WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force believes it could improve the way it develops space capabilities by thinking in terms of portfolios, rather than developing each program of record independently. When asked about the need for acquisition reforms, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Barnes said the Space Force

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is in the process of determining the root cause of last week’s failed hypersonic missile test, but the program still has time to push through flight testing and begin production of the new, cutting-edge weapon by the end of fiscal 2022, a program official said Wednesday. During the second

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WASHINGTON — General Electric’s Research Lab set a little autonomous robot loose in a wooded course in upstate New York in a demonstration for the U.S. Army and the vehicle scooted quickly along, steering clear of downed branches, crunching over leaf piles and getting tripped up only once when it became wedged between two trees.

WASHINGTON ― The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a measure Wednesday to repeal the 2002 and 1991 Iraq war authorizations, a further step toward Congress reclaiming its constitutional war-making powers from the presidency. The panel approved the bill from Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Todd Young, R-Ind., after rebuffing several amendments from Republicans who were

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s acting undersecretary will step down this month and retire from government service, with no replacement immediately announced. James Geurts, who served as the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition from December 2017 to January 2021 and has been performing the duties of undersecretary since February, announced

WASHINGTON ― Defense titan Lockheed Martin named a longtime company veteran as its acting chief financial officer Tuesday after Kenneth Possenriede suddenly retired. Treasurer and Vice President John Mollard will temporarily take over for Possenriede, who became the CFO in 2019. Possenriede decided to immediately retire due to personal reasons, the company said in a

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NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland ― The top enlisted leaders in both the Navy and Marine Corps said mandatory coronavirus vaccinations are necessary for the force going forward. “I think it has to be,” mandatory, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith said during a panel of senior enlisted leaders at the 2021 Sea-Air-Space conference

BEIRUT — Egypt received the fourth German-made S-44 submarine at its Alexandria naval base on Monday, the Egyptian Navy announced. The model 209/1400 mod 4 sub was shipped from the German port city of Kiel. “This latest addition to Egyptian naval forces represents a huge reinforcement for the capabilities of the Egyptian army, which will