JIDO: a successful application of agile in defense acquisition
… this kind of goes to those mid-level warfighter programs that guys really need, programs like Joint Improvised Explosive Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), Task Force (Odin) […]
Programs
MDA to take the lead on satellites that track hypersonic, ballistic missiles
Draft legislation before a key Senate panel would assign the Missile Defense Agency responsibility for developing the Space Sensor Layer, bucking a Defense Department gambit […]
Performance of defense satellite programs
SBIRS-GEO, GPS IIF, AEHF, and WGS all experienced delays in the launch of their first satellites. Although six years from ATP to first launch of […]
$25K per flying hour cost target unlikely for the F-35
The Pentagon is holding to its F-35A sustainment target cost of $25,000 per flying hour by fiscal year 2025, despite multiple internal assessments that argue the […]
The sustainment record of the first 360 delivered F-35s
Here are some highlights from the GAO’s April 2019 assessment of the F-35’s sustainment challenges (I will forego the indentation): ___________________ As of February 2019, […]
Interpreting the Navy’s FY 2020 shipbuilding plan
Overall inventory will reach 314 ships by FY2024 and 355 ships in FY2034. The DDG 51 class-wide extension was the principal driver of the 20-year […]
B-21 stealth bomber update
The B-21 is intended to initially replace the 20 B-2 and 63 B-1 strategic bombers currently in the fleet. B-2s date from the 1990s; B-1s […]