‘We will treat you better’: Commerce finalizes rule to incentivize industry to disclose export violations
A senior Commerce Department official said the policies had already been in use internally, but will now be enshrined in law.
Proposed AUKUS exemption a good start, but ‘more work to do,’ industry trade group says
The State Department should consider revising its draft language to reduce the technologies excluded from export control exemptions, which currently include submarines-related technologies and larger drones, the AIA said in recommendations to the department.
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Turning R&D into reality to meet the challenges of the modern battlefield
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
Is State Dept.’s AUKUS trade certification delay a sign of choppy waters ahead?
Ann McDonnell, chief operating officer for Export Controls Australia Group, told Breaking Defense, "I think definitely from the Australian perspective, it really seemed like we had done everything possible that we could do in a really quick timeframe to get that certification."
Coproduction in Ukraine too hard? Here’s a solution: Build in NATO
In this op-ed, Kateryna Bondar argues coproduction in NATO countries could help Ukraine receive the defense materiel it needs while providing benefits to the host countries.
‘Generational change’: New Aussie export regime to deliver $600M in benefits, DepSecDef claims
"The reforms will deliver, in our judgment...a net decrease in regulatory compliance costs, and actually expand the amount of research that can occur internationally without a permit," Hugh Jeffrey, Australia's deputy secretary of strategy, policy, and industry, said today.
AI For Five Eyes? New bill pushes AI collaboration with UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
“If we want to fight as a system... you have to start sharing technology now,” the former head of the Pentagon’s Joint AI Center told Breaking Defense. “We can’t build the system on the eve of battle.”
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How TAK gives the US military an advantage at the Edge
“Tactical operating system” for warfighters has evolved to provide more situational awareness of the battlefield.
Proposed Australian export law meant to help AUKUS sharing, but experts are sounding alarms
The proposed legislation "expands Australia’s backyard to include the US and the UK, but it raises the fence," Chennupati Jagadish, Australian Academy of Science’s president, said.
With ITAR reform, ‘culture change’ will be key to AUKUS, says Australia’s Chief Defense Scientist
“I've had up close and personal experience where [US] leaders responsible for certain areas of technology have given direction that [Australia] is to be brought in because we have something to offer,” said Tanya Monro, “and yet, it still gets strangled.”
Aussie thinktank calls for sweeping ITAR changes for AUKUS
"As quiet work begins on Pillar I, and as traditional sources of resistance return to the driver’s seat of alliance defence industrial and technology cooperation, there is a distinct risk that any progress towards setting the optimal legal and regulatory conditions for AUKUS, particularly Pillar II, to function as intended will falter," the United States Studies Centre report says.
Upstart Anduril Australia hopes to make 100s of large drone subs, ‘ITAR free,’ CEO says
CEO and chairman David Goodrich told Breaking Defense the $100 million USD effort to build three prototype Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs) in three years is just the beginning of ambitious plans for the company.
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Meeting Zero Trust goals while maintaining information dominance
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
The NTIB is dying: Is AUKUS next? Congress must apply life support soon.
AEI's Bill Greenwalt calls on Congress to step in to re-invigorate the NTIB before outdated export controls smother innovation.
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Engagement vs. Estrangement: Arms Sales Strengthen Key Alliances And Keep Partners Close To Washington
Rebuilding relationships with partners and allies is a core goal of the new U.S. administration. A robust program of foreign military sales (FMS) and direct commercial sales (DCS) can strengthen ties abroad while empowering countries to both defend themselves and contribute to collective security efforts.
Leonardo’s New UAV Targets Pay-As-You-Go ISR Market
Fabrizio Boggiani, senior vice president of airborne marketing, says he sees "significant opportunities" for expanding Leonardo's market share by selling mission packages to international institutions and countries who don't "want to buy and own the asset, but want us to fly where they ask us to fly."
For AIA, ‘America First’ Means First In Capabilities & Sales
PARIS AIR SHOW: As much as I tried to give David Melcher slack to say the powerful Aerospace Industries Association he leads was finding it more difficult to do business under the chaotic and oft-bewildering Trump administration, he kept saying things were pretty well in hand. “The first year of an administration is certainly more […]