Category Archives: U.S. Space Force

Franchetti: Columbia Program Meeting Contracted Delivery Schedule

Franchetti: Columbia Program Meeting Contracted Delivery Schedule

Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti answers questions from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee during her confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Sep. 14 2023. U.S. Navy Photo

The program to replace the Navy’s sea-based leg of the nuclear triad is on track for its new schedule, the nominee to lead the sea service told Congress on Thursday. Read More

GAO Report on DoD Bulk Fuel

GAO Report on DoD Bulk Fuel

The following is the June 22, 2023, Government Accountability Office Report, DoD Bulk Fuel: Improved Management over Transactions Could Lead to More Reliable Financial Reporting. Read More

HASC Personnel Markup Includes Pay Raise, Creation of Space National Guard

HASC Personnel Markup Includes Pay Raise, Creation of Space National Guard

Sailors assigned to air department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), man the hose team during a general quarters drill, in Newport News, Virginia April 7, 2023. US Navy Photo

Military service members could see a 5.2 percent raise as part of the House Armed Services personnel subcommittee’s markup of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. Read More

GAO Report on GPS Modernization

GAO Report on GPS Modernization

The following is the June 2023, Government Accountability Office report, GPS Modernization Space Force Should Reassess Requirements for Satellites and Handheld Devices Read More

SECDEF Austin: Tuberville's ‘Unprecedented’ Hold on Pentagon Nominees Creates ‘Perilous Precedent’

SECDEF Austin: Tuberville’s ‘Unprecedented’ Hold on Pentagon Nominees Creates ‘Perilous Precedent’

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley address the media during a press conference in April. DoD Photo

An Alabama senator’s hold on all Department of Defense civilian and military nominations is “unprecedented in its scale and scope” and “a clear risk to U.S. military readiness,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin wrote in a Friday letter to Congress, obtained by USNI News. Read More