No 5-Year POM Likely In DoD’s 2022 Budget
The focus solely on 2022 was hinted at by an internal memo issued by Deputy Defense Secretary Kath Hicks.
ERCA: Army Contracts To Help New Cannon ‘Fire Faster’
Five small businesses won SBIR Phase II awards to build robotic arms to handle shells, software to manage ammo inventory, and other prototype technologies.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
BREAKING New Army Long-Range Units Head To Germany
The Army will create two new units to coordinate long-range warfare in Eastern Europe: a Multi-Domain Task Force and a Theater Fires Command.
Army Needs Armor For City Fights: Gen. McConville
The Army Chief of Staff defended the service’s ambitious modernization program, particularly new armored vehicles and long-range missiles.
CSAF Brown On Deck For Joint Chiefs Chair: RUMINT
Former CSAF Gen. David Goldfein, who like many fighter pilots isn't a big guy, was passed over as CJCS because he didn't "look macho enough for Trump," said one former Pentagon insider.
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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Answering the demand signal to move faster, field sooner, iterate continuously
As threats rapidly evolve, digital engineering, manufacturing capacity and robust supply chains are critical to meeting challenges.
Can Army Triple PrSM Missile’s Range ?
PrSM is preparing for its first 300-plus-mile flight test this year, while the ERCA cannon and hypersonic LRHW head for key tests in 2023.
Historic Marine Plan to Reinvent The Corps EXCLUSIVE
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.
‘$64K Question’: Where In Pacific Do Army Missiles Go?
“Today, there is probably not one of our regional partners in the first island chain that would be willing to base Army -- or any other service – long-range strike missiles in their country,” retired Lt. Gen. Thomas Spoehr says.
‘Land Forces Are Hard To Kill’: Army Chief Unveils Pacific Strategy
A new strategy paper from Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville says forward-deployed Army forces will survive inside Chinese missile strikes and fatally disrupt the PLA's plans.
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America must adopt a Sixth Domain of warfare doctrine
The Sixth Domain is not defined by geography. It’s a new kind of conflict in which autonomy and networked systems allow thousand-dollar consumer electronics to destroy multi-million-dollar conventional weapons systems.
Army Missiles, Missile Defense Race Budget Crunch To 2023
“In my career, certainly this is the most amount of modernization I’ve seen,” Brig. Gen. Brian Gibson says. Can multiple Army programs make their 2023 deadline?
Joint World Warms Up To Army Long-Range Missiles
The head of INDOPACOM, Adm. Davidson, and the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Air Force Gen. Hyten, seem receptive to a new Army role in long-range strike.
Pacific Commander Warns China Likely To Move On Taiwan; Guam A Target
Taiwan may be targeted for annexation by 2027, Adm. Phil Davidson said, and Guam will have to be vigorously defended in a Pacific War.
Roles & Missions Scrub Needed For All Domain Ops: CSAF Brown
The Pentagon needs to look at "seams, gaps and overlaps" as they implement the new strategy for All Domain Ops, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown says.