Here’s how the Army is scaling its Next Gen C2 platform to an entire division
Breaking Defense recently visited Fort Carson in Colorado to learn about the Ivy Sting exercises, and how they could change the Army long term.
In NGC2 first, Army uses beta artillery data tool in howitzer strike at Ivy Sting 1
Ivy Sting 1 was the first in a series of iterative developments to scale the NGC2 prototype to an entire division.
Sierra Nevada reveals BRAWLR air defense system that’s already deployed — somewhere
The company told Breaking Defense in an email this week that BRAWLR has intercepted more than 400 aerial threats since it was first deployed in 2023, though SNC declined to provide additional information.
Army says it’s mitigated ‘critical’ cybersecurity deficiencies in early NGC2 prototype
The service discovered the issues ahead of the first in a series of planned events to scale the NGC2 ecosystem to the division level.
Joint Fires Network will complete transition from R&D to acquisition program Oct. 1
“We’ll formally take the stick in a week,” said Maj. Gen. Luke Cropsey, head of the Air Force’s increasingly powerful PEO-C3BM, which is building new AI-enhanced command networks for the Air Force and the other services.
No help from you: Marines’ first Thunderstruck competition tests comms skills in hard places
In a real fight, “if you're detected and you can't move, you will die. If you move and you can't reestablish comms, you will fail,” one officer told Breaking Defense.
Report: US counter-drone defenses ‘insufficient’ as China scales up unmanned capabilities
Stacie Pettyjohn, a co-author of the new Center for New American Security study, told Breaking Defense the US should focus on three c-UAS tactics.
SNC receives second Bombardier jet for Army’s HADES program
“Using government-furnished Bombardier Global 6500 jets, the HADES prototypes will be the first Army-owned, large-cabin business jets utilized as aerial ISR platforms,” SNC said in a press release today.
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Beacon brings industry into a shared ecosystem to accelerate flight autonomy
Six companies have already signed up for a new flight-test program to mature their autonomy software.
EXCLUSIVE: SDA eyeing airborne target tracking satellites demonstration, says Tournear
"I would say that we are at the point now where the technology has matured and it's commoditized, so that radar based AMTI from space is feasible," outgoing SDA Director Derek Tournear told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview.
PACAF commander: Air Force needs to ‘improve,’ staff up C2 capabilities
"The tree that that hangs on, the tree of our platforms and our capabilities is command and control, and I see a need for us to continue to invest and improve. And that’s people,” said Pacific Air Forces Commander Gen. Kevin Schneider.
Swarming balloons: Army planning mass exercise in ’26 over Indo-Pacific waters
“The data and insights from this experiment will directly inform our strategy for integrating stratospheric assets into our Army and joint force architecture,” said Andrew Evans, the director for the new Strategy & Transformation Office inside the G-2.
The Army must accelerate counterspace investments
Col. Pete Atkinson argues in this op-ed that the Army needs to have native counterspace capabilities.
Northrop Grumman says first DARC test validates radar tracking capability
DARC has been plagued with delays almost since its inception, according to a series of annual studies by the Government Accountability Office.