The service has sent hundreds of ground combat vehicles to Ukraine since February 2022, and Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean warned that “sustainment challenges” abound without additional dollars.
Breaking Defense's Michael Marrow interviews Rep. Rob Wittman on a host of key defense issues.
“It is an urgent issue. ... We need counter UAS capabilities at scale,” said Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante. “We need lots of money, we need production lines to go up fast.”
Army Under Secretary Gabe tells Breaking Defense it's "absolutely critical" that Congress passes a full budget over a continuing resolution.
Breaking Defense reporters Michael Marrow and Ashley Roque round up the news from the 2023 Reagan National Defense Forum.
“There's no new science, it's just a mechanical engineering problem to make sure…that missile works with that launcher ... because both were new and normally you don't do it that way,” Army acquisition chief Doug Bush told Breaking Defense.
At the Reagan National Defense Forum, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also emphasized that Jerusalem must minimize civilian deaths in Gaza in order to keep any tactical victory from turning into a strategic defeat.
The nation's top military officials, lawmakers and experts gathered for this year's event to talk China, Ukraine, Israel, AI and a host of other national security topics.
Progress on CCA, the AI-piloted “loyal wingman,” and JADC2 command networks will stall if Congress cannot pass funding for fiscal 2024, the Air Force Secretary warned – while China races ahead.
"We're taking a very aggressive, innovative approach" to combating China's tech strategy, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said at the Reagan Forum.
“Despite the kind of media narrative, or what you might expect watching the debates on Ukraine aid in the US Congress, there is not waning support for Ukraine,” Ronald Reagan Institute Policy Director Rachel Hoff told reporters during a Tuesday call.