Featured in ProcurementBYBrett TingleyFeb 11, 2022ShareArmy Releases New Plan To Adapt To Climate Change But Doesn’t Know How It Will Pay For ItThe service has outlined wide-ranging plans for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, but it remains unclear how exactly these plans will be enacted. BYBrett TingleyFeb 11, 2022ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 22, 2021ShareThe Case For Stripping The P-8 Poseidon Down Into An RB-8 Multi-Role Arsenal ShipA non-maritime patrol variant of the P-8 could provide the Air Force with a highly flexible platform for augmenting the bomber force and much more. BYTyler RogowayJul 22, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJul 7, 2021ShareJoint Light Tactical Vehicle Funds Redirected By Army To Buy New HumveesThe US Army wants to divert funding away from its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program to buy new Humvees and update its older ones. BYBrett TingleyJul 7, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 11, 2021ShareThe Navy Has Dozens More MH-60R Helicopters Than It Needs Due To LCS DebacleThe service blew over a billion dollars on choppers it might never have a use for and is spending even more to keep them sitting in storage. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 11, 2021ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickDec 11, 2020ShareHere Is What Each Of The Navy’s Ship-Launched Missiles Actually CostsArming America’s fleet of fighting ships is an extremely expensive endeavor. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickDec 11, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2020ShareU.S. Navy Wants Aggressor Submarine Unit To Mimic Russian and Chinese Subs In TrainingThe service wants a Topgun-like program for submariners and its plans could push it toward finally buying new, non-nuclear subs. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareStudy On Restarting F-22 Production Has Finally Arrived, Here’s The VerdictThe report has finally been delivered to the House Armed Services Committee, and its secret, but its findings are already emerging. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share7 Revolutionary Hardware Changes the US Navy Should Make in the Trump EraUnder the new administration the Navy could maximize a planned budget increase and tailor its force to 21st century demands. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareThe Pentagon Has Slowly Fallen In Love With H&K’s Take On The AR-15The HK416 and its derivatives are quickly becoming the combat rifle that all others are judged by—and the Pentagon is having a hard time denying that fact. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareThe Air Force Desperately Needs A Stealth TankerFielding a stealthy tanker would go a long way to remedy the USAF’s near-sighted practice of betting heavily on relatively short-ranged stealth fighters, but it won’t be cheap. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareNow the Head Of the USAF Is Jumping On the F-22 Production Re-Start BandwagonAnother pass in the ongoing dogfight of priorities within the USAF. BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareThe Navy’s New Stealth Destroyer Has Watered Down Capabilities, Questionable FutureThe awesome-looking DDG-1000 Zumwalt class has been the victim of fluctuating Navy priorities and near-sighted cost-cutting—and even the tiny, three-ship fleet might be doomed. BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareThe Alarming Case of the USAF’s Mysteriously Missing Unmanned Combat Air VehiclesThe USAF has them but isn’t telling us they do, or they don’t. Either way we are in trouble. Here’s why. BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 28, 2020ShareNavy Eyes Hiring Two Shipyards To Build Its New Frigates As It Tries To Speed Up ProcurementConcern over the stability of America’s shipbuilding industrial base is one major factor driving the plan. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 28, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 7, 2020ShareFord Class Of Supercarriers May End After Four Ships, Navy Eyeing Smaller Carriers: ReportThe Navy has put together a task force to report back in six months on what America’s carrier force should look like from 2030 on. BYTyler RogowayMar 7, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 27, 2020ShareAbrupt End Of Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Buys Points To New Focus On Survivable DronesGeneral Atomics has supplied the backbone of America’s drone force for decades. Now that may be ending due to stark tactical realities. BYTyler RogowayFeb 27, 2020Share1234
BYBrett TingleyFeb 11, 2022ShareArmy Releases New Plan To Adapt To Climate Change But Doesn’t Know How It Will Pay For ItThe service has outlined wide-ranging plans for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, but it remains unclear how exactly these plans will be enacted. BYBrett TingleyFeb 11, 2022Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 22, 2021ShareThe Case For Stripping The P-8 Poseidon Down Into An RB-8 Multi-Role Arsenal ShipA non-maritime patrol variant of the P-8 could provide the Air Force with a highly flexible platform for augmenting the bomber force and much more. BYTyler RogowayJul 22, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJul 7, 2021ShareJoint Light Tactical Vehicle Funds Redirected By Army To Buy New HumveesThe US Army wants to divert funding away from its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program to buy new Humvees and update its older ones. BYBrett TingleyJul 7, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 11, 2021ShareThe Navy Has Dozens More MH-60R Helicopters Than It Needs Due To LCS DebacleThe service blew over a billion dollars on choppers it might never have a use for and is spending even more to keep them sitting in storage. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 11, 2021Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickDec 11, 2020ShareHere Is What Each Of The Navy’s Ship-Launched Missiles Actually CostsArming America’s fleet of fighting ships is an extremely expensive endeavor. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickDec 11, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2020ShareU.S. Navy Wants Aggressor Submarine Unit To Mimic Russian and Chinese Subs In TrainingThe service wants a Topgun-like program for submariners and its plans could push it toward finally buying new, non-nuclear subs. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareStudy On Restarting F-22 Production Has Finally Arrived, Here’s The VerdictThe report has finally been delivered to the House Armed Services Committee, and its secret, but its findings are already emerging. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share7 Revolutionary Hardware Changes the US Navy Should Make in the Trump EraUnder the new administration the Navy could maximize a planned budget increase and tailor its force to 21st century demands. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareThe Pentagon Has Slowly Fallen In Love With H&K’s Take On The AR-15The HK416 and its derivatives are quickly becoming the combat rifle that all others are judged by—and the Pentagon is having a hard time denying that fact. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareThe Air Force Desperately Needs A Stealth TankerFielding a stealthy tanker would go a long way to remedy the USAF’s near-sighted practice of betting heavily on relatively short-ranged stealth fighters, but it won’t be cheap. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareNow the Head Of the USAF Is Jumping On the F-22 Production Re-Start BandwagonAnother pass in the ongoing dogfight of priorities within the USAF. BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareThe Navy’s New Stealth Destroyer Has Watered Down Capabilities, Questionable FutureThe awesome-looking DDG-1000 Zumwalt class has been the victim of fluctuating Navy priorities and near-sighted cost-cutting—and even the tiny, three-ship fleet might be doomed. BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareThe Alarming Case of the USAF’s Mysteriously Missing Unmanned Combat Air VehiclesThe USAF has them but isn’t telling us they do, or they don’t. Either way we are in trouble. Here’s why. BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 28, 2020ShareNavy Eyes Hiring Two Shipyards To Build Its New Frigates As It Tries To Speed Up ProcurementConcern over the stability of America’s shipbuilding industrial base is one major factor driving the plan. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 28, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 7, 2020ShareFord Class Of Supercarriers May End After Four Ships, Navy Eyeing Smaller Carriers: ReportThe Navy has put together a task force to report back in six months on what America’s carrier force should look like from 2030 on. BYTyler RogowayMar 7, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 27, 2020ShareAbrupt End Of Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Buys Points To New Focus On Survivable DronesGeneral Atomics has supplied the backbone of America’s drone force for decades. Now that may be ending due to stark tactical realities. BYTyler RogowayFeb 27, 2020Share
