Breaking Defense
Breaking Defense
F-35 performance-based logistics contract in limbo for now: …
Jul 26, 2024 · FARNBOROUGH 2024 — Negotiations on a performance-based logistics contract for the F-35 sustainment enterprise appear stalled indefinitely after the US government backed away from negotiations ...
Senate passes $95 billion foreign aid bill, as DoD eyes next Ukraine ...
Apr 23, 2024 · WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill in a 79-18 vote tonight, putting an end to a monthslong political stalemate in Congress over funding for Ukraine that ...
Guam defense tops INDOPACOM's unfunded priorities, …
Mar 19, 2024 · WASHINGTON — If funding limits were not an issue, US Indo-Pacific Command says it could use an additional cool $11 billion next year, in part to speed up missile defense plans for Guam and buy ...
Boeing tackling workforce challenges amid F-15EX, Super Hornet ...
Sep 17, 2024 · WASHINGTON — Workforce fluctuations as Boeing ramps up F-15EX production and sunsets the F/A-18 Super Hornet line are driving up cost and inefficiency, and recovery from those challenges will ...
AUKUS critics jump on Virginia-class sub budget plan, but …
Mar 14, 2024 · CANBERRA — News that the US Navy plans to build only one Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack sub next year sparked AUKUS critics here to decry the trilateral agreement as a bust, with former ...
Czech military looking to commercial industry for AI, imagery
Jun 18, 2024 · "In a small military with limited resources and a lot of tasks, we have to prioritize. I think we need to look for sustainable solutions as cost effective solutions," said Lt. Gen. Karel Rehka ...
NATO 'Drone Coalition' for Ukraine announces new common fund ...
Jul 11, 2024 · The "Drone Coalition Common Fund" was established within a new Memorandum of Understanding signed by the coalition members that also "provides a framework" for the group's "core activities."
How the surface fleet can meet the Chinese challenge
Jan 9, 2023 · Long-range missiles, missile defenses, and robotic ships will be essential adjuncts to the big, expensive “Death Stars” that dominate the Navy budget, says Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute.
US greenlights F-16 fighter jet training for Ukrainian pilots in …
May 19, 2023 · For more than a year, Ukraine has been pleading for Western fighter jets that could eventually replace the aging MiG-29s and Su-27s lost in combat. Although the US Air Force previously indicated ...
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