As ‘bird coalition’ forms, Austin and defense leaders talk Ukraine war, NATO’s future
US defense secretary chaired a Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, where officials pledged long-term support for the embattled nation.
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Prodded by GAO, Space Force reconsiders future military-use GPS constellation, receivers
The Space Force has set contradictory requirements for the number of M-code capable GPS satellites, the Government Accountability Office found.
HASC Threatens To Shutter CAPE Over Amphibious Ship Reviews
The chairman’s draft of the House Armed Services Committee’ fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill threatens to shutter the Office of Cost Estimate and Program Evaluation (CAPE) over disagreements with […]
House appropriators’ $826B Pentagon spending bill sets up fights with authorizers
The DoD topline is a 3.6% increase over last year and roughly $285 million more than the White House sought.
In Germany, Austin gets update on Abrams program, praises ‘successive miracles’ in equipping Ukrainians
Some 200 Ukrainians, a mix of veteran tankers and other “well-trained” soldiers, are in their third week of training on the American main battle tank.
Wary of budget cap, Army secretary hopes lawmakers pursue supplemental military funding
A savvy DC veteran, Sec. Christine Wormuth didn’t outright call for Congress to go above the budget caps, but, she said, “given that we want to make sure that we are not only able to support Ukraine but that we also replenish our own stocks … a supple…
DoD Releases Recommendation From FMS Tiger Team Review
Defense Secretary Austin has approved the recommendations of Defense Department review into accelerating and improving the department’s role in foreign military sales (FMS), with some of the taskings calling for […]
How to leverage America’s software advantage in the decisive decade
Michèle A. Flournoy and Wendy R. Anderson lay out their vision for how the Pentagon can speed software acquisition in this new op-ed.
DOD ‘Tiger Team’ releases raft of reforms aimed at speeding foreign arms sales
“We’ve heard fairly regularly from partners and allies that FMS can be a pain point for them,” said Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker.
US sending more Stryker, Bradley vehicles to Ukraine as counteroffensive underway
Twenty-five more combat vehicles and an unspecified amount of munitions have been earmarked for Ukraine.