The U.S. Navy sets a fleet goal of 381 ships, up from 373, in a new long-range shipbuilding plan.
The service expects to reach this goal by 2042 if it can grow both its shipbuilding budget and the industrial base’s capacity, it says in the document.
The Navy had previously called for a fleet of 373 ships in last year’s plan, and 355 before that based on a 2016 study. The latest report calls…
The U.S. Air Force and two main contractors on the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program on Saturday tested the solid-rocket motor that will power the nuclear weapon’s third stage.
The test, which also involved Northrop Grumman and Aerojet Rocketdyne…
The U.S. Air Force on Sunday carried out what is expected to be the final test of the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon.
The service did not say whether the test was successful.
In a statement to Defense News, an Air Force spokesperson said a B-52H…
The U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2025 budget request for Project Overmatch, its effort to digitally link people, ships and sensors over vast distances, is too sensitive to make public, according to the service.
Asked for potential spending details, a Naval Information Warfare Systems Command spokesperson said the budget is considered controlled unclassified information, or CUI, “and as such, we are…
Britain finalizes deal to buy 14 Chinook helicopters
March 15, 2024
LONDON — Britain’s defense secretary has committed to a deal to acquire a new fleet of Boeing-built extended-range Chinook helicopters.
Fourteen CH-47-ER Chinooks, destined principally for use by British special forces, will be delivered to the Royal Air Force under the…
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown visited U.S. weapon factories in Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday as the Pentagon frames the $95 billion aid package hanging in the balance on Capitol Hill as not only vital to Ukraine’s survival but also critical to the U.S.
The U.S. Army will hold a seminar this summer to improve the joint force’s ability to quickly and effectively manage logistics and sustainment at the outset of a large-scale war, according to the Army Materiel Command commander.
The seminar will include Air Mobility Command, U.S. Transportation Command and Air Force Materiel Command as well as a “host of other senior leaders,” said Gen.
Unmanned technologies are maturing at such a rapid rate that multiyear purchases would likely leave the U.S. Army with outdated devices, according to a service acquisition official.
Militaries the world over are increasingly developing and deploying drones and robotics, with…
The ongoing delay in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s latest upgrades was one factor in the U.S. Air Force’s recent decision to purchase fewer jets in fiscal 2025.
The service announced Monday it plans to buy 42 F-35As from Lockheed Martin in 2025, six fewer than it…
The U.S. Air Force’s proposed fiscal 2025 budget requests $517 million to keep developing its Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile — but the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon’s future is looking dim.
The service’s FY25 budget, released Monday, includes no procurement nor research and development funding for Lockheed Martin’s ARRW. The service has one final all-up round test planned…
