“We’ve been applying pressure to members of Congress to make sure that this program is adequately funded,” Hasan Solomon, IAM’s political and legislative director, said of the union’s campaign to support the F-35.
By Theresa HitchensWhat’s new in naval radars and missiles: Defending the Pacific
Defending U.S. naval forces in the Pacific, Red Sea, and elsewhere require a range of systems from close-in weapons to anti-ballistic missiles.
The B-21 program will not undertake traditional “block upgrades” to beef up future performance, says Air Force Global Strike Command head Gen. Timothy Ray. Instead, it will incrementally add new capabilities as they become available.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I don’t sense that the lack of that milestone is doing anything other than providing a launching point for criticism of the program,” JPO Director Lt. Gen. Eric Fick said.
By Theresa Hitchens
“If this program continues to fail … we may need to invest in other more affordable programs, and backfill an operational shortfall of potentially over 800 tactical fighters,” said Rep. Donald Norcross, chair of the HASC tactical air and land forces subcommittee.
By Theresa Hitchens
Rep. Adam Smith, who’s excoriated the F-35, said the B-21 bomber is “on time, on budget, and they’re making it work in a very intelligent way.”
By Paul McLeary
The focus solely on 2022 was hinted at by an internal memo issued by Deputy Defense Secretary Kath Hicks.
By Paul McLeary
Modernizing military simulation with open systems architecture
Best-of-breed common models and architecture enable virtual training and testing with the same data in a cyber-resilient posture.
“The White House itself is not doing the job they should be doing,” charged the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Adam Smith
By Paul McLeary
“She brings a wealth of experience in national security [that] will help her in the inevitable Pentagon brawls for funding,” retired Lt. Gen. Tom Spoehr told me.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“The biggest potential challenge is that these modernization elements don’t reach the warfighter as quickly as they’d hoped,” one expert said.
By Theresa Hitchens “What does the F-35 give us? Is there a way to cut our losses?” asked Rep. Adam Smith, who wants a mixed force of different types of fighters: “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith issued a statement this morning saying, “while we hoped to hold an open hearing with the Secretary-designate and he had agreed to do so, procedural issues have prevented a hearing,” since the HASC has yet to finalize its member roster.
By Paul McLeary
“I’m hopeful that a strong vote can persuade the White House that there’s a better approach to that issue so you’re not punishing the troops for something that is totally unrelated,” Rep. Mac Thornberry said during his final press conference.
By Paul McLeary
Whatever happens with the 2021 budget, “:I suspect that the Pentagon’s budgets will start flattening out,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley said today. “There’s a reasonable prospect that they could actually decline significantly.”
By Paul McLeary
Bill Greenwalt worked hand in glove with the late Sen. Sen. McCain as he tried — and repeatedly failed — to cleanse the defense budget of huge amounts of what isn’t really defense spending — cancer research, health care, grocery stores and the list goes on and on. If you strip this from the defense…
By Bill Greenwalt