12 posts tagged defense procurement from Defense & Donuts.
The Army has been trying to replace the Bradley IFV for decades. The XM30 program is the latest attempt, and it's already showing familiar signs of trouble.
K. BrennanThe Air Force's next-generation crewed fighter is burning cash faster than it's building planes. Here's what's actually going on.
K. BrennanThe Navy's Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle program is billions in and still searching for a clear mission. Here's what's actually going on.
K. BrennanThe Army is spending $6 billion to upgrade its Stryker fleet, but the vehicle's identity crisis is older than the program itself.
K. BrennanThe Navy's directed energy weapons can fry drones for pennies per shot, so why aren't they on every ship? Clouds, salt, and physics have opinions.
K. BrennanThe Army bet $43 billion on HoloLens-based goggles that would turn soldiers into cyborgs. Instead, troops got nausea and blurry icons.
K. BrennanThe Marine Corps' ACV costs $100M+ per vehicle and struggles to do two jobs at once. Here's why designing for both sea and land is so brutally hard.
K. BrennanThe Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System promised soldiers a heads-up display for the battlefield. What they got was a $70K headache.
K. BrennanThe B-21 Raider is America's most expensive bomber ever, but the real story isn't the price tag. It's that no one can verify it.
K. BrennanThe Army's FLRAA program promised to replace the Black Hawk by 2030. Spoiler: it won't. Here's what went wrong and why it matters.
K. BrennanThe Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program has a sticker shock problem that makes F-35s look like a bargain.
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