Thursday 5 August 2021

State Clears Biden Admin’s First Major Taiwan Arms Sale

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State Clears Biden Admin's First Major Taiwan Arms Sale

In addition to the $750 million Taiwan deal, State also cleared a pair of weapons packages for Japan.

 

ARRW Schedule Still On Track Pending Failure Review

If ARRW continues to fail, the service could resuscitate the Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon as a fall-back, says Brig. Gen. Heath Collins, who heads AFLCMC's Armaments Directorate.

 

Congressional Report Could Be Major Step To Strengthen US Defense Supply Chain

"Throughout the pandemic, US adversaries like China weaponized supply chain vulnerabilities in a way that threatened Americans' health and security," warned Rep. Mike Gallagher.

 

It's Time For A National Maritime Strategy

OPINION: This week's Sea-Air-Space conference highlighted the challenges facing America's sea services, from tightening budgets to a resurgent China. But focusing only on the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard's military contributions overlooks how they could improve US national security and competitiveness through actions outside of combat. To unlock this potential, US leaders need to…

 

DIU's Butow Pushes Space Force Case On 'Tactical ISR' Mission

Space Force is not a voting member of the new(ish) IC Commercial Space Council to improve coordination on commercial space policy — but NRO and NGA are.

 

Boeing Eyeing How MQ-25 Can Talk To Pilots When The Carrier Cannot

The premise of Boeing's demonstration is simple, but it is aimed at the heart of many of the operational concepts and environments Pentagon leaders have discussed in recent years.

 

Hondo Geurts To Exit Pentagon

Geurts will exit "later this month," he announced.

 

Navy Says Constellation Hull Change Won't Affect Internal Design

"You could say we bought a bigger house, [but] from a modeling and simulation perspective, it's exactly the same."

 

BAE Cuts Operating Costs Of F-35 EW System By 50 Percent

BAE has been working to convince its own suppliers to enter into performance-based logistics to cut costs and increase availability of its EW system for the Joint Strike Fighter, said Betsy Warren, BAE's director of sustainment for Electronic Combat Solutions. 

 

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