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Russia is continuing work on the development of unmanned underwater and surface vehicles. Similar to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, these devices are expected to be used in swarms.

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USNI News Search for: Home » Budget Industry » Interview: Elaine Luria Says Navy Needs to Build ‘Battle Force 2025’ Instead of Divesting to Prepare for a 2045 Fight Interview: Elaine Luria Says Navy Needs to Build ‘Battle Force 2025’ Instead of Divesting to Prepare for a 2045 Fight May 5, 2021 10:09 PM Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG-61) transits the Mediterranean Sea on March 24, 2021. US Navy Photo The vice-chair of the House Armed Services Committee does n...

Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET. email We Don’t Have Enough Information to Evaluate Arguments for a New ICBM The Biden administration should follow precedent and commission an independent look at the case for the Ground Based Strategic Defense program. May 3, 2021 The politics of American nuclear modernization are heating up. As defense budgets come under increased scrutiny, lawmakers are taking a close look at the future of the ground-base...

In theory, that shocking expense would be justified if the improved missile prevented a nuclear attack on a dense area of the U.S. But so far, missile defense appears to have motivated China and Russia to invest in more advanced nuclear weapons at lower cost than the U.S. defense systems.

Next-gen intercontinental ballistic missile interceptor estimated to cost nearly $18 billion (U.S. Missile Defense Agency) WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s Next-Generation Interceptor that is being competitively developed to replace the current ground-based interceptors within the United States’ homeland intercontinental ballistic missile defense system is estimated to cost nearly $18 billion across the life of the program. An independent cost estimate from the Defense Department’s Cost ...

By   Paul McLeary on April 27, 2021 at 5:18 PM WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has a fresh estimate for how much its new ballistic missile defense program will cost over the next decade-plus, now that the department’s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office has wrapped up a review. CAPE is well-respected and influential for its independent cost assessments on new weapons programs. The Next Generation Interceptor effort, designed to shoot down missiles launched at the United States from Nort...

By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on April 27, 2021 at 4:26 PM WASHINGTON: The Army’s already cut the fat from its budget and further cuts would jeopardize readiness, modernization and the ability to meet joint demands, service leaders said today. This is clearly part of a counterattack to protect the service from what its very own former Chief of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, has predicted would be a budgetary “bloodletting” as funds move to air and naval forces to counter China. John Whitley T...

State terminates 15 contractors as talks continue on refund of software project spending The move will save the state about $206,000 a month, as implementation of a more than $50 million state payroll and human resources system upgrade, first started five years ago, remains in limbo. Share State government will save about $206,000 a month after it released 15 independent contractors who were hired to help the Department of Administration and Financial Services implement a costly new human reso...