Higher-power radar systems and offensive/defensive systems such as directed energy lasers require new sources of power.
By Breaking Defense Staff“I think there are ways we can come out of this much more resilient, but you know it’s hard to change bureaucracy and institutional ways of doing business [to] make sure that this disruption doesn’t go to waste,” says Navy acquisition chief James Geurts.
By Paul McLearyThe Navy will recompete the program after the first 10 ships are under contract, leading to a new award and another bite at the apple for the bidders who lost out the first time around.
By Paul McLearyUS 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 McLearyThe service’s aircraft carrier boss says the COVID economic slowdown hasn’t effected building new carriers — yet.
By Paul McLearyWhile Army and Navy spending nearly double, Air Force and independent agency spending drops almost 40 percent.
By Theresa Hitchens and Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Monday may have marked a turning point for how the Navy, and perhaps the Pentagon, is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, raising questions over how deeply it might cut into military operations and what toll it will take on military readiness and operations.
By Paul McLearyHead of the Unmanned and Small Combatants office, Rear Adm. Casey Moton, said the industry day was meant to, “stress the importance of the program to the fleet – they want it today, they need it today.”
By Paul McLearyThe Navy is losing submarines just when commanders say they need more, more, more.
By Paul McLeary