DoD Faces Tough Decisions On Space Rules

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DoD Faces Tough Decisions On Space Rules "The understanding of what deterrence is has been misinterpreted, reinterpreted, run through a ringer, chopped up and turned into a hamburger. I mean, it's just that nobody there [at DoD] seems to understand what it means exactly," one former government official said.

DoD Likely To Miss 2021 Deadline For Counter-Drone Weapon "Low-collateral effect interceptors" against small drones would be used in "defeating small UAS in urban environments, over sensitive sites, or situations where the rules of engagement would not allow kinetic effects," DoD's solicitation to industry says.

DepSecDef Will Run Most Missile Defense, Nuke Modernization; SecDef Recused "I am worried about the state of the readiness of the nuclear triad," Deputy SecDef nominee Kath Hicks tells the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning, "and, if confirmed, that is an area I would want to get my team in place and start to look at right away."

Pentagon Hypersonics Director Rebuts Critics, Step By Step Defense experts and the Pentagon's hypersonics R&D director told us the Union of Concerned Scientists study, which argues hypersonic weapons offer marginal improvements over existing weapons at an outsized cost, got something wrong at every step.

AMC Hopes To Wrap Analysis Of Next-Gen Tanker Options In 2022 The KC-46 is expected to be fully operational, at last, in 2024, AMC head Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost.

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