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The U.S. Navy’s New Warship Is the U.S. Navy’s Old Warship … With More Weapons
Back in the 1990s, the U.S. Navy came up with a radical plan to replace its tried-and-true Perry-class frigates, at the time the sailing branch’s most numerous surface warship.
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New Congress Will Test Air Force Plans
The Republican takeover of the Senate will put some of the Air Force's harshest critics in new positions of power as the service looks to shape its future force structure.
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Laser On A Truck: Army’s Role In Offset Strategy
Where do ground forces fit in the Pentagon’s new offset strategy? The answer may be an intriguing mix of old-fashioned armored forces, mobile missile launchers, and lasers on trucks.
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CSBA Offers ‘Offset Strategy’ in Face of U.S. Military Capacity, Capability Gaps
A well-regarded national security think tank on Dec. 10 presented its version of an “offset strategy” to counter the growing threats to U.S. power-projection capabilities, which calls for increased investments in longer-range and stealthy strike and reconnaissance platforms, unmanned systems and lower-cost defense weapons such as the electromagnetic railgun and lasers.
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X-47B May Begin Automated Aerial Refueling Demonstrations Next Year
The Navy’s carrier-based unmanned aircraft demonstrator is undergoing preparations for automated aerial refueling testing next year, including a possible flight demonstration using the aircraft itself, said officials from the service and X-47B manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
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Fiscal 2016 Base Budget Request Will Be $36B Over Spending Caps
The White House is developing a fiscal 2016 defense budget that would align with its long-planned $535 billion top line, ensuring that the administration would ignore the congressionally mandated budget caps put in place in 2011, according to a source with knowledge of the deliberations.