A rudimentary system to help operational units defeat unmanned aircraft systems is neither "omniscient" nor "universally able," but helps to protect critical infrastructure, according to the commander of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
House Armed Services Committee leaders are divided on whether the Navy should begin designing a small aircraft carrier as a way to grow the fleet to 355 ships.
The Army plans to demonstrate multiple leader-follower capabilities in October as part of a collaborative project with the United Kingdom, according to project managers at the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center.
The Defense Department has submitted an initial Selected Acquisition Report for the Ohio-replacement submarine program, detailing in a 45-page document cost and schedule targets for the Navy's top modernization project -- a $260 billion effort to develop, field and operate a new ballistic missile submarine fleet through 2080.
The Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office are working to develop a new service cost position and revised acquisition program baseline for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program to incorporate a revised strategy and an influx of funds from Congress to replace the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine.
President Trump will sign an executive order Friday directing the Pentagon to oversee a nine-month, government-wide assessment of the defense industrial base, according to White House officials.
The Air Force this week awarded General Electric a $409 million contract to support next-generation engine technology development, the latest in a string of awards to airframe and engine developers.
A Lockheed Martin spokeswoman told Inside the Air Force this week the company will have options ready for Congress and the Air Force if Senate language telling the service to explore the idea of an unmanned U-2 is approved in the final fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill.
Pitting it squarely against its House counterpart, the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee is crafting a spending bill that adheres to the funding limits set by the 2011 Budget Control Act.
The Pentagon is seeking permission to shift $2.4 billion between budget accounts to accelerate the Presidential Aircraft Program schedule, launch a new-start program so the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter can hit moving targets next year, acquire the means to defeat small unmanned aerial vehicles U.S. forces are seeing in Iraq and Syria, and more.
The House Budget Committee has unveiled a GOP spending blueprint that seeks to fund national defense at levels that exceed the 2011 Budget Control Act by a total of $401 billion between fiscal year 2018 and FY-21.
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