Instead of waiting until all the tank's fixings meet every requirement, the service wants soldiers in the field to “plug and play” with various hardware and software components, Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George said.
A senior AFRICOM official told Breaking Defense the command is still looking to shore up ISR capabilities after the 2024 Niger exit.
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
After pushing back its timeline to add flexibility to the program, the Army looks to award contracts later this year.
Appropriators threw a lifeline to the Navy’s F/A-XX fighter and Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail programs while slamming the door on the Army’s agile acquisition request.
Outlining next steps, Rheinmetall said that "the tank will undergo further trials, as it moves towards operational service as the centrepiece of the British Army’s modernisation programme."
As the service phases out old software — and the money budgeted to keep it running — the SEC’s executive director has a bold plan to keep his almost 900 civil service employees relevant, competitive, and funded.
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
“For years we’ve been trapped by the color of money,” Army Undersecretary Michael Obadal said. “We try to buy modern, agile software with rigid funding authorities, and predictably….it doesn’t work.”
Breaking Defense visits production lines for made-in-America circuit boards, displays, and missile components.
"We have a new tiltrotor aircraft, and it was supposed to be delivered in 2031, 2032 and we said, 'No, we need it, you know, very quickly,'" the Army chief of staff said.
The Army secretary said the “end state” of such arrangements would make the US and its allies "stronger" in a future conflict where they would have to fight together.
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SNC said the first prototype is scheduled to be delivered some time this year.
"We've invested more than a billion dollars in securing material ahead of orders, and that makes it a lot easier [to deliver on new orders]," said Tom Laliberty, president of land and air defense systems at Raytheon.
Disinformation is not just a policy issue, but a wider military threat to homeland security, writes William Coffin in this op-ed.
Unmanned systems reduce risk, extend communications chains and provide more precise delivery capabilities.