With one icebreaker down, the US has one left in port — with no new ships scheduled to arrive for 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.
A DoD paper for Congress suggests COVID could shut down shipyards, but Navy officials and analysts say there is little risk.
By Paul McLeary
The Pentagon’s draft “reference architecture,” which also covers high-powered microwave weapons, will be circulated for industry comment early next year.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The disclosure comes as the Pentagon has been looking for ways to backstop key parts of its industrial base as supply chains slowed due to the COVID epidemic.
By Paul McLeary
Global recession has slowed down 5G rollouts, and Chinese overreach has alienated customers, a new CNAS study says – but the US also needs a new strategy that offers an alternative to Huawei.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Senate voted to subsidize domestic manufacturers of vital computer components. Will national security concerns overcome a longstanding aversion to government-led industrial policy?
By Kelsey Atherton
Industry sources say the Army shouldn’t enter its own in-house design team in the race to replace the M2 Bradley. Top Army officials told us why it would work.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
AI can make logistics data as valuable as intelligence or operational data for mission success
Valuable intelligence insights can be gleaned from logistics or flight-test data when artificial intelligence or machine learning is applied.
Bringing together an estimated 33,000 soldiers and civilians from around the world was just too dangerous in the coronavirus era.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Because open-source software lacks the same kind of cyber certification that comes with more sensitive information, it is fertile ground for start-ups looking to work on military data, provided each service makes an open-source library available.
By Kelsey Atherton
Despite past battles over Project Maven and other military uses of AI, “Google and many others” are now working with the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, its new acting director says.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
House Democrats want to add $2.5 billion to build a second Virginia-class submarine next year. Senate Republicans would rather spend on destroyers and amphibious ships.
By Paul McLeary
At the service’s four public shipyards that perform the majority of repair work on the submarine and carrier fleets, some 25 percent of workers are not clocking in for their regular shifts.
By Paul McLeary
The Army’s drive to modernize by 2035 is too big for traditional five-year spending plans, acquisition chief Bruce Jette said. So he’s reviving long-term economic forecasting used in the Cold War.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
