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Air Force

DoD’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Program Successfully Air Launches First Prototype

Monday, September 9th, 2013

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) successfully air launched in late August their prototype for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) program. Designed with both a sea surface and air launch variant, LRASM seeks to develop an autonomous, precision-guided, anti-ship standoff missile based on the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER) variant, according to a DARPA statement. DARPA Program Manager for LRASM Artie Mabbett said Thursday in a conference call with…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]