South Korea boosts ties with Aussies; OKs $1 billion AUD defense deal
The howitzer deal may help South Korea in the much larger competition for Australia's replacement for the M113 Armored Personnel Carriers.
‘Almost a melding’ of US, UK, Aussie services coming: NSC’s Kurt Campbell
The context for President Biden's almost four-hour discussion Monday night with President Xi Jinpeng, Kurt Campbell said, is "that the United States is here to stay in the Indo-Pacific, and we're going to defend and support the operating system that has been so good for so many of us for many years."
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Networked for the fight: Army aviation’s next advantage
As operating environments grow more complex, Link 16 provides instantaneous, mission-wide connectivity to ensure no aircraft flies alone.
Aussie PM targets quantum tech, announces ‘critical technologies’ push
Australia’s ambassador to the US, Arthur Sinodinos, confirmed unequivocally that the “mature” submarines his country will buy will use highly enriched uranium: “The subs would be using HEU, and we’re just working out now the arrangements what that will mean in practice.”
Aussies would join US to defend Taiwan; Defense Minister says ‘inconceivable’ they wouldn’t
The reliably bellicose Global Times' editor, Hu Xijin, slammed Dutton's remarks in a Tweet, promising a “heavy attack” on Australia if it should get involved in any Taiwan conflict.
China’s newest aircraft carrier may launch early next year; How many aircraft?
In addition to the speedy construction of the carrier, analysts called attention to the shipyard's foreign customers, who appear to be effectively subsidizing the carrier's construction.
‘One of the largest shifts in global geostrategic power:’ Milley on China’s rise
New Pentagon report highlights China's growing nuclear arsenal, but stresses a broader danger: miscalculation by Beijing or Washington.
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Right sized for the fight, smaller Group 2 drones are solving for the limitations of larger UAS
It’s fuel cells, not batteries, that let Group 2 unmanned VTOLS fulfill many missions of larger Group 3s.
Aussies to pick ‘mature’ nuke sub design; Is UK’s Astute class frontrunner?
Analyst Tim Walton thinks it'd be wise for Australia to field other, complementary undersea warfare capabilities such as "the Transformational Reliable Acoustic Path System and mobile sensors such as Wave Gliders with towed arrays to inexpensively monitor straits and ocean areas."
‘Hundreds’ Of China Hypersonic Tests Vs. 9 US; Hyten Says US Moves Too Slowly
Gen. Hyten said he's "probably" going to approve "today or tomorrow a new requirement for Integrated Air and Missile Defense," which is a pillar of the Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC).
US, China, Russia Test New Space War Tactics: Sats Buzzing, Spoofing, Spying
Models shared exclusively with Breaking Defense offer a rare glimpse into nation-on-nation run-ins in space as satellites follow, flee, and, allegedly, listen in on each other.
China ‘Not An Olympian Power’: Presumptive China Ambassador ‘Confident’ In US
Top Senate Foreign Relations Republican sounds alarm after "China's test [...] of a Fractional Orbital Bombardment system," saying it would "allow the PRC to completely circumvent US early warning capabilities and increase the vulnerability of the continental US to a nuclear attack."
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America needs next-gen solutions to counter modern air and missile threats
Defending a country the size of the US from threats requires advanced sensing, communications and interception capabilities.
‘Absolutely Not True’: Army CIO Answers Claim US Has Already Lost To China In AI
"If you looked at both what we have in the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, across the federal government and our industrial partners, we have the best AI technology," Army CIO Ray Iyer said.
AMPV Weld Problems Fixed; BAE, Army Agree On New Baseline
The program, which was rebaselined during Low Rate Initial Production, is now meeting monthly production goals, Jim Schimer, deputy PEO for ground combat systems, told us. But a "gap remains" between what BAE was contracted to supply and what they are supplying.
Army Puts Leidos Special Mission Plane Through Paces At Project Convergence
A newly configured plane -- which they're calling ARTEMIS 2.0 -- is expected to be ready in March 2022, Leidos says. This comes after two extensive deployments to both the Pacific and European theaters, flying more than 569 mission hours and boasting an impressive readiness rate of more than 90 percent in 2020.
Why The Army Still Matters In The Pacific
"The point is, that it is Asia that is the prize. We call it the Pacific, but Asia is the prize," argues Maj. Gen. Brad Gericke, the Army's director for strategy, plans and policy. "And that's where power, that's where economic, military social informational power is going to primarily emanate from over the next century."