Defense Watch

SASC Advances Noms. The Senate Armed Services Committee on July 27 advanced five nominations for Pentagon officials by voice vote. The group includes Carlos Del Toro to be Navy secretary, […]

Senate Confirms. The Senate on July 22 confirmed six nominations for Pentagon officials. The list of confirmations included Heidi Shyu for undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, Caroline Krass […]

AI Investment. The Pentagon is planning to invest nearly $1.5 billion dollars over the next five years in its Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on July […]

Is This Really the B-21? On July 6, the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) released the third artist rendering since 2015 of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber, and […]

Rumsfeld. Donald Rumsfeld, former secretary of defense under both Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, died on June 29 at the age of 88. Rumsfeld oversaw the start of the […]

Destroyer Multi-Year. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker told a Senate panel the service plans to sign another multi-year procurement contract for Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) Flight III destroyers amid […]

China/Russia Budgets. Army Gen. Mark Milley, the joint chiefs chairman, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on June 10 that the combined defense budgets of Russia and China likely exceeds […]

Networked, Collaborative Weapons. While the U.S. Air Force has decided not to pursue an acquisition track for the Golden Horde Vanguard program, Air Force Gen. Arnold Bunch, the head of […]

Long Range Fires. Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, told lawmakers on May 27 each of the services will have a role in providing […]

ABMS Fielding. The Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS)—the Air Force component of the Joint All Domain Command and Control military internet of things—is closer to fielding after 18 months of […]