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Congress

HASC Chair Smith Calls Out ‘Painful’ F-35 Program, Wants Cost-Effective Mix Of Fighter Aircraft

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, March 5th, 2021

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HASC Chair Smith Calls Out ‘Painful’ F-35 Program, Wants Cost-Effective Mix Of Fighter Aircraft

Chiding lawmakers’ focus on incremental increases to the defense spending topline, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee on Friday criticized the ‘painful’ F-35 program and said the Air Force should look to find a cost-effective mix of fighter attack aircraft. “The failure we wind up tolerating is failure on a massive frickin’ scale, think F-35,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said during a Brookings Institution discussion. “For what we have spent, in terms of what we’ve gotten back, it’s…

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]

Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for infrastructure–a $4 billion contracting hub for SSC–is completing a move from Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. to […]

Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]