Business
Boeing to cut 10% of workers as defense unit loses $2B in 3 months
Performance on fixed-price programs is “simply not where it needs to be,” CEO tells employees.
Business
Lockheed taps deputy F-35 chief to take over program
The change, effective Dec. 1, comes after a rocky year.
Ideas
Navy places two new submarine contract modifications
The service is still trying to get up to two Virginia-class attack boats per year.
Threats
A destroyer’s first deployment took an unexpected turn
Diverted from the western Pacific, USS Daniel Inouye’s Red Sea duty included the rescue of Iranian mariners.
Ideas
What reports got wrong about China’s ‘sunken nuclear submarine’
Western news organizations often miss crucial context—and even the real news—about Chinese military modernization.
Threats
US destroyers intercept Iranian missiles as Mideast crisis intensifies
Tehran's Tuesday evening strike on Israel used twice as many missiles as its April 14 barrage.
Defense Systems
The Navy’s new missile sub could cost ‘hundreds of millions’ extra: GAO
Report criticizes Electric Boat’s rosy assumptions, Navy’s spotty analysis.
Policy
Is the US military learning enough from Ukraine?
Relatively few analysts at the services’ doctrine organizations are working full-time to glean lessons from the war.
Defense Systems
