Beyond the fighters themselves, the potential deal includes a host of missiles, bombs, electronic warfare and radio capabilities, as well as “classified software” and software development.
By Lee FerranEnterprise-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.
Rising demand for US weapons is “the new normal,” a State official said, but cases involving human rights issues are getting more deliberation following new guidelines from the White House.
By Aaron Mehta
A new report from a leading Australian thinktank says there’s a “disconnect” between Australia’s strategic priorities and the money to fund capabilities to tackle them.
By Colin Clark
“We agree that there is urgency to make sure that Taiwan is prepared as part of deterrence to keep China from moving forward,” said State Department’s Assistant Secretary Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Jessica Lewis.
By Ashley Roque
The Boeing helicopters would come with a laundry list of additional systems, from electronic counter-measures and missile warning systems to skis and life rafts.
By Lee Ferran
The US State Department recently approved roughly $750 million dollars in arms sales to Morocco, including HIMARS launchers, ATACMS missile systems and Joint Stand Off Weapons.
By Agnes Helou
A major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
The AARGM-ER is a medium-range air-to-ground missile, employed for the suppression or destruction of enemy air defense systems.
By Aaron Mehta The policy contains “explicit presumptions” that US national security is enhanced when human rights are better respected overseas.
By Jaspreet Gill
“It’s been a little bit slower than we would have liked… but I think their view is they really want to get to the single vehicle counter UAS, and then they want to proliferate that worldwide,” said Michael Coulter, the president of Leonardo DRS International.
By Ashley Roque
“The Army succeeded in obtaining a lower cost than the independent government cost estimate through the recompete,” said Michael Sprang, the service’s JLTV project manager.
By Ashley Roque The agreement covers 18 M142 HIMARS launchers and 45 ATACMS missile systems, as well as other equipment.
By Aaron Mehta
Total US arms transfers for fiscal 2022 topped $50 billion, up nearly 50 percent from prior year.
By Lee Ferran
Textron Systems received two Army contracts in 2022 for anti-tank munition development and production. Eventually, the service wants to network such top-attack weapons with a bottom-attack landmine, a Textron exec told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley Roque
“Although the policy sharpened the focus on human rights in these many ways, it missed a unique opportunity to show its commitment to the defense industrial base at a time where more is being asked of it that any point since World War II,” writes former State official Josh Kirshner.
By Josh Kirshner