Stay up to date on the latest news and analysis from industry exhibitions, tradeshows, and events with DSJ’s conference recaps.
High F-35 Operating Costs informing prospective USAF F-15X Acquisition
1 March 2019 A key topic of discussion at this week's AFA Air Power Symposium is the Trump Administration's pending Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) budget and its anticipated inclusion of funding for the acquisition of new-builtF-15X fighter aircraft from Boeing Company. (It...
Comments of Heather Wilson, Secretary of the Air Force, at the 2019 Air Warfare Symposium
February 28, 2019 Innovation and the Future Fight • Thank you, Whit… • Thank you also to Larry Spencer, for your leadership and advocacy for our Air Force and our Airmen. It has been a pleasure to get to know you and to work with you… o And welcome to “Orville” Wright...
Dispatches from the Air Force Association’s 35th Air Warfare Symposium
The Air Force Association’s 35th annual Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition will be held 27 February - 1 March in Orlando, Florida and we are covering the event. The AFA Air Warfare Symposium is one of the nation's premier events for defense and aerospace...
Industry Offerings Featured at IDEX 2019
Among the aerospace and defense companies touting their offerings at the International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) show held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre February 17-21, 2019 -- are AM General, BAE Systems, Cubic Global Defense, Damen...
Previewing Leading Industry Offerings at I/ITSEC 2018
The annual Interservice/ Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) is the world’s largest modeling, simulation, and training conference. I/ITSEC consists of peer-reviewed paper presentations, tutorials, special events, professional workshops, a...
FVL competitors face setbacks, challenges
The Army is committed to investment and procurement of a Future Vertical Lift, a program to replace UH-60 Blackhawks with new helicopters that can go twice as fast, twice as far, with more agility and flexible payloads. The two partnerships,...
Here’s what the major firms are promoting at AUSA
With over 700+ exhibitors on the floor showcasing several offerings, it can get easy to get lost, so DSJ went to several major defense contractors and asked them for their one thing and here’s what they said or we saw: Company: BAE Systems Product: CV90 Mk...
Army to buy 100,000 weapons in initial NGSW contract
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milly said that the Army will be 100,000 weapons in its initial contract award for its Next-Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program, which aims for a 10x capability upgrade on the Army’s current M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon...
Army Secretary to cut $25 billion to re-center on modernization priorities
Secretary of the Army Mark Esper kicked off AUSA’s annual meeting with an announcement that he will cut on the “low-end” $25 billion in existing programs to funnel toward the Army’s six modernization priorities over the course of the five-year Future Years...
Raytheon and Rheinmetall to offer Lynx IFV to US Army as Bradley replacement
Formally unveiled at AUSA 2018, Raytheon is working with the German firm Rheinmetall to deliver a replacement for the aging Bradley. The existing Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) will answer the Army’s call for a Next-Generation Combat Vehicle. It...