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![First Replicator systems delivered to users, Hicks says](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/08/230828_DVIDS_hicks_briefing_6850347-scaled-e1710195418965-225x150.jpg)
“The delivery of Replicator systems to the warfighter began earlier this month. This shows that warfighter-centric innovation is not only possible; it’s producing real results,” Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said in a statement.
By Aaron Mehta![In Japan, a US squadron’s future in limbo with Air Force plans to cut MH-139 buy](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/3829487-scaled-e1716451213163-225x150.jpg)
“It’s one of those things that you won’t know what you’re missing until it’s gone,” said Lt. Col. Samuel Shamburg, commander of the 459th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
By Valerie Insinna![With back-to-back deals in Peru, South Korea defense industry expands South American foothold](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/240517_peru_navy_ship_908420-e1715970044103-225x150.jpg)
A new shipbuilding deal could be a test case that, if successful, could lead for years more work and millions more in deals for Seoul, in Peru and South America.
By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez![China’s purported ‘drone carrier’ could be used for testing, shows PLA ‘learning’ mindset: Analysts](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/221219_xi_navy_GettyImages-180776873-scaled-e1671469373982-225x150.jpg)
If it is what it appears, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his subordinates “are demonstrating a real ability to be flexible and innovative. Not all innovation succeeds, but it’s the willingness to try that counts,” Chinese defense expert Dean Cheng said.
By Colin Clark![Air Force eyes 6 locations to test out new deployment model](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/dyess-maintainers-scaled-e1715801854888-225x150.jpg)
“So this is kind of walking us back towards this model that we had during the Cold War, where we know each other, we train together, we’re building the team in peacetime and in preparation for deployment,” a senior Air Force official said.
By Michael Marrow![Aloha: Fixes ongoing, then Army’s new watercraft prototype is Hawaii bound for testing](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/03/MSV1-scaled-e1677702737147-225x150.jpg)
“Everything that we can knock off that list we will do in the archipelago…because that allows us to do the tests in the environment that the vessel will operate in ultimately,” said Maj. Gen. Jered Helwig.
By Ashley Roque![UK Royal Marines to acquire 6 new multirole support ships, cost yet to be decided](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/45170457.jpg.iCfBhdHiMWATAA.4-JutrtN6H-e1715697924513-225x150.jpg)
Reflecting on the decision to add the six MRSS vessels to 22 other Royal Navy ships on order or in build, UK defence secretary Grant Shapps said, “this is a golden age for British shipbuilding.”
By Tim Martin![BAE Systems, Kongsberg eyeing upgrade to Marine Corps’ ACV centered on battlefield awareness](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/8381635-scaled-e1715091573307-225x150.jpg)
The capabilities the companies described as part of the ICS are similar to what Pentagon officials have said is needed for Joint All Domain Command and Control.
By Justin Katz![Reauthorize the Defense Production Act, but make changes for the 21st century](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/220524_pentagon_abstract_GettyImages-1344783132-scaled-225x150.jpg)
In this op-ed, Jeffrey Nadaner lays out ways to modernize the Defense Production Act to better serve the defense industrial base.
By Jeffrey “Jeb” Nadaner![Pentagon confirms Switchblade 600 made first Replicator tranche](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/04/230405_SAS_underwater_drone_Mehta_crop-225x150.png)
“This is a critical step in delivering the capabilities we need, at the scale and speed we need, to continue securing a free and open Indo-Pacific” said Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
By Ashley Roque![Marines eye 2025 fielding of 3 new, mobile air defense systems](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/01/mric-1-e1690827204163-225x150.jpg)
“We are on track from a programmatic standpoint — cost, schedule performance — but we’re always gonna be late to need,” said Col. Andrew Konicki, the program manager for Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD). “The threat is ever changing and ever evolving.”
By Ashley Roque![Countering China’s Red Dragon over the South China Sea](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/03/phil-china-scaled-e1710443057270-225x150.jpg)
Thelmar Rosarda and Nathaniel Schochet of CNAS argue in this op-ed that the US should strengthen its partnerships with countries to combat China’s aggression in the South China Sea.
By Thelmar Rosarda and Nathaniel Schochet![If CJADC2 is to ever happen, let INDOPACOM take the lead](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/GettyImages-1730504536-scaled-e1714486193380-225x150.jpg)
Retired Army officer John D. Rosenberger argues in this op-ed that the INDOPACOM chief should become the lead for the Pentagon’s CJADC2 efforts, with an eye towards what is needed to counter China.
By John D. Rosenberger
In this op-ed, John D. Rosenberger discusses the need for a Standing Combined Joint Task Force to face the China threat.
By John D. Rosenberger