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“Even if the Russians are able to mobilize significant numbers, think about how many months [it is] going to take for them to emerge as operational formations,” Ben Hodges, the former head of US Army forces in Europe, told Breaking Defense.
By Reuben Johnson and Aaron Mehta
“We’ll do away with the GEOs, and the big, exquisite expensive satellites,” said SDA Director Derek Tournear.
By Theresa HitchensROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
In discussing the new Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 report, Sen. Angus King speculated some cyber deterrence against Russia is already paying off, with Putin “afraid” of the NSA.
By Jaspreet Gill
The new ICBM and B-21 bomber will be a “stabilizing force” for strategic deterrence that is born digital to meet evolving threats.
By Barry Rosenberg
Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
Multi-Domain Operations: Global C2 and Joint Operations
The Space Force is “working with all the other services and combat commanders to determine what are their requirements for ISR that we can then work with our partners in the Intelligence Community to figure out how best to satisfy those requirements,” CSO Gen. Jay Raymond said.
By Theresa Hitchens
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On the 50th anniversary of the F-15 Eagle’s first flight and its groundbreaking APG-63 radar that helped the fighter revolutionize tactical combat, here’s a look at the state of radars and mission systems today.
By Breaking Defense
Modernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
Boeing will begin integrating Red 6’s technology on a TA-4 test plane next month, a company executive said, with “campaign-level” metaverse training dreams in the future.
By Valerie Insinna
After completing the System Requirements Review-Prototype phase, Raytheon moves on to preliminary design, inching closer to a prototype in its competition with Northrop Grumman.
By Andrew Eversden
The Space Force revealed its “Vision for a Digital Service” last May, which defined what the digital service would look like through four focus areas.
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When SDA joins Space Force in a couple weeks, their more agile acquisition cycle could spread to other Space Force offices.
By Theresa Hitchens
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The Nigerian Air Force is flying a dozen A-29 Super Tucano aircraft in its efforts to quell the Boko Haram insurgency.
By Breaking Defense
The first B-21 is set to make its inaugural flight in 2023, but the public will get to finally see it in December.
By Valerie Insinna
The Foreign Military Sales contract is likely to be worth around $985 million USD.
By Colin Clark
Gray Eagle is the low-cost, low-risk answer to Army modernization
Gray Eagle STOL and Gray Eagle 25M are the best options for Army aviation as it assesses where to move from its current inflection point.
As China looms, the Heritage Foundation’s JV Venable argues for saving 33 F-22s from the chopping block.
By John Venable