Daily News Roundup

Missile Defense Agency requests $500 million less in new budget

The Missile Defense Agency's budget of $10.4 billion in FY25 attempts to prioritize homeland defense and standing up a defensive architecture in Guam.

9 hours ago

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks begins her keynote speech Feb. 21, 2024, at a conference in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.

Pentagon says $1 billion planned for first two years of Replicator

The deputy secretary of defense and Pentagon comptroller outlined for the first time how much Replicator will cost and where that money may come from.

11 hours ago

Europe

Drones, tanks and ships: Takeaways from Turkey’s annual defense report

The government listed 49 ongoing modernization and acquisition projects across the various armed forces. Here are some that stood out.

The Laser Weapon System, or LaWS, is seen here temporarily installed aboard the USS Dewey in San Diego, California.

Central Command’s Kurilla eyes drone-countering lasers for Middle East

At least 31 directed-energy initiatives are underway across the U.S. Department of Defense. Some are more mature than others.

4 days ago

Space Force eyes expanded network of ‘neighborhood watch’ satellites

Space Systems Command, the service’s acquisition arm, is in the early phases of planning for the capability.

4 days ago

V-22 Osprey fleet will fly again, with no fixes but renewed training

The V-22 is allowed to fly again, and the services will each implement their own training and maintenance protocols to get the fleet back to operations.

4 days ago

Biden outlines military plans to build port in Gaza for aid

In a State of the Union address, President Joe Biden said a temporary pier would boost humanitarian assistance.

4 days ago

UK military’s 10-year spending plan isn’t affordable, committee finds

The Public Accounts Committee’s review comes two days after the government opted not to allocate extra funding for the military.

4 days ago

Fincantieri in talks to buy Leonardo’s torpedo business, source says

For more than a decade Leonardo has searched on and off for a buyer or partner for its torpedo unit known as WASS.

4 days ago

Marines select companies to build cannon version of new recon vehicle

The companies must deliver the prototype vehicle by 2025.

5 days ago

Staff Sgt. Thornton, a mortarman, conducts a radio check with his forward observer in Afghanistan on Aug. 31, 2013.

US Army needs more industry input before pivot to ‘radio as a service’

A previous request for information garnered more than a dozen responses, ranging from enthusiasm to rejection, according to Army officials.

5 days ago

Brunei defense budget surges by 32%, with focus on intel, targeting

In the coming fiscal year, the government has allotted $594 million for defense.

5 days ago

Pentagon abandons effort to scale down amphibious ship design

The Navy and Marine Corps will move forward with the current Flight II LPD amphibious ship design, rather than a scaled-down, cheaper one DoD pushed for.

5 days ago