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Money alone won’t fix the Navy’s shipbuilding woes, lawmaker says
Congress may need to “micromanage” the Navy’s efforts to boost the submarine industrial base going forward, after the service asked for billions of dollars in supplemental funding requests last year on top of the annual budget, said Sen.…
Blue Origin’s rocket reaches orbit on first flight, promising competition for SpaceX
The heavy-lift New Glenn rocket reached orbit during its maiden flight on Thursday, bringing Blue Origin, a private company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, one step closer to competing with launch titan SpaceX. The rocket blasted…
Trump to tap NRO official as Air Force secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Troy Meink, currently principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, to lead the Department of the Air Force.“Troy will work with our incredible Secretary of Defense Nominee, Pete…
The D Brief: Gaza ceasefire?; House intel chair, fired; INDOPACOM’s gen-AI test; Navy’s…
Officials from the U.S. and Qatar say they’ve reached an agreeable ceasefire for Israel and Hamas, potentially ending more than 15 months of war that’s killed more than 46,000 Palestinians and caused more than two million people to flee…
Shield AI to train Ukrainians on jam-resistant drones
A new deal to train Ukrainian drone operators will boost the country’s ability to launch long-range, jam-resistant strikes, the president of Shield AI told Defense One.In an interview, Brandon Tseng said the deal, which is being announced…
Disparaged, discontinued…and indispensable? Littoral combat ships take on real-world ops
The Navy may have capped its fleet of much-anticipated—and much-maligned—littoral combat ships at 28 for now, but their commanders haven’t stopped trying to squeeze every last ounce of capability out of them.LCSs deployed to the Persian…
Pentagon to test how generative AI would perform in fight with China
In the next 90 days, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, working with corporate partners and the Pentagon, will take a hard look at how generative AI tools similar to ChatGPT could help commanders make battlefield decisions more quickly against…
Reported Trump ‘loyalty tests’ for national-security officials draw criticism
Good government groups and Democrats are reacting to news first reported on Monday by The Associated Press that incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning federal employees who work on the National Security…
Funding gaps slowing down Marine Corps’ modernization efforts
The Marine Corps is working to break out of the ground-combat box the Global War on Terror wedged them into, but whether Force Design 2030 is actually realized by that date depends quite a bit on whether Congress decides to fund everything…
Air Force delays T-7 production but expects accelerated initial operational capability
Production of the Air Force’s new T-7A trainer has slipped yet another year, service officials said Wednesday as they announced several changes to the jet’s acquisition plan.T-7 production is now slated to begin in 2026, almost eight years…
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