Sign In
Search
Pentagon

DOGE’s Ramaswamy: Focus On ‘Right Kind’ Of Defense Spending, Invest More In Drones, Hypersonics

Matthew Beinart By
SHARE:
DOGE’s Ramaswamy: Focus On ‘Right Kind’ Of Defense Spending, Invest More In Drones, Hypersonics
Vivek Ramaswamy, co-chair of the new Department of Government Efficiency, during an Aspen Security Forum discussion in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 4, 2024. Photo: Screenshot of livestream.

A co-leader of the new commission set to advise President-elect Trump on potential cuts to government spending said Wednesday the debate over the Pentagon’s budget topline should focus on ensuring the department pursues the “right kind” of spending, while calling for more investments in technologies like drones and hypersonic missiles. Entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has been tasked to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Tesla [TSLA] and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, offered a view…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.

Recommended

Advanced / Transformational Technology

DIU Picks Five Companies As Winners of Drone Dominance Program’s Lethality Challenge

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Australian AI Sensor Startup Arkeus Raises $18 Million To Help Expand In U.S, Europe

Advanced / Transformational Technology

DIU Awards $159 Million For Hermeus To Demonstrate High-Mach Flight And Payload Release

Army

Anduril Details Scaling Up NGC2 Work At Division-Level Ivy Mass Exercise

Trending

Marine Corps Explores Adding Second Supplier For ‘Production-Ready’ JLTVs
Space Force Awards Viasat And Intelsat General $438 Million For Continued Work On PTS-G
Defense Watch: Sub Deal Soon, Mach Buy, THAAD Investment, CUAS Marketplace
DoD Opens $30 Million Prize Challenge For Autonomous Non-Tactical Vehicles
Rocket Lab To Design, Build And Operate Two GEO Satellites For Space Domain Awareness Under $90 Million Contract

Congress Updates

Navy/USMC

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]

Navy/USMC

HASC Bill Funds Second Destroyer, Adds Several Multi-Ship Procurements, Puts Limits On Battleship

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2027 defense authorization act, released May 26, largely approved the Navy’s shipbuilding request, but it added funds to […]

The Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers

Michael DiOrio – Dataminr

Force Multipliers

Arne Brinck – Dark Wolf Solutions

Force Multipliers

Jags Kandasamy – Latent AI

Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers – Krista McKendree

Job Feed

Post a Job // Post a Resume