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Hypersonics: Developing And Defending Against Missiles Far Faster Than Sound

Hypersonics: Developing And Defending Against Missiles Far Faster Than Sound
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APKWS Upgrade Extends Range By 30 Percent: BAE

APKWS Upgrade Extends Range By 30 Percent: BAE
APKWS Upgrade Extends Range By 30 Percent: BAE

“Starting early next year, the upgraded kit will be the only kit in production. All orders set to deliver next year will be the upgraded version of APKWS,” a BAE spokesman said.

Israeli Multi Domain War Gets First Test In Gaza

Israeli Multi Domain War Gets First Test In Gaza
Israeli Multi Domain War Gets First Test In Gaza

TEL AVIV: For the first time, the Israeli Defense Force is using multi-domain operations in the strike against Hamas in Gaza. The air, infantry, armor, artillery and naval forces are finding, fixing and destroying targets in Gaza according to “who has the best shot,” an Israeli defense source here says. Key to this is deployment…

Upgraded Iron Dome Defeats Drones & Rockets In Test

Upgraded Iron Dome Defeats Drones & Rockets In Test
Upgraded Iron Dome Defeats Drones & Rockets In Test

The attacks by different types of threats was modeled on Iranian tactics. Now the US will get the same upgrades.

Hypersonics: DoD Wants ‘Hundreds of Weapons’ ASAP

Hypersonics: DoD Wants ‘Hundreds of Weapons’ ASAP
Hypersonics: DoD Wants ‘Hundreds of Weapons’ ASAP

“We want to deliver hypersonics at scale,” said R&D director Mark Lewis, from air-breathing cruise missiles to rocket-boosted gliders that fly through space.

Israelis Seek Lasers Vs. Hamas, Hezbollah Rocket Barrages

Israelis Seek Lasers Vs. Hamas, Hezbollah Rocket Barrages
Israelis Seek Lasers Vs. Hamas, Hezbollah Rocket Barrages

Israel largely abandoned lasers 12 years ago, but “there is a growing number of experts that understand the mistake that was made,” a senior Israeli source told Breaking Defense. “(We’re) ready to restart development with the more advanced building blocks available today.”

DoD AUDIT: Air Force Finds Mystery Motors, Other Highlights

DoD AUDIT: Air Force Finds Mystery Motors, Other Highlights
DoD AUDIT: Air Force Finds Mystery Motors, Other Highlights

After waiting almost three decades to audit itself, the Pentagon still failed miserably in its first attempt. Despite top officials brushing the failure off an an expected learning experience, real questions remain over whether it can fix itself.

Amazon’s Bezos To Air Force: Don’t Overthink It (But….)

Amazon’s Bezos To Air Force: Don’t Overthink It (But….)
Amazon’s Bezos To Air Force: Don’t Overthink It (But….)

What did Amazon founder, Washington Post owner and space entrepreneur Jeff Bezos tell the Air Force Association?

Don’t overthink it.
Don’t sweat the small stuff, but it’s not all small stuff.
On low stakes decisions, you should go fast, experiment, try and fail and try again; but on the big stuff — the irreversible decisions — for God’s sake, take your time.

Army Will Field 100 Km Cannon, 500 Km Missiles: LRPF CFT

Army Will Field 100 Km Cannon, 500 Km Missiles: LRPF CFT
Army Will Field 100 Km Cannon, 500 Km Missiles: LRPF CFT

The Army is modernizing three artillery systems: 155 cannon, the cheapest option, for the close fight against the enemy’s frontline forces; guided rockets for the deep fight against enemy reinforcements and supply lines; and missiles, the most expensive munitions, for very deep or even strategic strikes against targets in the enemy rear and homeland.

McCain Compromises On RD-180s: Are Rocket Wars Over?

McCain Compromises On RD-180s: Are Rocket Wars Over?
McCain Compromises On RD-180s: Are Rocket Wars Over?

WASHINGTON: The defense bill that passed the Senate today might just end the long and bitter wrangle over Russian rocket engines. Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain has called for an end to Pentagon purchases of the RD-180 rocket engine, charging it enriched “Putin’s cronies.” His committee unanimously passed a draft National Defense Authorization Act…

It’s ‘War’ Twixt Appropriators & Authorizers Over RD-180s: Sen. Durbin

It’s ‘War’ Twixt Appropriators & Authorizers Over RD-180s: Sen. Durbin
It’s ‘War’ Twixt Appropriators & Authorizers Over RD-180s: Sen. Durbin

CAPITOL HILL: The Senate battle over Russian rockets keeps rocking. Senators Dick Durbin and Richard Shelby sent most of this morning’s defense appropriations hearing defending the Pentagon’s plan to keep using the cheap and technologically reliable but politically toxic RD-180 until an American-made replacement is ready, sometime around 2020-2021. Durbin and Shelby denounced the effort…

Kendall ‘Open-Minded’ On Sharing RD-180 Replacement Costs

Kendall ‘Open-Minded’ On Sharing RD-180 Replacement Costs
Kendall ‘Open-Minded’ On Sharing RD-180 Replacement Costs

HUNTSVILLE, ALA.: American ingenuity can absolutely build a rocket engine to replace the Russian-made RD-180, the Pentagon’s top buyer said today. The wide-open questions are: how soon can they do it; and how much will the Pentagon have to pay. “The big problem isn’t the technology, it’s the time,” Frank Kendall told reporters at the…

Pawlikowski On Air Force Offset Strategy: F-35s Flying Drone Fleets

Pawlikowski On Air Force Offset Strategy: F-35s Flying Drone Fleets
Pawlikowski On Air Force Offset Strategy: F-35s Flying Drone Fleets

PENTAGON: Ellen Pawlikowski helps decide what weapons the Air Force buys and manages the buying process, so when the lieutenant general says she likes autonomy and 3-D printing as the most promising capabilities for her service to develop as part of the new offset strategy, it’s worth listening. “This is Ellen Pawlikowski speaking,” she says in…

Will SpaceX Be Ready For Launch Dec. 1st?

Will SpaceX Be Ready For Launch Dec. 1st?
Will SpaceX Be Ready For Launch Dec. 1st?

NATIONAL HARBOR: When will the Air Force certify SpaceX as ready to launch military satellites — if they certify the upstart startup at all? The new chief of Air Force Space Command said this morning that “hopefully” he could certify SpaceX by December 1st. Just hours later, though, the Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah…