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By Breaking DefenseMillennium 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.
In 2023, the US Army eyed ways to better support troops in the Indo-Pacific region, and ways to restructure its formations for the future.
By Ashley Roque
While the service is still hunting for hard-kill APS solutions for the fleet, it is also looking more broadly at different formation protection options.
By Ashley Roque
A trio of Army generals recently described the service’s plans for two-part Project Convergence event that will include new sensor-to-shooter integration, two formations with added robots, and a USMC autonomous watercraft.
By Ashley Roque
“Every time it’s like, go watch one [robotic tactical vehicle] follow another one around the parking lot and it runs over the curb and I’m like, ‘Come on, we got to do better than this,” Gen. James Rainey said today.
By Ashley Roque
Soldiers will begin receiving the Strykers outfitted with 30mm cannons next fall, or roughly nine months to a year later than initially anticipated.
By Ashley Roque
What’s new in naval radars and missiles: Defending the Pacific
Defending U.S. naval forces in the Pacific, Red Sea, and elsewhere require a range of systems from close-in weapons to anti-ballistic missiles.
“The delivery of Precision Strike Missile Increment 1 early operational capability missiles follows successful production qualification testing in November,” the service wrote in a short statement.
By Ashley Roque
SDA Director Derek Tournear said next year his organization will begin launching the Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites for regional communications, which also will carry a “navigation message” embedded in their venerable Link 16 data links.
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Army Under Secretary Gabe tells Breaking Defense it’s “absolutely critical” that Congress passes a full budget over a continuing resolution.
By Lee Ferran
“There’s no new science, it’s just a mechanical engineering problem to make sure…that missile works with that launcher … because both were new and normally you don’t do it that way,” Army acquisition chief Doug Bush told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley Roque
Autonomy in the pursuit of interoperability is today’s path for ground robotics.
By Barry Rosenberg
The US Army is about to get its hands on a brand new long-range strike capability. In this op-ed, two FDD analysts have ideas about where it’s desperately needed.
By Bradley Bowman and Ryan Brobst
“We no longer regard information as a separate consideration or the sole purview of technical specialists,” the new ADP 3-13 says. “Instead, we view information as a resource that is integrated into operations” — from cyberwar to psyops, reconnaissance to deterrence, social media to camouflage.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
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By Breaking Defense