Winning future wars will not be about maintaining information advantage but rather prevailing when neither side has the advantage. And that is not a war that can be won by new technologies alone, writes CNAS's Andrew Metrick.
The Air Force also needs to define which initial capabilities it plans to deliver under another ABMS effort this year, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report.
The solution starts with an outstanding portfolio of Challenger and Global aircraft, recognized as the world’s top-performing business jets.
Speaking with Breaking Defense and Defense One on Tuesday, SPACECOM head Gen. Jim Dickinson noted the importance of space "governance," including "norms of responsible behavior," and the "need to better preserve" the space environment.
"We have to demonstrate a resolve as a country and as an alliance that prevents the worst-case scenario from happening or nobody's going to care how much [readiness] I preserved for the future," Air Mobility Command head Gen. Mike Minihan said in an exclusive interview.
Data has been, arguably, the US military’s most valuable-but-untapped resource since the founding of the US Army in 1787 and the US Navy a decade later.
As "linchpin service," Army sees logistical, communications and, yes, combat roles in possible conflict.
With potential adversaries no longer predictable, training must move beyond just live exercises and flight simulators.
For the future fighting concept, "we must shift from domain-centric to mission-centric effects, planning and execution. And that has to start with rethinking our C2 from the ground up," writes Scott Lee of MITRE.
"China is not mentioned with one single word in the current Strategic Concept," said NATO SecGen Jens Stoltenberg. "In one [way] or the other, I'm absolutely certain China will be reflected, and the challenges that China poses will be reflected" in the planned 2022 update.
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 […]
The Navy also asks for five additional F-35C fighters, an E-2D Hawkeye and 4 CMV-22s.
Protecting warfighters requires fast, accurate, and dependable systems that work flawlessly to military standards.
There is room for further development in areas such as electronic warfare and signals intelligence. "These 'soft' components were not as accessible in the past 12 to 15 years when we were so busy in the Middle-East; for example, there is a real drive to invest in areas such as EWSI (Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence)," Brig. Gen. Paul Tennant, the British military attache in Washington, says.
A new pod-based comms system for the KC-46, enabling it to serve as a 'translator' for the incompatible radio systems of the F-22 and F-35, will be fielded in the last quarter of fiscal 2022.
The Army will create new field artillery battalions in its heavy divisions, armed with the new Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) armored howitzer. It's part of a plan to add new Long-Range Precision Fire weapons at every level of command.
In Afghanistan and Iraq, a military lawyer was always at the table for strike decisions, said the chief of Army Futures Command. In future wars, there may not be time to go around the table.