Sentinel Restructuring an Early Focus for Meink
U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on Thursday that the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM has consumed the most time he has spent on any program thus […]
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Funding Issues Force Coast Guard To Stop Work On Two OPCs; First Ship Likely Delayed
The Coast Guard has issued a stop work order to Eastern Shipbuilding Group for the third and fourth Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) due to funding issues, and the first ship […]
DoD S-band needed for Golden Dome, border defense threatened by spectrum auction plans: CSIS
Selling off the low S-band “is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea,” Tom Karako, director of the CSIS Missile Defense Project, told Breaking Defense today.
Navy assures lawmakers billions were well spent in sub industrial base, despite lag in production
“Those efforts have been about workforce, hiring and retention. They have been about supply chain resiliency, modernization of the yards, strategic outsourcing [and] infrastructure issues,” Brett Seidle, the Navy’s acting acquisition executive, t…
EXCLUSIVE: Eyeing risk of radar ‘delays,’ Lockheed proposes new F-35 fuselage design
A letter from Lockheed Martin’s CEO to the Air Force, obtained by Breaking Defense, warns of “risks” to radar delivery schedule, raising questions about future lots.
HASC Presses Army For More Details On Carrying Out New Transformation Plan
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday signaled support for the Army’s wide-ranging transformation plan, while pressing the service’s leaders to provide more details on the initiative’s planned program cuts. […]
Senate’s Defense Bill For Reconciliation Adjusts Shipbuilding Funds, Wicker Knocks Budget Plan
The Senate GOP has revealed its defense portion of the reconciliation bill with some slight adjustments from the $150 billion version the House passed, while the chair of the Armed […]
Army leaders need to show their ‘homework’ for transformation plans, lawmakers say
“You chose to give us a plan with few details, with no budgeting and a failure to answer a lot of our questions, and now [I’m] hearing about how this plan will be implemented from my own constituents, not from leadership,” said Rep. Eric Sorensen.
‘Reign of corruption’ revealed as Senate Dems share Musk ‘dodgy dealings’ list
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has issued a new report raising questions of “corruption, ethics, and conflicts of interest” perpetuated during Elon Musk’s time heading up President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to a previ…
Air Force Had ‘Low Level of Confidence’ in $426 Million in 15-Year Cost Savings Estimate for SPACECOM in Huntsville
In the more than five year political, economic, and jobs tussle among Alabama and Colorado legislators over the permanent base for U.S. Space Command, the Department of the Air Force […]