The big defense spending priorities awaiting Congress in September
There is a lot of business awaiting the House and Senate when they return to Washington.
Category: Defense
Finland and Sweden team up to boost counter-drone defenses
“We trust one another, and together we are stronger,” said Finnish President Alexander Stubb on X, by way of welcoming the expanded, bilateral cooperation.
With AI hackers in mind, Air Forces Cyber develops defensive ‘campaign plan’
“When people say, ‘Hey, we’re at an inflection point,’ we are absolutely at an inflection point,” 16th Air Force commander Lt. Gen. Thomas Hensley said of AI threats to the network.
F-35 lifetime price tag dips beneath $2 trillion even as buying costs rise
The Defense Department anticipates it will spend an additional $51 billion to acquire the stealth fighter, though revised estimates have pulled the program’s total cost beneath $2 trillion, according to a recent Pentagon report.
Russia is running out of cash due to its war in Ukraine: report
VIENNA — Russia’s war spending pushed the state to the brink of running out of cash this spring, according to a Bloomberg report that offers the clearest account yet of how the financial burden of the Ukraine invasion is straining Moscow’s finances.Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that Finance Minister Anton Siluanov warned…
India turns to private sector to ramp up missile production
NEW DELHI — In a bid to accelerate missile production, India has approved the transfer of technologies for all conventional missile systems from a state-run organization to private companies.The move to expand the industrial base for missile manufacturing comes as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have exposed the challenges countries face in replenishing…
Air Force awards Boeing $131 billion ceiling contract for F-15 production, modernization
The Air Force has awarded Boeing a sole-source contract with a $131.23 billion ceiling to produce, modernize and sustain F-15 fighters for U.S. and foreign customers through 2037.Designated F-15 Eagle Crest, the Aug. 24 award lets the Air Force place orders over time rather than buying a fixed number of aircraft at signing. Orders may…
The devastation of NSA Bahrain is a national security warning
The more we learn about the attacks on the U.S. Naval Support Activity (NSA) in Manama, Bahrain, during the opening days of Operation Epic Fury, the clearer it becomes why the news of its near destruction was not initially reported or acknowledged.Extensive damage to one of our most significant forward bases in the Middle East…
In southern Lebanon, fighting Hezbollah in the hills becomes a strategic conundrum
NABATIEH DISTRICT, Lebanon — At the entrance to Zawtar Gharbieh in southern Lebanon, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) troops are stationed under a tree, stopping anyone attempting to pass through.The country’s military recently regained control of the area after Israeli troops occupying parts of southern Lebanon agreed to withdraw, part of a “pilot zone” model proposed…
Privacy-focused communication app aims for military customers and beyond
HONOLULU—A new encryption-based app, Kibu, available to U.S. military operators and foreign military partners, could change the way militaries and consumers communicate. Civilian and government officials are accustomed to using their own phones and tend to rely on commercial messaging apps, even when they shouldn’t. For example, U.S. operators in Poland and elsewhere have communicated…