).

The Insider | October 15, 2024

L3Harris is pitching a new autonomous reconnaissance and security ground vehicle called the Diamondback, displaying for the first time the futuristic looking combat vehicle -- with a sleek, angular design and large, rugged off-road tires suggesting its tough terrain capability -- at the Association of the U.S. Army exhibit hall.

Daily News | October 14, 2024

The Army's current modernization plan is being squeezed by rising personnel costs and will force "really hard choices" -- possibly foiling a once-in-a-generation blueprint to retool the force for modern combat -- if the service doesn't receive an increased budget topline that reflects real growth above inflation, according to the Army secretary.

Daily News | October 14, 2024

European arms builder Leonardo today unveiled a new airborne jamming capability -- called BriteStorm -- designed to be carried by uncrewed aircraft, including on systems deemed disposable, to thwart advanced integrated air defense systems and support operations deep within adversary territory.

The Insider | October 14, 2024

AM General, the South Bend, IN-based light tactical vehicle maker, will showcase three products on the exhibition floor of the Association of the U.S. Army's annual convention: the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV A2) and trailer, the HUMVEE 2-CT Hawkeye 105mm Mobile Howitzer as well as the all-new MIMIC-V purpose-built truck, the company said in a statement.

Daily News | October 10, 2024

The Missile Defense Agency is seeking ideas on a "low-cost interceptor" to "dramatically decrease" the investment required to defeat an adversary threat, seeking proposals on potential technologies, concepts and concepts of operations to deal with enemy ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles that could kick off in 2025.

Daily News | October 7, 2024

The Army is set to launch a new program that aims to bolster infantry forces against tanks, armored vehicles and enemy forces by arming them with a yet-to-be-identified Mobile-Long Range Precision Strike Missile, a central part of the service's goal to make Infantry Brigade Combat Teams as lethal as Armored Brigade Combat Teams.

Daily News | October 4, 2024

The Defense Department is asking lawmakers to reject a House proposal that would quash a new project that aims to integrate the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system into the Army Integrated Battle Command System architecture, arguing classified assessments deemed the project "critical" to countering sophisticated missile threats.

Daily News | October 3, 2024

The Defense Department is lobbying Congress to drop a legislative provision that could force the Pentagon to construct a third homeland missile defense site -- and spend an estimated $5 billion, 25% higher than prior estimates, on a project that lacks a validated operational need.

Daily News | September 30, 2024

Congress has approved an Army request to immediately launch a project to provide 3-D printers to small units to experiment with manufacturing spare parts for -- and even building from scratch -- rucksack-portable, uncrewed aircraft systems, allowing on-demand repair and customization.

Daily News | September 25, 2024

The Missile Defense Agency has selected Northrop Grumman to develop the Glide Phase Interceptor, knocking RTX from the contest to provide a new ship-based missile optimized to defeat long-range hypersonic threats and giving shape to a new order in the U.S. missile defense industrial base.

Daily News | September 24, 2024

NEW YORK -- The U.S. military needs to begin thinking about a future when the nation faces weapons from space -- a move that would require a policy shift by the U.S. government -- because it would be "folly" to think potential adversaries such as Russia and China are not exploring armed satellites, a senior Defense Department official said this week.

Daily News | September 17, 2024

The Missile Defense Agency would face modest impacts under a stopgap funding measure that would limit spending levels beginning in October to amounts appropriated in fiscal year 2024, with the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense program facing the most limitations based on planned increases.

Daily News | September 13, 2024

The Air Force has revealed the runaway estimated cost for the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program -- growth that triggered an ongoing statutory review of the project -- reached a staggering $152.4 billion last year, a 60% one-year hike following an internal 2023 assessment.

Daily News | September 10, 2024

The Guam Defense System Joint Program Office, an Army-led shop established earlier this year now beginning its work in earnest, is asking industry for ideas on developing a cutting-edge battle management system that can integrate seamlessly with existing integrated air and missile defense command and control systems.

Daily News | September 5, 2024

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program has reported a new cost estimate that breaks the $2 trillion barrier to acquire and operate, including a revised aircraft and engine tab of $485 billion that essentially doubles the original price tag formulated based on Lockheed Martin's design.

Daily News | August 9, 2024

The U.S. military is planning to roll out a Defense of Guam capability that effectively identifies from Army and Navy radar a single track for air-breathing threats but not yet adversary ballistic and hypersonic missiles, even as top brass assess that incoming raids in a conflict with China could be in the "hundreds" or "thousands."

Daily News | August 7, 2024

A key congressional panel wants a new, ski-equipped C-130 intratheater aircraft to give the U.S. military a fully modernized polar tactical airlift capability, recommending funding for a first-ever LC-130J in what could be the start of a project to recapitalize an aging fleet needed to ensure logistical capability across the High North.

Daily News | August 5, 2024

Congress is signaling interest in an industry-funded technology project that promises the ability to arm warships with Army guided-missile interceptors, as well as the potential for land-based versions of Aegis launchers to fire the most advanced version of the Patriot missile for its integrated air and missile defense and sea control missions.

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