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Space

Analyst: Navy Should Consider Hardware To Counter Wider Range Of Enemy Missiles, Including ICBMs

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Monday, June 16th, 2008

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Kinetic Energy Interceptors On Subs, CG(X) Cruiser? The Navy should consider installing more types of ballistic missile defense systems on its ships, to counter the rising variety of enemy missiles, a military analyst with the Lexington Institute advised. Merrick Carey is CEO of the institute, a think tank near the Pentagon focusing on defense and other issues. "The Navy should consider exploring other complementary interceptor options if it aims to be effective at more than regional/theater missile defense around the…

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

Congress

HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has approved its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the panel moving to adopt a bipartisan […]