Marcus Weisgerber
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Defense One provides news, analysis, and ideas about the future of national security to defense and industry leaders, innovative decision-makers, and informed citizens. → Read More
Defense One Radio, Ep. 133: Unpacking the 2023 Air, Space & Cyber conference
In this episode, we review several things we learned at the Air & Space Forces Association's biggest annual event. → Read More
Air Force looks to move spy-plane sensors to satellites
Among the draws: space-based gear can often be built and launched faster than aircraft can be modified. → Read More
Defense Business Brief: Kendall on Starlink; TRANSCOM advisors on commercial ships; Pratt to improve C-17 engines; and more.
Now that Elon Musk has acknowledged withholding satellite internet service to Ukraine, the U.S. Air Force secretary said the military needs commercial services available. “If we're going to rely upon commercial architectures or commercial systems for operational use, then we have to have some assurances that they're going to be available, and there are different ways we can get there,” Air Force… → Read More
Military hopes commercial airlines adopt new hybrid plane design
The head of U.S. Transportation Command says blended wing body designs could provide more efficient, especially if they can fly from existing airports. → Read More
Army wants lighter Abrams tank with new tech for future wars
The service will abandon one modernization effort in favor of a more sophisticated upgrade. → Read More
Anduril buys drone maker Blue Force Technologies amid Pentagon push for autonomous aircraft
The acquisition marks the California-based startup’s expansion from software to military weapons. → Read More
Lockheed, Raytheon sign deal to make Javelin anti-tank weapons in Poland
The United States has given Ukraine more than 10,000 of the weapons so far as they fight against the Russian invasion. → Read More
Defense Business Brief: Congress’ to-do list; Tradeshow season; Record number of foreign deals approved; and a bit more.
The early morning traffic jam of commuters slowly making their way across the 14th Street Bridge was a not-so-welcome reminder of what I feel is one of Washington's busiest weeks of the year. Now begins the four-week sprint to see if Congress can pass a spending measure to keep the government open past Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year. If a full-year spending bill or a continuing resolution… → Read More
Supply chains have ‘stabilized,’ but certain parts remain hard to get: CEO
Meanwhile, Leonardo DRS is eyeing new ships for its electric-drive technology. → Read More
Defense Business Brief: Space Command to stay in Colorado; House and Senate pass NDAA; Some personal news; and more.
JUST IN: The Biden administration will keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado, the Pentagon announced just a little bit ago, reversing a Trump administration decision to move it to Huntsville, Alabama. You can read our breaking news coverage here. Despite what anyone tells you, all basing decisions, small and large, are political. They are power poker chips held by whoever occupies the White House.… → Read More
Biden to reverse Trump decision to move Space Command to Alabama
The decision to keep the command at its current home in Colorado will surely enrage Alabama politicians. → Read More
On Day 1 of ownership, L3Harris pledges to invest in Aerojet Rocketdyne
In an interview, the new president of what is now a segment of L3Harris Technologies also touted the rocket-maker’s workforce. → Read More
Defense startups team up to defeat drone swarms
Anduril and Epirus combined forces for a system they pitched to U.S. Marines. → Read More
L3Harris expected to close $4.7B Aerojet Rocketdyne acquisition on Friday
The Federal Trade Commission decided not to block the deal, L3Harris told investors Wednesday. → Read More
Raytheon still waiting for orders to replace weapons sent to Ukraine
The company has received $2 billion in replenishment orders so far, and expects $2.5 billion more in the next year. → Read More
Defense Business Brief: Will Roper’s new startup; Lockheed to build powerful laser; Pentagon reorganizing R&E office and more.
When Will Roper left his position as head of U.S. Air Force acquisition, creating his own startup wasn’t on his bucket list. “Government burns you out, so you don't think, ‘I'm going to go leave and found a company,’” Roper said in an interview last week. But after consulting for some companies about ways to digitally transform their businesses, it became clear to him that there was no… → Read More
Software problems will cut F-35 deliveries this year, Lockheed says
The delays will cost the company about $7 million per jet. → Read More
Defense Business Brief: Satellite defender buys electronics firm; Nuke spending to rise; An Air Force first; and more
NEW TODAY: LightRidge Solutions, the satellite-defense company created by the combination of Geost and Ophir, has acquired Trident Systems, a maker of electronics for numerous types of military systems. It’s the latest expansion for LightRidge, which specializes in payloads that can ward off enemy attack or interference. Trident makes “highly reliable, resilient, and open-architecture space… → Read More
Defense Business Brief: NATO’s 2% scorecard; Exports boom; LHX mulls divestiture; and a little more.
Nine years ago, NATO members endorsed a guideline of spending 2 percent of each country’s gross domestic product on defense within a decade. With a year left on that timeline—and as alliance heads of state meet in Vilnius this week—how are they doing? The Defence Investment Pledge emerged from the 2014 NATO Summit in Newport, Wales, arguably the most important since the end of the Cold War.… → Read More