The NGAD program “represents a chance to design an airplane that is more sustainable than the F-35, if in fact the F-35 cannot get its cost-per-flying-hour down,” said outgoing AF acquisition head Will Roper.
By Theresa HitchensModernizing 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.
Northrop Grumman, Leidos, and Huntington Ingalls have paused political contributions, and one defense expert expects more to join in
By Paul McLeary
“The fiction that SDA and SMC are working together is just that,” said a former senior DoD space official. “You know, they make nicey-nicey, but, the reality is that they’re not working together.”
By Theresa Hitchens
“I will be very curious to see how the Space Force shakes out in the next year or so. It’s not going away but how it manifests itself could be different,” said Victoria Samson, Washington Office director for Secure World Foundation.
By Theresa Hitchens
“The C-130 has been the most plus-upped aircraft in history,” says Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia.
By Theresa Hitchens
“With a flattening budget topline (at best) and many competing Air Force investment priorities, it’s not at all clear that this program will continue. We might just be left with a museum-ready prototype,” Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia says.
By Theresa Hitchens
“Things never go as planned,” cautions Rick Ambrose, Lockheed Martin’s executive VP for space.
By Theresa Hitchens
Modernizing military simulation with open systems architecture
Best-of-breed common models and architecture enable virtual training and testing with the same data in a cyber-resilient posture.
“”Where will the money for this program come from, and will it means less money for the Space Force and all the existing space programs of record?” asks Secure World Foundation’s Brian Weeden.
By Theresa Hitchens
Lockheed Martin’s award means that all three big defense primes with deep ties to the Air Force now are in the running for Skyborg.
By Theresa Hitchens
SpaceX has launched with a previously used Falcon 9 booster 38 times, says Michael Ellis, director at SpaceX’s National Security Space Launch director.
By Theresa Hitchens
Combatant Commanders for European Command and Indo-Pacific Command see bombers with hypersonic capabilities as “incredibly, incredibly valuable,” says Gen. Timothy Ray.
By Theresa Hitchens“There’s a lot of inefficiencies in the process. But it’s basically a fight, with each community pressing its case to its own regulatory body,” says Jennifer Warren, Lockheed Martin’s vice president for technology, policy and regulation.
By Theresa Hitchens
Once 24 GPS III satellites are on orbit, the encrypted M-Code for military users will be available world wide.
By Theresa Hitchens
The House Buy American provisions will destroy U.S. jobs when these countries buy from other countries. And Congress would be ripping up and overriding signed agreements with our closest allies that have served as the foundations of reciprocity in defense trade and cooperation within NATO and with other partners such as Australia and Israel for over 40 years. Our allies are our greatest advantage and this will undermine NATO and our commitment to other global allies.
By Bill Greenwalt