Air Force Plans Wargames, Tech Experiments To Flesh Out Arctic Strategy

Air Force Plans Wargames, Tech Experiments To Flesh Out Arctic Strategy
Air Force Plans Wargames, Tech Experiments To Flesh Out Arctic Strategy

The Air Force is wargaming with allies on how to counter Russia and China in the Arctic, looking to “understand the nature of the competition, as well as the range of capabilities that each of us bring to the problem,” said Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote, the service’s lead strategist.

Allies, No-Strings Vaccines, Human Rights, Open Seas: SecDef In Singapore

Allies, No-Strings Vaccines, Human Rights, Open Seas: SecDef In Singapore
Allies, No-Strings Vaccines, Human Rights, Open Seas: SecDef In Singapore

“Unfortunately, Beijing’s unwillingness to resolve disputes peacefully and respect the rule of law isn’t just occurring on the water. We have also seen aggression against India… destabilizing military activity and other forms of coercion against the people of Taiwan… and genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang,” Secretary Austin said.

Aerospace: More Questions Than Answers For Milspace Norms

Aerospace: More Questions Than Answers For Milspace Norms
Aerospace: More Questions Than Answers For Milspace Norms

“I was a little surprised that the common thread wasn’t the solutions, it was the questions,” author Robin Dickey told Breaking Defense. “No one agrees on the solutions yet.”

Exclusive: NRO Erects Buy American Barriers Against Allied Satellite Data

Exclusive: NRO Erects Buy American Barriers Against Allied Satellite Data
Exclusive: NRO Erects Buy American Barriers Against Allied Satellite Data

The new policy is inconsistent with efforts by DoD and NGA to expand the trusted supplier base by better integrating allied firms into their acquisition chains, critics say.

Cyber Flag 21-2 Showcases New CYBERCOM Training Environment

Cyber Flag 21-2 Showcases New CYBERCOM Training Environment
Cyber Flag 21-2 Showcases New CYBERCOM Training Environment

“We can design any scenario we want to create,” says Col. Ally Smith, CYBERCOM division chief of exercise design and planning. “That puts us out in front of what our adversaries may want to do.”

Machinists Union Presses F-35 Jobs Campaign On Capitol Hill

Machinists Union Presses F-35 Jobs Campaign On Capitol Hill
Machinists Union Presses F-35 Jobs Campaign On Capitol Hill

“We’ve been applying pressure to members of Congress to make sure that this program is adequately funded,” Hasan Solomon, IAM’s political and legislative director, said of the union’s campaign to support the F-35.

AF Demos C2 Networking Tech To Link Services, Allies At Astral Knight 21

AF Demos C2 Networking Tech To Link Services, Allies At Astral Knight 21
AF Demos C2 Networking Tech To Link Services, Allies At Astral Knight 21

The 606th Air Control Squadron successfully used TORCC during the May 13-21 Astral Knight 21 exercise to relay integrated air and missile defense and C2 information to to pilots, “including directions for missions and threat awareness,” according to the 31st Air Wing.

White House Needs New Arms Sales Approach

White House Needs New Arms Sales Approach
White House Needs New Arms Sales Approach

President Biden has made clear in his first 100 days that he will pursue a values-based foreign policy that prioritizes democracy and human rights. This is welcome and past due. But his administration will need to lay out a new approach to US arms sales to make it happen. US arms sales are one of the…

Greece, Saudi Arabia Forge Closer Ties In Shadow of Iran & Turkey

Greece, Saudi Arabia Forge Closer Ties In Shadow of Iran & Turkey
Greece, Saudi Arabia Forge Closer Ties In Shadow of Iran & Turkey

“The Saudis might be demonstrating that they can go to other sources and solutions for air defense through building on the worsening of US-Turkish relations, at the heart of which is US unhappiness over Turkish acquisition of the Russian S-400 air defense system,” Yezid Sayegh, senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center, says.

India Getting P-8s In New Deal That Includes Local Investment

India Getting P-8s In New Deal That Includes Local Investment
India Getting P-8s In New Deal That Includes Local Investment

“We are committed to delivering offset programs that are in line with India’s Defence Acquisition Procedure and meet the Indian government’s stated goals, including strengthening India’s aerospace capabilities,” a Boeing statement says.

Norway, US Bolster Russian Sub Watching With New Bases

Norway, US Bolster Russian Sub Watching With New Bases
Norway, US Bolster Russian Sub Watching With New Bases

The US government will pay for all facilities it builds on Norwegian soil, and will not permanently base any troops there, officials in Oslo were quick to point out.

Air Force Culls ABMS Experiment After Budget Cut

Air Force Culls ABMS Experiment After Budget Cut
Air Force Culls ABMS Experiment After Budget Cut

The sixth ABMS onramp “was going to be in partnership with Australia, and allies and partners, in the Pacific Rim,” Air Force Chief Architect Preston Dunlap said, but “just due to the budget constraints, we had to pull the plug on that.”

SPACECOM To Tighten Ties To Japan

SPACECOM To Tighten Ties To Japan
SPACECOM To Tighten Ties To Japan

“The US doesn’t go anywhere alone, we don’t do it alone around the world, and we certainly don’t do it alone in space,” Lt. Gen. Nina M. Armagno, Space Force staff director said yesterday.

A New African Counter-Terrorism Strategy: An Opportunity For Biden Administration

A New African Counter-Terrorism Strategy: An Opportunity For Biden Administration
A New African Counter-Terrorism Strategy: An Opportunity For Biden Administration

The fight against terror groups often called VEOs (Violent Extremist Organizations) in Africa faces a key strategic turning point. The N’Djamena Summit – which just took place with a US representative attending — is considered the starting point for an assessment of the results of the current strategy undertaken in the Sahelo-Saharan region. The reassessment occurred because of…