The United States and its NATO allies need a “whole of government information campaign” to respond appropriately to Russian disinformation operations, Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday. “In the Cold War we had one,” he...
A proper response to Russian aggression in Europe “requires us to have more capacity,” Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of US European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday. “I don’t have the...
US Pacific Air Forces wanted two B-1 Lancers to participate in a bilateral exercise related to the North Korean threat this week, but only one bomber was ready to fly. The B-1, deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, as part of...
Don’t expect huge increases in defense spending, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday. “There are two numbers,” Smith said. The $603 billion figure is the President’s recommended spending level, and the $640...
Though F-35 program officials have been talking about hitting a then-year unit cost of $85 million by 2019, the new goal is $80 million by 2020—and that may not be the bottom, said Program Executive Officer Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan....
Even though the number of protests sustained against Air Force contract awards is “pretty low,” the service wants contractors to think more than twice about lodging a protest unless they’ve got a real good reason. “I want them to have...
More than 200 F-35s have been delivered, and after 15 years of production, the new fighter actually suffers from “vanishing vendor syndrome,” program executive officer Christopher Bogdan told attendees at a McAleese/Credit Suisse conference in Washington on Wednesday. Some of...
How did the F-35 program turn around the opinion of President Donald Trump, who before his inauguration said the program was too expensive and “out of control” but recently has spoken of it favorably? “What I think came out” of...
Russia has continually sought to intimidate NATO through its deceptive practice of snap exercises, Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday. These military exercises are “broadcast...