With China the primary source of quadcopters, the U.S. can counter with a superior domestic supply chain.
By Breaking DefenseGoing the distance to defeat emerging jam threats.
By BAE Systems“The future will be won by those who dominate the full digital spectrum,” Lt. Gen. Francis Beaudette, commander of Army Special Operations Command, says. “It will be as important as seizing and holding terrain.”
By Paul McLeary“Everything we’re doing now is going to be hard,” SOCOM commander Gen. Richard Clarke said. “It’s going to be multi-domain, it’s going to be partnered and it’s going to be contested in every step…and there are countries that are close on our heels.”
By Paul McLearyLeonardo DRS is supporting the Army with ultra-low SWaP systems that operate at multiple security levels for all-domain applications.
By Breaking DefenseIn a markup of the 2020 defense budget, the HASC tells the Pentagon to keep developing new tech but inform the Hill about how and where it might be used.
By Paul McLearyThe Russians played around at the edges of this month’s Trident Juncture exercise in Norway, but that was to be expected. New moves in the Baltic Sea, however, have some concerned.
By Paul McLearyBreaking Defense Coverage of Developing a Multi-Domain Strategy For Digital Warfare.
By Breaking DefenseCAPITOL HILL: Stealth was sold as something close to magic when it first appeared. And, as usually happens when extraordinary claims are made, the blowback was intense. Skeptics pointed to its vulnerability to large-scale, land-based radars, to the fact it wasn’t invisible to the naked eye, to the costs and difficulties of maintaining the expensive…
By Colin ClarkWASHINGTON: With one eye on China and another on North Korea, US Army Pacific is injecting cyber warfare and new joint tactics into every wargame it can. At least 30 forthcoming exercises — culminating in the massive RIMPAC 2018 — will train troops on aspects of Multi-Domain Battle, the land Army’s effort to extend its reach…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.BAE Systems has been awarded a DARPA contract that may help address one of the most pressing threats the US Army has identified — Russia’s increasingly impressive and powerful use of Electronic Warfare on the battlefield. The technology for a new handheld tactical sensor that soldiers can easily carry to monitor and analyze the electro-magnetic spectrum…
By Colin Clark