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BudgetBUDGET MATTERS: Representatives Float Virginia Supplemental
While the Defense Department dialed back some procurement goals in fiscal year 2025 to limbo under the $850 billion bar Congress set in the Fiscal Responsibility Act, department officials said the request to procure only one Virginia-class submarine was a “management decision.”
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Emerging TechnologiesSaab Pitching Air Traffic Tower to Counter Drone Threat
Swedish contractor Saab recently launched a deployable digital tower designed for air traffic management, which the company believes can also serve a role in the increasingly important counter-drone fight.
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BudgetCommission Urges Pentagon, Congress To Improve Defense Budget Process
An independent commission tasked with identifying ways the Defense Department can reform its resourcing practices recently released its final report. Commission officials and experts agreed that implementing its 28 recommendations will require the department and Congress to do something that has become increasingly difficult: work together.
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Special Operations6.5 Creedmoor Round Expands in SOF Applications
In addition to U.S. Special Operations Command’s development efforts to optimize the lethality of traditional sniper calibers like the .300 Winchester...
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Global Defense MarketBelgian Company Develops Super-Fast Fighting Vehicle
Belgian defense company John Cockerill has developed a prototype of a sleek, light fighting vehicle that can fire at targets while moving at 70 miles per hour.
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Global Defense MarketEDITOR'S NOTES: Postcard from Qatar: An Untypical Trade Show
It’s sometimes a fun parlor game at defense trade shows to see who did and didn’t show up and why.
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SpaceSPACE SYMPOSIUM NEWS: Space Force, DIU Award Contracts for Rapid Launch Program
The Space Force and Defense Innovation Unit on April 11 awarded contracts to Rocket Lab and True Anomaly for their upcoming tactically responsive space mission called Victus Haze.
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FEBRUARY 2024
February 2024
In this episode, National Defense discusses the Army and Marine Corps’ journey to a fully electric fleet, the Navy’s next-generation unmanned refueling aircraft and the modernization of the Army’s artillery systems.