General Atomics pushing in-flight target updates to netted weapons
A big part of what makes MQ-9B such a game changer is the Quadratix software suite that powers its in-flight operations.
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After RIMPAC, sailor feedback shows evolving view of unmanned vessels: Officials
Sailors operating the USVs at RIMPAC were more concerned about what the drones could do, rather than how they were controlled.
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Why enterprise IT modernization matters now – and how to “delight by design”
Do more with less: streamline workflows, reduce duplication, invest upfront to save long-term.
Lockheed prepping to demo ‘scaled EA’ capability at RIMPAC
The company is trying to show it can bring the capabilities of SEWIP Block III to a larger array of ships.
US prepares for RIMPAC exercise against backdrop of Russian, Chinese tensions
The event has a history of adversarial nations trying to get a glimpse at the demonstrations.
RIMPAC 2020 Smaller, But China Looms Just As Large
Pacific Fleet commander, Adm. John Aquilino, put a positive face on the smaller operation, saying, “the growing security environment in the Pacific demands now more than ever that like-minded nations join forces
What Really Matters In The Defense Authorization Act & What Didn’t Get Done
Most coverage of the annual defense policy bill has focused on program changes: more ships (including six icebreakers!), no change to F-35’s, more RDT&E, no JSTARS recap, a growl (but no more) on ZTE, and many more (the bill and report run 2,500 pages). Less discussed, but of more import in the long run, are the […]
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How the “Doomsday Plane” contract highlights the rise of mid-tier primes
Midsized companies can offer flexibility and agility while keeping intellectual property in the hands of the government.
Israel Deploying to Eastern Europe, Pacific for First Time Alongside U.S. Forces
The Trump Pentagon is undergoing a major shift to focus on great power competition. And it's looking for allies to step up in places that might come as a surprise.
US Pacific Commitments Will Survive Duterte, Trump: Adm. Harris
WASHINGTON: Neither President Trump’s transition in DC nor President Duterte’s eruptions in Manila will derail America’s 70-year military commitment to the Pacific, Adm. Harry Harris said today. US-Philippine cooperation continues unabated despite Duterte’s denunciation of the alliance, the head of Pacific Command said. (The senior State Department official for the Pacific, Daniel Russel, recently dismissed […]
UN Ruling Won’t End South China Sea Dispute: Navy Studies Next Clash
A UN tribunal ruling could trigger the next round of brinksmanship in the South China Sea as early as next week. But don’t expect the ruling to end the dispute, especially since the Chinese have already vowed to ignore an adverse ruling. “It’s…not likely to be resolved this year or by one international ruling, no matter how brilliant […]
Weighing How Much Intel US Gets: Hawaiian Lawmaker Calls To Bar China From RIMPAC
WASHINGTON: China, which continues to militarize the fake islands it’s creating in the South China Sea, may get uninvited to RIMPAC, the biggest naval exercise in the world. Rep. Mark Takai of Hawaii told Defense Secretary Ash Carter during yesterday’s House Armed Services Committee posture hearing that he will introduce language into the House version of […]
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Not just selling into the kingdom, but building partnership with Saudi Arabia’s defense industry
Partnerships with outside industry are a cornerstone of the kingdom’s ambitious growth strategy.
Summits Over Substance: Obama Yields To Chinese President Xi
As Washington gears up for the visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, right on the heels of the Pontiff, there is a growing urgency for the United States to make clear to Beijing that its behavior is leading to increased tension at both the bilateral and regional level. But, there appears little appetite for […]
SecDef Carter Tells McCain Chinese Can Come To RIMPAC
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Ash Carter — for now — is resisting congressional calls to uninvite China from the biggest naval exercise in the world, known as RIMPAC. In a July 16 letter to Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John McCain, Carter goes to some lengths to avoid offending China, on the one hand, and, on the […]
Forbes: White House Has No China Strategy; Here’s Mine
WASHINGTON: What’s the strategy for coping with what everyone on Capitol Hill and inside the Obama administration agrees is an increasingly assertive China? The White House can’t answer, Rep. Randy Forbes says, “because they don’t have it.” So, it’s fair to ask: what is Forbes’s strategy, then? The House seapower chairman’s outline for a “winning strategy” boils down […]
Bold Alligator Wargame Goes Off-Script, On Purpose
ABOARD THE USS ARLINGTON: 17 warships and two submarines. Thousands of personnel from 19 countries. Billions of dollars of high-tech hardware. Months of planning. But sometimes you still have to improvise. When US and Dutch warships and marines united in an international task force for the 2014 Bold Alligator wargames off Virginia, the two countries could […]