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Air Force

Boeing Triggers Nuclear Option, Walks Away From ‘Unfair’ ICBM Competition

Thursday, July 25th, 2019

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Boeing Triggers Nuclear Option, Walks Away From ‘Unfair’ ICBM Competition

Boeing concept art of a next-generation intercontinental ballistic missiles. Source: Boeing

Citing “unfair” competition from a rival with a captive solid rocket motor business, Boeing Co. [BA] this week walked away from a potentially $25 billion Air Force contract to build the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD): the next generation of nuclear-tipped, intercontinental ballistic missiles. In a July 23 letter to an Air Force acquisition official, Leanne Caret, Boeing’s chief executive officer, said the company “does not intend to submit a prime offer” in response to the Air Force’s July 16…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]