Decision-making at the speed of relevance: Modernizing the OODA Loop for today’s threats
John Boyd’s OODA Loop was never intended to be static—it’s a dynamic model built for continuous adaptation.
The new guidance "strengthens the U.S. ability to deter our adversaries, expands U.S. exports .... and broadens the scope of future space partnerships with U.S. allies and partners," one recent Biden official told Breaking Defense.
“Starting early next year, the upgraded kit will be the only kit in production. All orders set to deliver next year will be the upgraded version of APKWS,” a BAE spokesman said.
TEL AVIV: For the first time, the Israeli Defense Force is using multi-domain operations in the strike against Hamas in Gaza. The air, infantry, armor, artillery and naval forces are finding, fixing and destroying targets in Gaza according to “who has the best shot,” an Israeli defense source here says. Key to this is deployment […]
The attacks by different types of threats was modeled on Iranian tactics. Now the US will get the same upgrades.
“We want to deliver hypersonics at scale,” said R&D director Mark Lewis, from air-breathing cruise missiles to rocket-boosted gliders that fly through space.
Israel largely abandoned lasers 12 years ago, but "there is a growing number of experts that understand the mistake that was made," a senior Israeli source told Breaking Defense. "(We're) ready to restart development with the more advanced building blocks available today."
After waiting almost three decades to audit itself, the Pentagon still failed miserably in its first attempt. Despite top officials brushing the failure off an an expected learning experience, real questions remain over whether it can fix itself.
What did Amazon founder, Washington Post owner and space entrepreneur Jeff Bezos tell the Air Force Association? Don't overthink it. Don't sweat the small stuff, but it's not all small stuff. On low stakes decisions, you should go fast, experiment, try and fail and try again; but on the big stuff -- the irreversible decisions -- for God's sake, take your time.