SOCOM’s first Dry Combat Submersible is undergoing a year of testing by the Navy to work out new technologies, including a new power source, before moving forward.
By Paul McLearyModernizing 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.
”As we look at the lethality, precision and mobility requirements as examples, we absolutely have to develop them so that they can compete and win with Russia and China,” SOCOM commander Gen. Richard Clarke says.
By Paul McLeary
WASHINGTON: India has finalized a $900 million deal with Sikorsky for 24 MH-60R helicopters that will help India’s navy spot and track Chinese submarines, drones and surface ships that are operating more frequently in the Indian Ocean. The pact was initially approved by the State Department in April 2019, and was finally inked in recent…
By Paul McLeary
With defense budgets expected to be coming in flat under even best-case scenarios, the time for tough decisions might be coming.
By Paul McLeary
“This is going to be a real workhorse supporting distributed maritime operations in the future,” Vice Adm. James Kilby, deputy chief for warfighting requirements and capabilities, said.
By Paul McLeary
US official: “We can expect the rapidly changing Arctic system to create greater incentives for the Kremlin and the PRC to pursue agendas that clash with the interests of the United States.”
By Paul McLeary
While the pandemic’s halted field exercises, tabletop wargames can continue long-distance. The catch? Getting classified bandwidth so you can discuss specific military capabilities.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Military 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.
The Future Carrier 2030 Task Force, which the service will announce next week, will study how carriers stack up against new generations of stealthy submarines and long-range precision weapons being fielded by China and Russia.
By Paul McLeary
“When the services say that 2022 is really the year of NDS implementation, they are putting lipstick on a pig,” says one analyst.
By Paul McLeary and Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
A new Navy memo by acting Secretary Thomas Modly calls for greatly increased funding for hypersonics.
By Paul McLeary
Dean Cheng, a China analyst at the Heritage Foundation, called the inept spywork “very strange,” but noted similar acts are likely happening all across the United States.
By Paul McLeary
The admiral in charge of building the future fleet says while he doesn’t know how many ships the Navy needs, he’s certain it will look vastly different from today’s fleet.
By Paul McLeary
Moscow is making sure no one forgets the role it has played in the Middle East, while Beijing searches for inroads in a region President Trump has pledged to leave.
By Paul McLeary
The Army Secretary is optimistic the service can balance its expensive modernization objectives at the same time it deters conflict with China.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
