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“France is a power in the Pacific, it’s a power in Europe and it’s a multilateral power, and this is a very important partnership to Australia,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said.
By Colin Clark
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Innovative, interoperable capabilities networked seamlessly across all domains will be required to maintain the edge and deter future conflict.
By Breaking DefenseROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI presented integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
The service has sent hundreds of ground combat vehicles to Ukraine since February 2022, and Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean warned that “sustainment challenges” abound without additional dollars.
By Ashley Roque
Though hundreds of officers now appear to have a path to confirmation, officers up for positions like the head of Indo-Pacific Command and US Cyber Command remain in limbo.
By Lee Ferran and Justin Katz
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
Technologies being explored include “lunar power; mining and commercial in-situ resource utilization; communications, navigation, and timing; transit, mobility, and logistics; and construction and robotics,” according to DARPA.
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Breaking Defense’s Michael Marrow interviews Rep. Rob Wittman on a host of key defense issues.
By Lee Ferran
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.
The Air Force transitioned from “rescue” to “recovery” operations after determining that two of the eight crew members who have not been located or recovered are likely also deceased.
By Michael Marrow
The five Strategic Commercial Enhancements (SCE) contracts will allow NRO to study imagery and techniques used by the companies, which include novel ways of processing images to increase their fidelity and resolution.
By Theresa Hitchens
Andrew Shearer, Australia’s Director-General of National Intelligence, also discussed how analysts will use AI, and the “lively debate” about whether Japan could join the Five Eyes.
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“China’s actions point to a ratcheting up of pressure in support of spurious claims over the Nine-Dash Line,” one analyst told Breaking Defense.
By Colin Clark
SIPRI said global competitors moved faster, and revenues for defense firms in Asia and the Middle East “increased substantially.”
By Tim Martin
“It is an urgent issue. … We need counter UAS capabilities at scale,” said Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante. “We need lots of money, we need production lines to go up fast.”
By Michael Marrow
In January, Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo said the Army was moving away from a single-vendor approach the service has used in the past and was planning to award multiple vendors a spot for the re-compete.
By Jaspreet Gill
Millennium Space Systems is delivering on critical missile tracking constellation
With programs like MTC, Millennium Space Systems is redefining what it means to be an operational prime – rapidly delivering operational small sat constellations on rapid timelines.
