Radha Plumb, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the Pentagon’s No. 2 acquisitions and sustainment official, pledged to find ways to bring down the costs of sustaining the systems it buys.

RIMPAC 2022 is trying out new gear and operations to create a more lethal force that can sustain itself in a high-end fight.

Saltzman would be the second person to serve as the Space Force’s top officer since the service was created.

But Senate Republicans say the total still isn’t enough to cover military needs.

Increasingly worried by the extreme foreign dependence of defense industrial supply chains, Congress is teeing up legislation to address semiconductors and critical mineral vulnerabilities.

The CNO’s updated Navigation Plan is quite similar to last year’s original plan — but it intentionally couches Navy priorities and capabilities in the terms of the new National Defense Strategy, to make a stronger case for Pentagon funding.

Boeing executives called the defense sector’s results “disappointing,” and the company warned in filings more losses on key programs could be coming.

The “air” part has remained in a holding pattern as top aviators rethought how the air side will fit into the new Force Design 2030 plan.

HAL is exploring export opportunities for the HTT-40 basic trainer with Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates.

“Project Convergence is probably in our future,” said Tyler Barton, a computer scientist and project lead with the C5ISR Center. “Probably not next year.”