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WEBThe US remains the world’s largest defense spender, outlaying $916 billion last year, a 2.3 percent annual increase, ahead of China in second place, which spent an estimated $296 billion, a 6 ...
Army Plans To Grow Artillery EXCLUSIVE - Breaking Defense
WEBMay 10, 2021 · The Army will create new field artillery battalions in its heavy divisions, armed with the new Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) armored howitzer. It's part of a plan to add new Long-Range ...
No US missile defense system proven capable against 'realistic' …
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · WASHINGTON: A new study of US missile defenses has found that — after 70 years and some $350 billion in investment — no “system thus far developed has been shown to be effective against ...
America needs to grow its capacity to produce weapons. Here's …
WEBMar 17, 2023 · Our analysis of 80 missile and ammunition accounts over 20 years found that a particular munition’s actual funding is likely to swing more than 50% year-over-year. Not surprisingly, this ...
Army taps teams to build new Precision Strike Missile for targets ...
WEBMar 27, 2023 · Lockheed Martin is currently producing PrsM Inc 1 to replace the company’s MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and hit targets at least 500 km away. That missile, along with future ...
SecDef OKs Joint Warfighting Concept; Joint Requirements Due …
WEBJun 16, 2021 · A next step will be a series of "strategic directives" from the Joint Requirements Oversight Council that roll out "over the next few months," Brig. Gen. Rob Parker, Joint Staff J6 Deputy Director ...
How we fight: Army issues all-new handbook for multi-domain war
WEBOct 10, 2022 · The Army’s new document tries to make MDO relevant for the warfighter on the ground. (DVDS/Kenneth W. Norman) WASHINGTON — After six years of theorizing, wargames, and discussion, Multi-Domain ...
General Dynamics wins $1.14 billion Mobile Protected Firepower …
WEBUPDATED 6/29/2022 at 1:38 pm EST with comments from the two companies. WASHINGTON: The US Army is awarding a $1.14 billion contract to General Dynamics Land Systems for its Mobile Protected ...
Laser weapons 'finally' seeing 'real progress,' Missile Defense …
WEBAug 17, 2023 · However in recent months, the agency has seen “that technology maturation is happening,” DeSimone said, including at the US national laboratories, the Department of Energy and within industry.
What Satellite Attack Weapon Might The US Reveal Soon?
WEBAug 24, 2021 · The GSSAP system. (US Air Force) WASHINGTON: With Defense Department leaders pushing to declassify and demonstrate an existing US anti-satellite weapon — news first reported by Breaking Defense ...
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