Innovators! You have until Aug. 23 to submit white papers on how to make the future infantry squad “10 times more effective.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.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.
And make it snappy: The deadline is July 26th.
By Barry Rosenberg
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 senators’ draft of the annual defense bill puts a new emphasis on technological competition, including industrial policy moves to strengthen US companies.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Pentagon’s new Special Ops leader is looking to the defense industry for help in meeting peer adversaries, but he also has a bone to pick.
By Paul McLeary
“This is not based on ownership. We leave them their freedom.”
By Theresa Hitchens
BOSTON: “It’s like running through a briar patch naked,” Will Roper said of trying to bring start-up companies into the service’s contracting model to keep apace of commercial innovation. “You have to be willing to bleed a little bit,” Roper, the Air Force’s top acquisition official told me in an interview last Thursday, after watching 10 newborn…
By Theresa Hitchens
Gray Eagle is the low-cost, low-risk answer to Army modernization
Gray Eagle STOL and Gray Eagle 25M are the best options for Army aviation as it assesses where to move from its current inflection point.
After decades using the same clunky simulators, the Army is about to buy new sims drawing on the latest innovations in online gaming.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Army must take risks to modernize, the Futures Command chief said, and the modernization effort will survive the inevitable failures along the way.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The famously hoodie-clad founder of the Defense Digital Service defends his legacy as he prepares to hand over the helm.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Can a risk-averse procurement bureaucracy recapture the pioneering spirit of its past? The Air Force’s acquisition chief says yes.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
How bad is the F-35’s computerized maintenance system, ALIS? So bad the plane may be better off without it.
By Colin Clark
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“These are engines that would fit on your tabletop,” said Kratos exec Stacey Rock. “We don’t want hundreds of ‘em, we want thousands [of drones] to overwhelm the threat.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Pentagon has quietly asked defense contractors for ways to spot enemy missile launchers — so the US can destroy them before they even fire.
By Paul McLeary
