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Navy/USMC

Senate Authorizers Push Brakes On LSC, Next Generation Amphibious And Logistics Ships

Friday, June 26th, 2020

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Senate Authorizers Push Brakes On LSC, Next Generation Amphibious And Logistics Ships

Artist rendering of the first Flight III DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125). (Image: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill would limit new future ship development until more work is done and Congress is given more details. The bill report noted that the Navy requested $126 million in research and development funds for ship concept advanced design to go toward the Future Surface Combatant (FSC), next generation medium amphibious ship, and next generation medium logistics ship, but decided to restrict funding. “The committee lacks sufficient clarity on the…

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 […]