The Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) leads a formation during U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) April 21, 2021. (Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe/U.S. Navy)

Navy wants to see big uptick in Zumwalt-class destroyer operations over the next year

2022 will be a big year for the Zumwalt-class destroyer program, as first-in-class Zumwalt and sister ship Michael Monsoor continue finding their place in the fleet — and perhaps make a debut at a major naval exercise.

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An engineering development model UH-60V Black Hawk hovers above the runway as part of its successful initial test flight Jan. 19, 2017, in Meridianville, Alabama. The UH-60V is being designed to update existing UH-60L analog architecture with a digital infrastructure to address evolving interoperability and survivability requirements. (U.S. Army)

US Army National Guard to get first UH-60Vs this month

The UH-60V converts a Lima-model Black Hawk from an analog cockpit to a digital one.

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M1 Abrams Tanks stand ready prior to being loaded onto the American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Endurance in 2020 in Savannah, Ga., for DEFENDER-Europe 20. (Pfc. Carlos Cuebas Fantauzzi/U.S. Army)

Senate authorizers want to fund the Army’s entire wish list

Senate authorizers are poised to inject funding into the U.S. Army's FY22 budget after it took a hit in the White House request, beginning with dollars for everything on the service's unfunded requirements list sent to Congress in June.

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Lawmakers want the Pentagon to get a better grasp on its supply chain for critical technologies such as semiconductors amid fears that suppliers are too engrained in China. (krystiannawrocki/Getty Images)

Lawmakers want Pentagon to map supply chain risks, cut China products

A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to force the Pentagon to identify supply chain vulnerabilities.

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