RUMOR: Mike Griffin May Be Next Space Leader to Go
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Insiders say dysfunction within Griffin’s office is creating concerns within the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill.
Congress, Pentagon Renew Old Fight Over 3rd Missile Defense Site
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The Pentagon has long worried about the multi-billion dollar price tag that comes along with building a new interceptor field and its infrastructure. Influential lawmakers want a permanent site built that will support close to 1,000 jobs in their districts.
Hypersonics Won’t Repeat Mistakes Of F-35
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Let a hundred hypersonic flowers bloom, Pentagon officials say, instead of a single cumbersome mega-program.
Pentagon’s New Ballistic Missile Interceptor Doesn’t Work, Suffers Years-Long Delay
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What happens when the Pentagon’s new ballistic missile defeat program doesn’t work? They keep using the old one, which has a spotty track record.
Pentagon Studies Post-INF Weapons, Shooting Down Hypersonics
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The Pentagon has almost completed a study of how to shoot down hypersonic missiles. It’s also developing new offensive weapons — conventional, not nuclear — whose deployment will become legal with the end of the INF Treaty.
Aegis Ashore Scores Another Hit As US, Japan Build Up Defenses
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By 2021, plans call for Japan to have eight Aegis destroyers, four of them capable of launching the SM-3 Block IIA missiles, whose second successful test in a row comes as a vindication after two previous failures.
New Space Force Costs Could Be Same As A Couple Of F-35s
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While standing up a new Space Force would likely run between $11 billion and $21 billion per year, the vast majority of that money — 96 percent — is already being spent by the Pentagon to run space operations, according to an analysis released Monday by budget expert Todd Harrison at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Space Force & Command To Cost $13B For First Five Years: SecAF Memo
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The scope of the Space Force appears to be growing, with a new Air Force memo spelling out all of the offices that will fall under the proposed new command.
Japan Aegis Ship Tracks, Destroys Ballistic Missile
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The Japanese government is spending billions on sea and ground-based missile defenses, but all the talk in the Pentagon is on space, as the U.S. scrambles to meet new hypersonic threats from China and Russia.
Lockheed ‘Seizes High Ground’ With Second Hypersonics Deal
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“All of the fundamental research in hypersonic aerodynamics is United States (work),” said Pentagon R&D chief Mike Griffin. “We did not choose to weaponize the results of that research. Our adversaries have chosen to weaponize it. That’s the challenge. We will respond.”