Valerie Insinna
Articles By Valerie
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BudgetFY ’17 Defense Budget Adds $2 Billion Over 5 Years for Tomahawk Program, Extending Production Line
For the past two years, the Tomahawk cruise missile program has faced potential procurement numbers too low to meet the minimum sustaining rate and the threat of a production line […]
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BudgetIn Budget Speech, Carter Touts New Technology Such as Driverless Boats, Arsenal Plane
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter provided a glimpse into some of the Pentagon’s emerging technologies during his budget preview on Tuesday, discussing capabilities from swarming 3D-printed drones to a targeting kit […]
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Air ForceIn $582.7 Billion FY ’17 Budget Request, Pentagon to Increase Funding for Undersea Warfare, Munitions
The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2017 budget request will call for a topline of $582.7 billion, hewing closely to the levels set in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement made last year. […]
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CongressNavy to Award Contracts for LCS Sonar Designs
The Navy is weeks away from announcing the final design for two reduced-weight sonar systems that the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will deploy to hunt submarines, the service’s program manager […]
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Navy/USMCReport on LCS 5 Casualty Upcoming in Weeks Ahead
The Navy is wrapping up its investigation into the root cause of a combing gear casualty that led the USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) to be sidelined in December, and a report […]
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CongressIf Confirmed, Next U.S. Commmander in Afghanistan to Reevaluate Military Presence
The Obama administration’s nominee for the next commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan told lawmakers on Thursday that he would need at least 90 days to evaluate whether the military […]
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Air ForceNext President Will Grapple With Defense Acquisition Bow Wave, Study Finds
After years of stagnant Pentagon budgets, the next presidential administration will face a defense acquisition bow wave in the early 2020s and will need an influx of funding to pay […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed to Offer LRASM for Navy’s Over the Horizon Missile Contest
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is positioning its Long Range Anti Ship Missile (LRASM) as a contender in the Navy’s over-the-horizon missile competition for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) frigate variant, a […]
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Air ForceSTRATCOM Commander: Time to Modernize Nuclear Triad
The head of U.S. Strategic Command on Friday tried to strike a balance between advocacy for the modernization of the United States’ nuclear triad and downplaying the nation’s diminished relationship […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Building First Unmanned Minehunting Boat For LCS
Textron [TXT] is currently constructing the first engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) unit of an unmanned boat that is the basis for the Navy’s Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS), which […]