2020 BUDGET: Airpower Wins Big; ‘Multi-Domain’ Emerges
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For all the talk of major changes, the Pentagon is pouring money into some pretty traditional priorities.
Why DoD Cut A Carrier in 2020 Budget: Survivable Robots & Missiles Vs. China
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Navy Adds Attack Sub For 2020, But Shipyard Challenges Loom
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The Navy is set to release plans to buy an extra fast-attack sub, another destroyer, and a handful of unmanned boats. Next step: Congress.
US ‘Gets Its Ass Handed To It’ In Wargames: Here’s A $24 Billion Fix
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Warships sink. Bases burn. F-35s die on the runway. Can $24 billion a year — 3.3 % of the Pentagon budget — fix the problem?
Keep 12 Carriers, It’s A National Imperative: Rep. Wittman
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What does one of the most influential defense lawmakers on the Hill, Rob Wittman, think about the Trump Administration plan to cut the number of aircraft carriers from 11 to 10?
Pentagon To Retire USS Truman Early, Shrinking Carrier Fleet To 10
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The move could save more than $30 billion over 25 years to invest in high-tech weapons — but Congress is sure to explode in outrage.
2020 Budget: Army Shifts $31B To Modernization, Readiness
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That’s $6 billion more than previously announced — but it all comes at the cost of almost 200 cut, cancelled, or slowed-down programs, each with backers in Congress.
Dems Will Fight White House’s $174B Add To Pentagon’s OCO Emergency Fund
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Two top Democrats blasted the proposal, calling it a “blatant attempt to make a mockery of the federal budget process.”
Space Command More Important Than Space Force: CSAF Goldfein; Trump Signs SPD-4
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WASHINGTON: The first concrete step to creating an independent force of trained and equipped space warriors occurred today — but that’s not the most important step on space the nation should take, the Air Force Chief of Staff said today. Setting up Space Command, so the US can more effectively fight any war that involves space assets,… Keep reading →
GE’s ITEP Win & The Army’s Inch-By-Inch Revolution
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Having wasted tens of billions and almost 30 years since the end of the Cold War, the Army is out of time. But after decades of incremental improvements, its existing weapons — including the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that GE’s new engine will upgrade – are overweight, underpowered, and running out of room to grow. Meanwhile, the Army’s attempts at a high-tech great leap forward kept getting cancelled as unaffordable, unfeasible, or both.