Jen Judson
Land Warfare Reporter
Jen Judson is an award-winning journalist covering land warfare for Defense News. She has also worked for Politico and Inside Defense. She holds a Master of Science degree in journalism from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kenyon College.
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Missile Defense Agency’s FY26 budget targets homeland missile defense
The request includes funding for systems designed to defend the homeland against intercontinental ballistic missiles from Iran and North Korea.
Army reshapes Defender Pacific to bolster joint focus
The U.S. military exercise Defender Pacific is getting a makeover in hopes the event will improve joint targeting capabilities and concepts over the next few years.
‘No way around it’: Facing budget cuts, Army braces to fight for modernization
As budget experts caution the Army will see reduced or — at best — flat budgets in the coming years, service officials are readying for a more difficult look at how to cut costs to preserve modernization momentum. This could mean making harder decisions about the future of its inventory or making cuts to reduce readiness or end strength.
US Army gets its first look at Bradley replacement options
The five companies competing to design the replacement for the U.S. Army’s Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle recently finished an initial concept review, and the service has conducted a detailed assessment of those early digital designs, according to an official overseeing the program.
Post-Afghanistan, the US Army wants to carve out its role in the Pacific
With the U.S. military out of Afghanistan and operations in the Middle East no longer competing for resources and attention, the Army must chart its path in a great power conflict, and do so after decades of struggling to push modernization programs across the finish line.
US Army insists next year’s Defender Europe is not canceled
The U.S. Army is pushing back on claims made in congressional language that the Defender Europe exercise is canceled and will be replaced by smaller drills in 2022. However, the exercise will not be the division-level event it was originally intended to be.
Army closes in on replacement for Patriot air defense system
The linchpin of the Army’s future Integrated Air-and-Missile Defense (IAMD) system, the Integrated Battle Command System, or IBCS, will complete its critical initial operational test and evaluation in 2022.
Army to kick off Joint Light Tactical Vehicle competition early next year
The U.S. Army is putting the finishing touches on its request for proposals to industry to officially open a competition worth up to $12 billion to build more Joint Light Tactical Vehicles.
COVID snags Army’s race to fly future helicopter with next-gen engine
Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, the U.S. Army set an aggressive goal for its next-generation helicopter engine program. But the timeline was not immune.
Mark your calendar: The Black Hawk ‘Victor’ models are heading toward a key operational test
The Victor model is the first foray into an open-architecture system for the Army’s fleet of helicopters and could serve as a foundation or model for the service as it attempts to field two future vertical lift aircraft by 2030 with modular, open-system backbones.
After delay, Joint Air-to-Ground Missile full-rate production decision now due in mid-2022
Having failed to achieve desired lethal effects on a maritime target, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps had to delay fielding of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile. But now a full-rate production decision is expected in the summer of 2022, according to Maj. Gen. Robert Rasch, the Army’s program executive officer for missiles and space.
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