Oshkosh Hits 10,000 JLTVs
Building 10,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles in five years – at less than the original projected price – improves Oshkosh’s odds to win a re-competition for the program next year.
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.
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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.
Navy, Marines Plan Big Wargames For Big Wars: Virtual Is Vital
Future multi-domain combat will be so complex and long-ranged that the military will rely heavily on simulations to train for it, because battles have become too big for real-world training ranges.
Aircraft Readiness Is Bad & Getting Worse: GAO
Of 46 types of aircraft surveyed – from the new F-35 to the aging JSTARS – not one met the Pentagon’s goal of being 80 percent “mission capable.” Most of them, in fact, keep getting worse.
QinetiQ Delivers Armed Scout Robot To Army: RCV-L
The Robotic Combat Vehicle (Light), which can shoot missiles, launch mini-drones, and spot targets for artillery, combines a Marine Corps-tested unmanned vehicle with Army weapons and autonomy software.
5G Experiments In US Pave Way To Battlefields Abroad
Having awarded $600 million for 5G pilots at five bases in the US, the Pentagon will formally solicit for seven more in the coming months. But will 5G work in war zones?
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
EXCLUSIVE Navy Chief Demands Network Linking All Ships ‘This Decade’
The Navy isn’t part of an Army/Air Force project to build a new tactical network, though the CNO said he wants the Navy’s version to “plug into JADC2” once it’s up and running.
From ‘Frankengoggle’ To Battle-Ready: Army IVAS
The experimental targeting goggles field-tested last fall didn’t work in the rain. The ruggedized version to be tested this month will fix that flaw – and more, the Army says.
Longer-Range Missiles & More AI: Project Convergence 2021
Next fall, the Army aims to test a new artificial intelligence for artillery and fire the prototype PrSM missile to its full 300-plus-mile range -- once they find a venue that's big enough.
Marine F-35s Share Targeting Data With Army: Project Convergence
The Army’s future-warfare exercise overcame a host of technical glitches to link systems ranging from NRO and NGA spy satellites to Marine Corps fighter jets.
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.
Marines Explore Robots & 5G Networks For Future Wars
Could mini-drones and robot trucks, coordinating via 5G, replace vulnerable manned convoys?
US Condemns PRC For Paracel Missile Shots
The missile firings, DoD says, "further destabilize the situation in the South China Sea. Such exercises also violate PRC commitments under the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea to avoid activities that would complicate or escalate disputes and affect peace and stability, and call into question its motivations with ongoing negotiations for a Code of Conduct between China and ASEAN."
Lawmakers Blast Lockheed, DoD Over F-35 Parts Problems
"Fix this now, before you have blood on your hands," said Rep. Rashida Talib.
Fire ‘Gutted’ Much Of USS Bonhomme Richard: CNO Gilday
Breaking Defense has obtained an email from Adm. Michael Gilday detailing the damage of 11 of the amphibious ship’s 14 decks.