UAE’s EDGE Group expands in Brazil and Switzerland
The defense conglomerate announced new facilities for two of its subsidiaries, half a world away.
UAE’s defense giant expands footprint in Brazil with anti-drone and missile agreements
The Emirati firm has aggressively pursued growth in Latin America after establishing its first international office in Brazil.
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Next-generation C2 won’t be next-gen without the network transport
The network transport architecture for NGC2 could be a hybrid approach that combines high assurance communications with 5G, WiFi, and multi-orbit satellites.
EDGE Group CEO says space, Africa are 2 critical areas for growth in coming years
"Our plan is to continuously grow. Our plan is to grow internationally," EDGE CEO Hamad Al Marar told Breaking Defense. "Our plan is to see how we can establish alliances with countries outside the UAE."
UAE’s EDGE Group to co-develop defense systems with Brazilian military organization
The Emirati conglomerate is "trying to find a niche region that has the ambitions to build up their militaries but don't face pressing military threats," analyst Ryan Bohl told Breaking Defense.
South American militaries take aim at narco trafficking with new radars, exercises
Several nations are buying or installing new radars or sending new planes in the air in hopes of better tracking drug transshipments.
Peruvian Navy sails forward with local shipyard SIMA
The construction of a second LPD highlights how SIMA, like several other South American shipyards, can now build more complex vessels, reducing the MGP’s reliance on international suppliers.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
New International Partnerships Could Spur Hosted Payloads: Gen. Thompson
SMC is "working on innovative relationships with, believe it or not, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and some other places you wouldn't think of as traditional spacefaring nations," says Gen. DT Thompson, Space Force vice.
Sergeant Silicon: Lessons From An Army Cyber NCO
As old-school Sergeant Rock types give way to NCOs with advanced degrees, ARSOUTH Command Sgt. Maj. William Rinehart is helping build up both US and allied cyber forces.
‘Thousands’ More Troops To US Border, But Colombia Deployment Unclear: Shanahan
Shanahan spent much of his first formal (albeit off-camera) Pentagon pressroom briefing as SecDef emphasizing continuity with his ousted predecessor, Gen. Jim Mattis. He made a point of praising Mattis’s National Defense Strategy, America’s allies, and even the press – not exactly favorites of President Donald Trump.
Contractor Fined $20M For Defrauding Navy
Navy finds new problems with berthing fees and services, and this time Fat Leonard had nothing to do with it.
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GPS: Still the gold standard in global navigation
The GPS network continues to prove its unmatched reliability, and it’s only getting stronger.
Coast Guard Dodges Big Trump Budget Bullet; But Coasties Fix Roofs
WASHINGTON: The White House has dropped plans for a 14 percent cut to the Coast Guard, instead promising a budget that “sustains current funding levels.” The bad news is that “current funding levels” are already too low. The Coast Guard has to give almost 600 drug shipments a pass each year because they don’t have the ships or planes to catch […]
Trump, Kelly, & The Coast Guard: Exclusive Interview With Adm. Zukunft
With the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States and with Trump’s nomination of Gen. John Kelly for Secretary of Homeland Security, life is going to change for the US Coast Guard. Trump’s campaign focused intently on border security, asking a fundamental question: Why do we send thousands of troops […]
Trump’s Generals, Part 4: John Kelly vs. The Narco-Terrorists
Who are Trump’s generals? This week, James Kitfield has already told us about James Mattis and Michael Flynn, both men shaped by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now we come to John Kelly, whose time in Latin America, ironically, led him to similar conclusions about America’s enemies. As chief of US Southern Command, General […]
Sequester Means $1 Billion More Of Cocaine Floods Into US: Coast Guard
[Corrected drug submersible range] WASHINGTON: The automatic, across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration will reduce the Coast Guard and Navy forces available to intercept South American cocaine to record lows, said Rear Adm. Charles Michel, the Coast Guard two-star who commands Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-South). The result? “The sequestration cuts in aircraft and ships […]