Surface Navy brass holding ‘sustainment summits’ to fix ship maintenance issues
Rear Adm. Fred Pyle said the service is "absolutely not" where it needs to be on ship cannibalization rates.
HASC Hammers Navy Readiness In Push For $18B Defense Boost
CAPITOL HILL: House Republicans keep hammering on military shortfalls, part of their push for a controversial $18 billion budget boost that the Senate has so far rejected and the White House has threatened to veto. “The message that we’re hearing is across the services we have a significant problem with readiness,” Rep. Randy Forbes told me. […]
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Army Plays Shell Game With Unfinished Apache Helicopters: Put The Transmission In, And Pull It Out Again
WASHINGTON: The Army’s problem with its new Apache helicopters isn’t as bad as we thought when we first wrote about it last week. It’s worse. We knew that Northstar Aerospace, the subcontractor making the transmissions for lead contractor Boeing, had fallen behind on building that crucial component. We knew at least seven of the latest […]