Like last year, 18 standalone audits received a failing grade.
By Ashley RoqueB-21, hypersonics and more: How digital development is driving industry innovation
Technological advancements are key to keeping pace with customer demands and evolving threat landscapes.
A five-year funding chart included in the strategy shows a steep increase in planned missile warning spending.
By Theresa Hitchens
“If we have to do like most of America does, and tighten our belts a little bit, we may have to push a project or two to the left,” Marion Whicker, Army Materiel Command’s executive deputy to the commanding general, told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley Roque
Congress reached a last minute agreement Saturday in order to keep the government open through mid-November.
By Aaron Mehta
The House voted down a continuing resolution Friday afternoon, all-but ensuring that the federal government will shut down come Oct. 1.
By Michael Marrow
“We don’t take an oath to a religion. We don’t take an oath to a king, or queen, or tyrant, or dictator. And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator,” Gen. Mark Milley said today.
By Ashley Roque
Bill LaPlante, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, noted that China doesn’t have to deal with this kind of budget chaos. “We can teach them how to do that. That would be helpful,” he said.
By Breaking Defense Staff
Future inevitability of quantum computers is a security problem today
‘Store Now, Decrypt Later’ attacks must be thwarted now with Zero Trust cybersecurity.
Gen. Randy George and Gen. Eric Smith will now formally take over leadership of the Army and Marine Corps, respectively.
By Michael Marrow and Ashley Roque
The unclassified strategy communicates “our commitment to protect the Joint Force from adversary hostile uses of space,” said DoD Space Policy czar John Plumb.
By Theresa Hitchens
“The objective of this audit is to determine the extent and impact of the March 2023 estimation change for valuing assets provided under Presidential Drawdown Authority,” the Defense Department Inspector General’s office wrote in a memo.
By Ashley Roque
The Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Wing on Aug. 10-11 hosted the annual Vulcan Guard space exercise, that this year included personnel from US Space Command, the Brazilian military and all seven National Guard states conducting space operations.
By Theresa Hitchens “I think that there’s a demand signal for change given what we’ve seen in Ukraine… and then obviously, everyone has eyes on China,” said commission vice chair Ellen Lord.
By Michael Marrow
“The most significant factor the President considered was the impact a move would have to operational readiness to confront space-enabled threats during a critical time in this dynamic security environment,” a senior administration told Breaking Defense in a statement.
By Theresa Hitchens
The funds in question essentially are monies that the Defense Department wants to move around from one program to another deemed more urgent — something that happens every year because DoD budget requests happen nearly a year before funds can be spent.
By Theresa Hitchens
