‘Sense Of Crisis’ On China-Taiwan: Japan Defense White Paper
Chinese actions in the Pacific are posing a "grave concern" for Japan's military, a new official paper concludes.
CAPE’s TacAir ‘Affordability’ Insights Out In Fall
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is "critical to being able to execute the emerging operational concepts" being honed by the Joint Staff for future conflict, Joseph Nogueira, acting CAPE director, says.
Army Seeks New Tech For Capability Set 25
More quickly, efficiently, and effectively getting soldiers the working tech they need is a big goal of the capability sets.
Digital Design Revolution Key To All Domain Ops: Air & Space Officials Say
Digital "transformation" is "critical to being able to maintain our advantage over peer competitors," Kristen Baldwin, Air Force deputy assistant secretary for science, technology & engineering, says.
DISA Seeks ‘Radical’ New Electromagnetic Battle Management System
Prototypes should provide "a radically new set of capabilities," according to DISA. "This work has never been done before within the DoD and requires a novel approach."
DoD Kills JEDI, Pivots To Multi-Cloud
Acting DoD CIO John Sherman said Microsoft and AWS will likely be invited to bid on JWCC, and DoD will also look at the capabilities of other US-based cloud service providers, such as Google, IBM, and Oracle.
Skyborg AI Flies Second Drone; Demos ‘Portability’
"Future Skyborg experimentation events will explore direct manned-unmanned teaming between manned aircraft and multiple ACS-controlled unmanned aircraft," AFRL said today.
First ABMS Buy: KC-46 Pods To Link F-22, F-35
Decision-making software tools and IT infrastructure are next on the agenda for ABMS investment, say senior Air Force officials.
Joint ‘Strategic Directives’ Set Requirements For All Domain Ops
The Joint Warfighting Concept "is an excellent concept, but the concept is just that -- it's a concept. That concept is going to drive experimentation, it's going to drive future capabilities and future doctrine, but right now it's just the concept and we're still learning with it," VCJCS Gen. John Hyten says.
SDA Demos Spotlight Tech Hurdles To JADC2 Backbone
Two of the experiments, each involving two satellites, are focused on laser links: one between satellites themselves; the other from satellites to a MQ-9 Reaper drone on the ground.
‘More (JADC2) Gaps Than We Can Cover:’ Lt. Gen. Crall
“We’re into the posture review, which is making its final rounds, which shows the gaps,” said Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, J6 director.
SecDef Austin Takes Personal Charge of DoD China Policy With Classified Directive
WASHINGTON: In a clear sign that China really is the Biden administration’s tracking threat against which much of its strategy, budget and policy will be forged, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin today approved a classified directive ordering the military to shrink the gap between what it says and what it does regarding China. “The efforts I […]
SecDef OKs JADC2 Strategy: Now OSD Has ‘Teeth’
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has signed the strategy guiding the massive effort to knit troopers on the front lines to F-35s, submarines, satellites, ships and commanders across the globe, known as Joint All Domain Command and Control. The approval by Austin “brings order to our efforts in the command and control arena” Marine Corps […]
AF Demos C2 Networking Tech To Link Services, Allies At Astral Knight 21
The 606th Air Control Squadron successfully used TORCC during the May 13-21 Astral Knight 21 exercise to relay integrated air and missile defense and C2 information to to pilots, "including directions for missions and threat awareness," according to the 31st Air Wing.