“I remain an optimist that we’re going to be able to work our way through those challenges with respect to ITAR,” Adm. Mike Gilday told Breaking Defense during a recent visit to Sydney.
By Colin ClarkGray 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.
Both Adms. Daryl Caudle and Michael Gilday sent shots across the bow to industry this week to do better.
By Justin Katz
The unorthodox choice to offer multiple shipbuilding profiles to lawmakers raised eyebrows, but the Navy’s top admiral is confident in the direction Congress wants to go.
By Justin Katz
“So when we talk about the 2027 window” for an invasion of Taiwan, “in my mind, that has to be a 2022 window or potentially a 2023 window,” said Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday. “I can’t rule that out.”
By Valerie Insinna “The defense industrial base right now is strained. And a lot of that has to do with the workforce, as we recover from COVID,” said Adm. Michael Gilday.
By Justin Katz
Sailors operating the USVs at RIMPAC were more concerned about what the drones could do, rather than how they were controlled.
By Justin Katz
Amid inflation pressure, Gilday says the Navy “will prioritize modernization over preserving force structure.”
By Justin Katz
A new approach to speed, scale and efficiency for the industrial base
Radars, EW, EO/IR, space imagery, and microelectronics are brought under one roof for a streamlined approach to common people and factories.
During his second visit to the US this year, Adm. Pierre Vandier received a Legion of Merit Award during a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard.
By Justin Katz
The Navy faces an uphill battle on trying to retire nine Littoral Combat Ships, but where will those vessels go after leaving the fleet?
By Justin Katz
The Navy has stood up a special task force for unmanned systems, but can it overcome congressional skepticism?
By Justin Katz
Gilday’s blunt remarks were in response to lawmaker questions about the submarine Boise’s years-long wait to dive again.
By Justin Katz
Not decommissioning ships means “we’re going to pay for that in terms of people, we’re going to pay for it with less ammunition and magazines, fewer spare parts and storerooms,” Gilday said.
By Aaron Mehta
The chief of naval operations’s comments just weeks after the Navy revealed it was killing a different unmanned program.
By Justin Katz
It’s a major event for the Navy’s high-profile warship, and it happened silently in December.
By Justin Katz
