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Air Force

Senate Draft Appropriations Bill Adds More Than $900 Million for Missile Warning Architecture

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, July 28th, 2022

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Senate Draft Appropriations Bill Adds More Than $900 Million for Missile Warning Architecture

A Lockheed Martin drawing of a SBIRS missile warning satellite built on the LM 2100 Combat Bus™ (Lockheed Martin)

Senate appropriators are backing the acceleration of a DoD space architecture that prioritizes low and medium Earth orbit satellites for detecting and monitoring hypersonic missiles and devising targeting solutions. In January, the Space Force's Space Warfighting Analysis Center delivered its first force design on hypersonic missile warning and tracking–a proposed mix of the LEO and MEO satellites. The Senate Appropriations Committee's draft fiscal 2023 defense bill would add $400 million to accelerate the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command LEO missile warning and…

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

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Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]