Overview

• A new American Enterprise Institute analysis projects space-based missile interceptor constellations could cost anywhere from tens of billions to several trillion dollars.
• Former Pentagon technology chief Mike Griffin characterizes midcourse intercept as the most attainable approach within the constraints of physics and budgets.
• A Government Accountability Office report says the Defense Department will review 23 authorized cybersecurity service providers to identify potential consolidation.
• The Navy issued a request for information seeking alternative methods for launching torpedoes from submarines and unmanned vessels under classified programs.
• House Republicans unveiled a proposed continuing resolution that includes carve-outs for the E-7 Wedgetail aircraft and Virginia-class submarine to help avert an Oct. 1 shutdown.