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Andrew Hunter speaks at a panel discussion on "strengthening alliances and partnerships through defense cooperation" at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on March 16, 2018. Hunter, director of the defense-industrial initiatives group and a senior fellow in the international security program at CSIS, is President Joe Biden's nominee for assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics. Photo courtesy of CSIS.

Air Force pick pledges to tackle F-35 sustainment costs, back nuclear modernization

Controlling rising sustainment costs for the F-35 would be a top concern for the nominee to lead Air Force acquisitions.

2 years ago

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain joined the Royal Australian Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force in the South China Sea for multinational exercises, Oct. 19, 2020.

Democratic appropriators want to spend more on weapons procurement than Biden

House appropriators proposed $1.7 billion more for weapons procurement and $1.6 billion less for development and testing of cutting-edge technologies meant to deter China.

2 years ago

As Biden takes office, key nuclear and missile defense decisions loom

The incoming administration must make several decisions fairly quickly, says outgoing official Rob Soofer.

By Aaron Mehta

3 years ago

US House to vote on low-yield nukes and transgender troops this week

The Trump administration’s limits on transgender service members and new low-yield nuclear weapons are up for debate this week over 2020 spending legislation.

4 years ago

Mattis: No such thing as a ‘tactical’ nuclear weapon, but new cruise missile needed

When is a nuclear weapon tactical, and when is it strategic? It's pretty cut and dry for Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.

By Aaron Mehta

6 years ago

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