Lauren C. Williams

1 week ago | defenseone.com | Lauren C. Williams

And fewer people means lower costs for training, and potential lives saved. “When I look at a $2 billion destroyer that has 350 people on it, and I think of the overhead associated with the training that is required to man—from an O-5 commanding officer to an E-1 line handler,” Mustin said. “The benefit here is we provide all of the operations and maintenance. So you just get the benefit of the capability.”So if the benefits of autonomous systems are clear, what’s the hold up?

1 week ago | defenseone.com | Lauren C. Williams

Skip to Content Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Insights & Reports The Pentagon wants to cut several IT contracts with tech consulting firms in an effort to reduce duplicative spending and increase efficiency by relying on the defense civilian workforce, according to an April 10 memo.

1 week ago | defenseone.com | Bradley Peniston |Lauren C. Williams |Ben Watson

Skip to Content Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Insights & Reports After a two-month vacancy, President Trump has secured his preferred top military advisor. Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine was confirmed as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a 60-25 late-night Senate vote. Caine has extensive F-16 piloting experience, and he served as a counterterrorism advisor under President George W.

2 weeks ago | defenseone.com | Lauren C. Williams

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Two weeks into the Navy’s top job, John Phelan is wrestling with eye-popping program costs and “unacceptable” shipbuilding delays. “Every missed milestone in shipbuilding and maintenance is a risk to our national security. The need to rebuild and modernize our fleet is now more urgent than ever and has become, in my mind, a national emergency,” said Navy Secretary John Phelan during a keynote speech at the Sea-Air-Space conference on Wednesday.

2 weeks ago | defenseone.com | Bradley Peniston |Ben Watson |Lauren C. Williams

Skip to Content Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Insights & Reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says a $1 trillion defense budget is coming soon, the Pentagon chief boasted on social media. If confirmed, it would mark a significant rise from the current $892 billion defense budget, and at a time when President Donald Trump has pledged to cut the size of government and reduce spending.