Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., says defense primes need more clarity about what happens to their programs if Boeing buys Spirit.
By Valerie InsinnaMilitary innovation and savings: Go commercial
DoD uses FAR Part 12 acquisitions to save hundreds of millions of dollars in “of a type” systems like civil landing systems with applicability to military aircraft.
With only 20 bombers in the service’s fleet, that could translate to roughly $350 million in work per plane.
By Michael Marrow
“The thing with the H-20 is when you actually look at the system design, it’s probably nowhere near as good as US LO [low observable] platforms, particularly more advanced ones that we have coming down,” said a DoD intelligence official.
By Michael Marrow
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Customers and employees are experiencing the ‘Butterfly Effect’ of digital transformation from key national security programs.
By Breaking Defense “We’re very, very fixated on being competitive with the pacing challenge [of China],” said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. “I think the budget that we’ve submitted moves us forward — not quite as fast as we would like to, but it moves us forward in the right direction while maintaining current capabilities that are essential to the nation.”
By Michael Marrow
But a different acquisition strategy can help lower risks when fixed-price approaches are involved, the acquisition czar said.
By Michael Marrow
How to ensure readiness of next-generation defense technology: Solving the issue of massive heat.
High-performance systems generate tremendous amounts of heat that can compromise missions and make high-tech systems less effective in tactical environments. But there is a solution to this modern-age challenge.
Chief Executive Officer Kathy Warden said that despite cost growth for the company’s Sentinel ICBM program, the company’s “near-term assumptions” of its sales and profitability are not “materially impacted.”
By Michael Marrow
The Air Force recently confirmed the secretive plane was continuing flight testing out of Edwards Air Force Base.
By Michael Marrow Kristyn Jones, who is performing the duties of the under secretary of the Air Force, warned that modernization initiatives aimed at countering China would also be at risk if a budget impasse in Congress stretches on.
By Michael Marrow The B-21 Raider, America’s newest stealth bomber, “is in flight testing,” an Air Force spokesperson confirmed to Breaking Defense.
By Michael Marrow
The new Mk21A reentry vehicle will be mounted atop the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile and will carry an updated nuclear warhead known as the W87-1.
By Michael Marrow
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Manufacturing the B-21 bomber, F-35 center fuselage, lessons learned, and autonomy: all are on the table in a discussion with Tom Jones, president of Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems.
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The Raider and advanced manufacturing: what it took to roll out the bomber.
By Breaking Defense
Adam Lowther and Curtis McGiffin argue in this op-ed that added context is needed before deciding that the Sentinel ICBM is too expensive.
By Adam Lowther and Curtis McGiffin