:

Business/Financial

Northrop Grumman Overcoming ASDS Reliability Issues; SOCOM, Navy Exploring Options

DDN

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

SHARE:

By Geoff Fein In light of the recent success of docking the Advanced Seal Delivery System (ASDS) with a converted Ohio-class submarine, Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has no plans to buy anymore of the small submersibles. "There are no plans to acquire additional ASDS platforms. USSOCOM and the Navy established an ASDS improvement program with the goal of improving ASDS-1's performance to the required level. Funds that have already been appropriated for ASDS will be used to conduct the improvement…

Congress

Kaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”

Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) seapower panel, pledged on Tuesday that the Senate will get to the bottom of what happened […]

Congress

‘Right To Repair’ Reform In SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sets “Government-Purpose Rights’ As Default

The “Right to Repair” provision secured in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy bill would establish “government-purpose rights” as a default, requiring defense contractors […]

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Pentagon May Make ‘Tradeoffs’ For Low-Cost Autonomous Tech Without Reconciliation Funds, CTO Says

The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has said the department may need to make “tradeoffs” on certain capability priorities if Congress doesn’t pass a reconciliation with $350 billion in requested defense […]

Congress

SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy sticks to the Army’s proposed plan to cut procurement of its legacy aviation fleet, and does not authorize […]