Article Date: Apr/15/2024 Summary: An independent commission tasked with identifying ways the Defense Department can reform its resourcing practices recently released its final report. Commission officials and experts agreed that implementing its 28 recommendations will require the department and Congress to do something that has become increasingly difficult: work together. Author: Josh Luckenbaugh ..read more

Article Date: Apr/15/2024 Summary: Swedish contractor Saab recently launched a deployable digital tower designed for air traffic management, which the company believes can also serve a role in the increasingly important counter-drone fight. Author: Josh Luckenbaugh ..read more

Article Date: Apr/16/2024 Summary: While the Defense Department dialed back some procurement goals in fiscal year 2025 to limbo under the $850 billion bar Congress set in the Fiscal Responsibility Act, department officials said the request to procure only one Virginia-class submarine was a “management decision.” Author: Sean Carberry ..read more

Article Date: Apr/16/2024 Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C. — While Israel, the United States and other allies defeated nearly all the incoming missiles, rockets and drones Iran launched in an unprecedented attack April 13, the United States has gaps in its missile defense capabilities that need immediate attention, senior officials said. Author: Sean Carberry ..read more

Article Date: Apr/17/2024 Author: Jan Tegler ..read more

Article Date: Apr/18/2024 Summary: Only days before the service’s big show sponsored by the Navy League, a devastating report was released spelling out how the Navy had managed to put each of its four major shipbuilding programs years behind schedule. Author: Stew Magnuson ..read more

Article Date: Apr/11/2024 Summary: The Department of the Air Force is increasing its reliance on space capabilities, but continuing resolutions and other budget limitations are affecting investments in the Space Force, officials said Author: Josh Luckenbaugh ..read more

Article Date: Apr/11/2024 Summary: The Space Force and Defense Innovation Unit on April 11 awarded contracts to Rocket Lab and True Anomaly for their upcoming tactically responsive space mission called Victus Haze. Author: Josh Luckenbaugh ..read more

Article Date: Apr/12/2024 Summary: It’s sometimes a fun parlor game at defense trade shows to see who did and didn’t show up and why. Author: Stew Magnuson ..read more

Article Date: Apr/12/2024 Summary: Belgian defense company John Cockerill has developed a prototype of a sleek, light fighting vehicle that can fire at targets while moving at 70 miles per hour. Author: Stew Magnuson ..read more