Aerospace Group:

Congress

Coast Guard, Navy Considering Joint Office For Heavy Icebreaker; Coast Guard Mulls Medium Icebreaker Needs

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

SHARE:

Coast Guard, Navy Considering Joint Office For Heavy Icebreaker; Coast Guard Mulls Medium Icebreaker Needs

Coast Guard Vice Commandant Adm. Charles Michel. Photo: Coast Guard

Coast Guard and Navy officials told a House panel on Tuesday that their two services are considering creating a joint program office related to the acquisition of a heavy icebreaker for polar missions.The services are committed to working together on “a memorandum of understanding on how we would work together collaboratively on an icebreaker,” Allison Stiller, the principal civilian deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, told the House Transportation Coast Guard Subcommittee. She…

Unmanned Systems

Counter-Drone Needs Will Be Addressed In Next NDAA Based On Iran War Lessons, Banks Says

A Republican senator on Armed Services Committee on Thursday said that defending against Iranian drones has been challenge for U.S. warfighters and will be an area of focus in the […]

Pentagon

Pentagon ‘Working Options’ On Iran Supplemental, May Seek Funds For New Capabilities

The Pentagon is “working options” for a potential supplemental spending request to fund the operation against Iran and replenish munitions used in the strike campaign, with a senior official noting […]

Congress

Wicker Backs “Crash Program” To Supply Ukraine With Low-Cost Weapons

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Thursday proposed a rapid effort to supply Ukraine with low-cost weapons to aid that country in turning back Russia. “We […]

Congress

Dem Lawmakers Want To Codify Trump’s Push For More Defense Contractor Accountability

A group of four Congressional Democrats want to codify President Donald Trump’s push to hold defense firms accountable for prioritizing production investments over paying out stock buybacks, and are seeking […]