Dan Schere

1 week ago | insidedefense.com | Dan Schere

The Army’s air and missile defense force structure is planned to increase by 39% over the next five years, Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey, the commanding general of Army Space and Missile Defense Command said this week. Gainey gave the figure during a House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee hearing earlier this week, telling lawmakers, “It’s clear we are now entering a new air and missile age.” “With these threats in mind, SMDC is advancing air and missile defense strategy for...

1 week ago | insidedefense.com | Dan Schere

Maj. Gen. David Stewart, the director of the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office within the Pentagon, told Congress this week that the small UAS threat has now outpaced the danger that improvised explosive devices once posed to U.S. servicemembers abroad. “The small UAS threat is present and constantly evolving.

2 weeks ago | insidedefense.com | Dan Schere

In one of the first major shakeups of the Army under the second Trump administration, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing the service to make significant changes to its force structure and divest from a series of programs deemed “outdated, redundant and inefficient.” The changes include merging Army Futures Command with Training and Doctrine Command. Hegseth, in an April 30 memo, is directing Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to downsize, consolidate or close “redundant” headquarters.

2 weeks ago | insidedefense.com | Dan Schere

( Editor’s note: This story has been updated from its original version to include new information .) In one of the first major shakeups of the Army under the second Trump administration, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing the service to make significant changes to its force structure and divest from a series of programs deemed “outdated, redundant and inefficient.” The changes include merging Army Futures Command with Training and Doctrine Command, as well as canceling the Joint...

2 weeks ago | insidedefense.com | Dan Schere

With the fiscal year 2026 budget request anticipated to be released soon, the Army is taking steps to “codify” its practice of agile funding through line-item consolidation for certain programs, according to Alex Miller, the senior adviser for science and technology to the Army chief of staff. Senior service officials, including Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, have said multiple times over the last year that the Army plans to create three “bins” in the areas of unmanned systems, counter...