The Goldwater-Nichols Act has resulted in “a pervasive pattern within the military of neglect of long-term defense procurement strategies and requirements,” the Mitchell Institute argues in a new policy paper.
By Theresa HitchensHow automation and artificial intelligence can help warfighters in high-stress situations
Many operations are experiencing some degree of data automation or AI enablement, and the usability of that data is key to decision making.
If the Army heeds industry’s emphasis on protecting intellectual property than a dependence on proprietary technology will hamstring FVL’s ability to address evolving threats.
By Barry Rosenberg
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Data protection solutions are key to the JADC2 goal of an interconnected tactical network that enables the sharing of sensor data among all military branches in every domain.
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A flight-proven tiltrotor and advanced helicopter are the optimum solutions for transformational air assault and attack/recon.
By Barry Rosenberg
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The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and Raytheon Intelligence & Space are enhancing mission management and mission-data processing to shift the focus of GPS operations from satellite command and control to basic, user-oriented effects-based operation.
By Barry Rosenberg
“Our analysis of the FY22 budget and the strategy that we think the Biden administration is going in, it is trying to do too much with too little,” says Becca Wasser of CNAS.
By Aaron Mehta
Inside the shift: Trump, defense, and the road to 2025
Big changes are coming to defense in 2025, but the specifics remain uncertain. Catch our highlights and predictions from 2024 in Breaking Defense’s year-end reflections.
“China is a second-tier cyber power but, given its growing industrial base in digital technology, it is the state best placed to join the US in the first tier,” an IISS report says.
By Brad D. Williams
“The proactive, nefarious work coming from China and Russia in particular [will make US policymakers] “realize that we don’t have control over everything that we think we have control over,” Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of Govini said
By Paul McLeary
The document outlines an evolving effort to stand up a series of small, agile units tasked with air defense, anti-ship and submarine warfare, and seizing, holding and resupplying ad hoc bases to support an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific.
By Paul McLeary
“The Chinese see competition as a whole of government effort [and] they’re actually pretty good at it,” the Army Futures Command Chief told us. “We’re way out of practice.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Everything from social media to military advisors to open war is a potential tool of great power competition, Gen. James McConville writes — and the Army plays a vital role across that entire spectrum.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
America’s inability to progress beyond “Cold War capabilities” in this “most important environment to modern warfare” follows three EMS strategies over eight years. “They weren’t bad strategies,” experts agreed, but DoD simply failed to fully implement them. Now GAO is warning the latest strategy, just months old, may face the same fate.
By Brad D. Williams
Overused and overstretched in the “global war on terror” since 9/11, Special Operations Forces need Biden to give them a break so they can refocus on Russia, China, and the “grey zone.”
By Stewart Parker and Ari Cicurel
DoD needs to lower the barriers to larger defense market opportunities that go beyond R&D, extending into the full lifecycle of defense systems, argues Christopher Zember.
By Christopher Zember