Poland signs $2.5B air defense battle system deal, plans new fleet of light recon vehicles

Poland signs $2.5B air defense battle system deal, plans new fleet of light recon vehicles
Poland signs $2.5B air defense battle system deal, plans new fleet of light recon vehicles

Warsaw continues its defense spending spree in back-to-back signings.

Northrop expects next IBCS package for Warsaw to be cleared ‘very soon’

Northrop expects next IBCS package for Warsaw to be cleared ‘very soon’
Northrop expects next IBCS package for Warsaw to be cleared ‘very soon’

“It’s clear to all of us … Poland is on the front line, stepping up to defend its homeland and our NATO alliance,” said Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden.

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Raytheon’s IAMD: Advancing global security by meeting customer demand

Raytheon’s IAMD: Advancing global security by meeting customer demand
Raytheon’s IAMD: Advancing global security by meeting customer demand

Advanced solutions for a layered defense against complex threats.

Army’s IBCS passed F-35 sensor data to artillery system at Project Convergence 21

Army’s IBCS passed F-35 sensor data to artillery system at Project Convergence 21
Army’s IBCS passed F-35 sensor data to artillery system at Project Convergence 21

Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System demonstrated a crucial Joint All-Domain Command and Control capability as part of several future operational scenarios at Project Convergence 21.

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Enabling the 21st century warfighter

Enabling the 21st century warfighter
Enabling the 21st century warfighter

To help accelerate American and allied military modernization and preserve global deterrence, Lockheed Martin is developing a new framework for 21st Century Warfare.

Dynetics Beats Out Iron Dome For $237M Army Missile Defense Contract

Dynetics Beats Out Iron Dome For $237M Army Missile Defense Contract
Dynetics Beats Out Iron Dome For $237M Army Missile Defense Contract

Dynetics won a contract to produce the Army’s Indirect Fires Protection Capability capability.

Aegis Ashore Too Limited For Guam: Former INDO-PACOM Head

Aegis Ashore Too Limited For Guam: Former INDO-PACOM Head
Aegis Ashore Too Limited For Guam: Former INDO-PACOM Head

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is reportedly finishing its study of command and control architecture options to best defend Guam, the farthest outpost of our homeland. This new C2 system must have three features: an open architecture, the ability to bring different services’ radars and interceptors together, and disaggregation. Since leaving Indo-PACOM to pursue other…

Joint Force Vs. China: Project Convergence 21

Joint Force Vs. China: Project Convergence 21
Joint Force Vs. China: Project Convergence 21

“This is a journey to see what’s possible, what can we do with today’s technologies, for a relatively minor cost,” Gen. John Murray told us. “Project Convergence ’20 cost us about the same thing as one Combat Training Center rotation” — $23 million.

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The New Overmatch: All Domain Operations

The New Overmatch: All Domain Operations
The New Overmatch: All Domain Operations

The goal is deployment of an open, integrated communications network that pulls together and shares disparate sensor data collected across the DoD.

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Network Architecture For The Great Power Competition

Network Architecture For The Great Power Competition
Network Architecture For The Great Power Competition

Peer/near-peer threats demand that military services, allies and partners connect networks, share information and respond to adversaries in real-time.

Iron Dome Heads For Key US Integration Test

Iron Dome Heads For Key US Integration Test
Iron Dome Heads For Key US Integration Test

With the second battery now bound for the US, the Israeli-made missile defense system must prove it works with American command networks. “We have a very detailed plan to do the integration,” Rafael’s Pini Yungman told me.

It’s Open Architectures For ALL New Weapons As JROC Sets JADC2 Requirements

It’s Open Architectures For ALL New Weapons As JROC Sets JADC2 Requirements
It’s Open Architectures For ALL New Weapons As JROC Sets JADC2 Requirements

Joint All-Domain Command & Control “will fundamentally change how we fight as a nation, and will change how we organize, train and equip,” Air Force director of operational capabilities Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop says. 

Army Creates New Units To Use Iron Dome

Army Creates New Units To Use Iron Dome
Army Creates New Units To Use Iron Dome

The two air & missile defense batteries will be based at Fort Bliss, Texas, with the first Iron Dome weapons systems arriving from Israeli manufacturer Rafael by the end of the year.

Data Sharing Hurdles Stymie JADC2: CSAF Brown

Data Sharing Hurdles Stymie JADC2: CSAF Brown
Data Sharing Hurdles Stymie JADC2: CSAF Brown

“We’re not trying to fight for each other’s money,” says Gen. Charles Brown.