Ashley Roque

1 month ago | breakingdefense.com | Ashley Roque

GLOBAL FORCE 2025 — A Raytheon-led industry team demoed a new autonomous launcher, dubbed DeepStrike, paired with its bid for a new training missile at this month’s Project Converge Capstone 5 event, according to one company official. “[There were] different objectives in each of those shots, but we have successfully fired [the DeepStrike launcher] three different times,” Brian Burton, vice president of Precision Fires and Maneuver at Raytheon, told Breaking Defense.

1 month ago | breakingdefense.com | Ashley Roque

FORT IRWIN — Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George is weighing the future of Project Convergence, the service’s premiere event designed to experiment with new technology and weapons, as some inside industry are questioning whether the exercise still retains value. “We [have] to constantly look at everything that we’re doing,” the four-star general told Breaking Defense when asked about the investment of time and money to host the multi-week capstone event.

1 month ago | breakingdefense.com | Ashley Roque

GLOBAL FORCE 2025 — General Dynamics Land Systems is rolling out a modified version of its European built Pandur 6X6 combat vehicle, outfitted with a short-range air defense (SHORAD) turret currently in the US Army’s arsenal. “The intent behind the Pandur is to start looking at how it can fit into the light infantry and the joint forcible entry requirements and operations that the Army has,” Ray Moldovan, the company’s manager for US business development, told Breaking Defense this week.

1 month ago | breakingdefense.com | Ashley Roque

WASHINGTON — Now that lawmakers have signed off on a full-year continuing resolution (CR), US Army officials are weighing their options for how to pay for the second iteration of the service’s “transformation in contact” effort — one that they plan to be larger than last year, according to a three-star general. “Is a full-year CR going to have an impact? Yes, it is,” Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Karl Gingrich told an audience today during the McAleese defense programs conference.

1 month ago | breakingdefense.com | Ashley Roque

WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials are launching forward with plans to expand the use of the Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) and throw additional work towards the Defense Innovation Unit, now that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has officially issued new guidance. “Right now, the way the Pentagon buys software is slow, outdated and filled with bureaucracy. Meanwhile, our adversaries are moving fast” one defense official told reporters today on a phone call.