Optical comms, VTOL and new choppers: AFA Roundup 2021

Cost rises to $275 billion for projected Trump-class battleship program, CBO says

Revised estimates predict the proposed 35,000-ton nuclear battle ships will cost from $18 to $23.4 billion each.
Could you make it through Denmark’s bootcamp for civilian conscripts?

Head inside a NATO ally’s program for turning draftees into troops in an intense training regimen intended to create citizen soldiers.
The cost of new battleships in a Golden Fleet | Defense News Weekly Full Episode 8.11.26

New estimates reveal an increased cost for a potential new class of ships for the Navy. Plus, military spouses head up quality of life improvement efforts.
What does a modern battleship cost? A lot. | Headlines

President Trump’s signature class of potential warships gets an updated cost estimate, and the projected price tag balloons. Plus, more military headlines.