The Navy is looking to get a new class of frigates in the water as soon as possible, but the budget wrangling between Congress and the White House might mean that gets put on hold.
By Paul McLearyEnterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
The answer may lie in the limits of Russian electronic warfare, which — while far more potent than US military EW — still relies on raw power more than precise targeting. It may also show the weakness of the warm relationship Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cultivated with Vladimir Putin, which could run aground on Russia’s increasing support for Iran.
By Arie Egozi
PARIS AIR SHOW: During an unusual public appearance in the US Chalet, Will Roper called for a large expansion in the number of companies doing business with the Air Force so more new planes can be built — and be built much more quickly as was done in the 1950s and ’60s when a new…
By Colin Clark
The Army is also testing the last, which can smack into drones from hundreds of meters away.
By Paul McLeary
Both sides are claiming they stepped back from the edge over the past 24 hours, unwilling to see the loss of life. Tensions in the Gulf haven’t diminished however.
By Arie Egozi and Paul McLeary
The Global Hawk was downed after two earlier shots at US drones in the region, and attacks on commercial shipping.
By Paul McLeary
The Raytheon counter drone laser system can be programmed with a specific set of rules of engagements to help ensure flight safety.
By Colin Clark
Modernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
Israeli sources expressed alarm that neither Israel, the US, nor allied Arab nations picked up any advance warning of what appear to have been well-planned, well-executed, and increasingly destructive attacks by Iranian and proxy forces.
By Arie Egozi
Ground robots still lag drones, but the Army thinks both technologies are ready to field to frontline units, just at different levels.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
A day after two commercial tankers are hit in the Gulf of Oman, reports emerge the Houthis are firing — and hitting — US aircraft.
By Paul McLeary
A division-scale exercise next year in Europe, Defender 2020, will be the largest in a quarter-century.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“You want to kill a swarm of things — whatever that thing is — lasers are not really a swarm-killing tool. They can kill things fast, but they can’t kill a swarm of things fast enough.”
By Colin Clark
Amid chatter about what aircraft will make their way to Paris, the Air Force going all in.
By Colin Clark
The Army will hold five demonstrations this year for the electronic backbone of its future manned aircraft and drones. A forerunner is already entering service.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
