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Navy to mothball USS Boise, capping off years of maintenance challenges
16+ hour, 27+ min ago (453+ words) The Navy said the decision to mothball the Boise aligns with a broader, "data-driven initiative" that aims to enhance the composition of the Navy's fleet. WASHINGTON " The Navy today unveiled plans to inactivate the Los Angeles-class attack submarine Boise, which…...
DIA centralizes AI efforts with Digital Modernization Accelerator
17+ hour, 20+ min ago (484+ words) I want you to move like somebody's on your heels, and they're about ready to eat you," the Defense Intelligence Agency's chief AI officer, Maj. Gen. Robert Kinney, tells his team. WASHINGTON " After a year-long push to rationalize its previously…...
Finland clinches $642 million deal for 112 South Korean K9 howitzers
16+ hour, 44+ min ago (242+ words) The government-to-government deal is expected to bring Finland's total K9 inventory to over 200 systems. MILAN " Finland has signed a "547 million ($642 million) contract with South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace to procure 112 additional K9 self-propelled howitzers, accelerating its artillery expansion. Finnish authorities announced the government-to-government…...
How the Army is developing its C2 plans
21+ hour, 12+ min ago (84+ words) Breaking Defense Joseph Welch, the Army's PAE C5 ISR, talks with Mark Pomerleau on the Pentagon Buzz this week. Last year, the Army launched a major reorganization of its acquisition offices. Under the new guidance, Joseph Welch is now the lead…...
Space Force programs supporting Golden Dome see big FY27 budget boost
18+ hour, 57+ min ago (646+ words) Missile warning and tracking programs, and the emerging Space Data Network being developed to ferry space sensor data to shooters on the ground, in the air and at sea are among the programs seeing huge increases. WASHINGTON " The Space Force's…...
Trump's $1. 5 T defense budget to weather harsh scrutiny on Capitol Hill
20+ hour, 30+ min ago (986+ words) Operations in Iran, midterm elections and GOP intraparty politics could all complicate the defense budget's path to President Donald Trump's desk. WASHINGTON " The Pentagon's newly revealed $1. 5 trillion budget for fiscal 2027" comprising a $1. 15 trillion base request and $350 billion in reconciliation " will…...
The Golden Dome's missing layer: On-orbit logistics for a resilient missile'defense
20+ hour, 46+ min ago (639+ words) Building on-orbit servicing into the architecture of the constellation is foundational to sustaining missile defense in space. The Golden Dome is intended to be a multi-layered protective shield that can defend the U. S. against advanced missile threats. This architecture goes far…...
Italy set to remove Leonardo CEO, despite major growth
21+ hour, 36+ min ago (546+ words) The plan to oust Cingolani came only three weeks after the official presented his ambitious 2026-2030 industrial plan in Rome. MILAN'The Italian government has outlined plans to replace the CEO of state-controlled defense giant Leonardo, Roberto Cingolani, in a shock leadership…...
Israel to ramp up production of Arrow interceptors
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (339+ words) The announcement came before the US and Iran came to what has turned out to be a shaky ceasefire, one that didn't restrain Israel from striking targets in Lebanon. JERUSALEM " Just days before the US and Iran announced a tenuous…...
Space Force slates $1. 8 B for commercial sats to replace GSSAP neighborhood watch birds
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (281+ words) The service has tapped 14 firms to compete for rolling task orders through April 2036 under the Andromeda program, formerly known as RG-XX. WASHINGTON " The Space Force has set up a pool of 14 vendors to compete for $1. 84 billion over the next decade…...