NORAD boss Gen. Glen VanHerck stressed the need for over-the-horizon radars and other capabilities to bring homeland defense in line with threats from Russia and China.
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While Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said he's “comfortable” with the amount of spending in the Air Force’s fiscal 2024 budget, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-V.) said it’s not big enough, arguing for funding that at least matches the rate of inflation.
While U.S. military leaders worry about China as a near-peer threat, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has doubts has serious doubts about the PLA’s political reliability, leadership, and ability to mobilize, fight, and win wars, according to a new report.
The U.S. Air Force marked an important first earlier this week when F-22 Raptors deployed to Clark Air Force Base, the first time U.S. fifth-generation fighters have ever deployed to the Philippines, the Air Force said. The F-22 deployment, which took place on March 13 ...
At $886 billion, the Pentagon’s 2024 budget request is “first and foremost ... a procurement budget,” assistant defense secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said March 13—a shift from the first two budget requests of the Biden administration, which emphasized investments in research and development.
The Biden administration is requesting $259 billion for the Department of Air Force in its fiscal 2024 budget, an increase of more than $9 billion or about 4 percent over this year. Not all that money would go to the Air Force and Space Force, ...
Ahead of the release of Pentagon’s 2024 budget release in the coming weeks, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin touted “major investments” by the DOD across a broad array of portfolios, including the nuclear triad, space, and next-generation fighter aircraft—while promising “once-in-a-generation” expenditures for shipyards and munitions ...
China’s growing capabilities and recent boldness in the air domain represent “dangerous and destabilizing” behavior patterns, the Pentagon’s top official on the Indo-Pacific said March 2. Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, discussed how China continues to prod the U.S. and challenge ...
Mara Karlin, assistant secretary of defense for strategies, plans and capabilities, reiterated the DOD’s focus on China as the primary military, economic, technological, and diplomatic competitor to the U.S. during a March 1 forum. Speaking at a Center for a New American Security (CNAS) event ...