Acting Navy Secretary Modly says the “bottom line is that we need to find at least $40 billion in real line-of-accounting savings to fund the development, construction, and sustainment of this new [355 ship fleet] over the next 5 years.”
By Paul McLearyHow 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.
“While China is on track to reach a 420-ship by 2035, we are struggling to stay on track with our 355-ship Navy shipbuilding plan,” Rep. Rob Wittman says in an email. “A decrease in the shipbuilding account is the opposite direction we need to be going if we are to compete.”
By Paul McLeary
Acting Navy Secretary Modly wants to reach a 355 ship fleet in 10 years. His CNO is more skeptical: “355 in 10? Sure, if we get the dough.”
By Paul McLeary
The Navy always planned to add F-35 modifications to its two brand-new aircraft carriers at a later date. But an annoyed Congress wants it done now.
By Paul McLeary
The Navy is pushing full-speed ahead, and its acquisition chief said the service is prepared to make other programs pay to keep on track.
By Paul McLeary
The company that has experienced slip-ups in delivering missile tubes to the Navy might leave the business, leaving only a single company who can do the work.
By Paul McLeary
Presumptive CNO Vice Adm. Mike Gilday is forced to answer for years of Navy problems.
By Paul McLeary
What’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.
In any post-New START nuclear buildup, Russia will “at least initially” have an edge over the US, says retired Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, former head of Air Force Global Strike Command.
By Theresa Hitchens
The top HASC Republican outlines some of the amendments he plans to add to the HASC 2020 defense policy bill, previewing coming debates with the Senate.
By Paul McLeary
The House Dems launch the first salvo in what promises to be a long defense budget saga, and they are drawing lines that will be hard to cross.
By Paul McLeary Virginia class subs are suffering delivery delays of up to seven months, potentially placing the Columbia — slated to be the backbone of the nation’s nuclear triad — at risk.
By Paul McLeary
A White House 180-degree turn on nuclear arms control inflicts whiplash on experts. What is real here?
By Theresa Hitchens
The Navy’s most expensive shipbuilding program and the key to the country’s nuclear triad is under increasing pressure to keep to its tight schedule, and hit its budget.
By Paul McLeary
If the current GBSD requirements can be met through amending the RFP without delaying the program, then we can go in that direction. Otherwise, Northrop Grumman should proceed with the GBSD research and development contract.
By Peter Huessy