Aerospace Group:

Army

Official: Iron Dome Unable To Integrate With IBCS, A Requirement For Spring 2021 IFPC ‘Shoot-Off’

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, March 12th, 2020

SHARE:

Official: Iron Dome Unable To Integrate With IBCS, A Requirement For Spring 2021 IFPC ‘Shoot-Off’

Iron Dome Photo: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

The Army’s interim cruise missile defense system, the Israeli Iron Dome capability, is currently unable to integrate with its future missile defense command platform, the service’s top missile defense official said during a Thursday hearing. Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, head of Army Space and Missile Defense Command, told reporters following his testimony at a House Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing that the ability to integrate with the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) will be a requirement…

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]

Budget

Trump’s $1.15 Trillion Request For DoD Is The ‘New Normal,” HASC Chairman Says

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Trump administration’s nearly $1.2 trillion baseline defense budget request for fiscal year 2027 will be adopted and will be the foundation for the “new normal” going forward, […]

Congress

Trump Wants Second Reconciliation Bill On His Desk By June 1

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to pass and send a second reconciliation bill to his desk by June 1. The deadline follows congressional Republicans’ backing a pursuit […]