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• Army Seeks Bomb-Carrying Drones Like Ukraine’s

  02-06-2023 23:08 via defenseone.com
  
  Average U.S. soldiers could pilot lethal quadcopters—if they are ever fielded.
  
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• Defense One Radio, Ep. 126: Why Ukraine’s drone war is more complex than you think

  02-06-2023 22:29 via defenseone.com
  
  We review the evolution of drone tactics in the second year of Russia’s Ukraine invasion.
  
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• USAF Calls Killer-AI Report ‘Anecdotal’

  02-06-2023 15:30 via defenseone.com
  Chief of AI test and operations says he “misspoke” about a “thought experiment” in which a drone killed its operator.
  
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• L3Harris Won't Attend the Paris Air Show

  02-06-2023 00:29 via defenseone.com
  
  CEO says the company will choose to focus attention on the company’s operations.
  
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• L3Harris Will Not Attend the Paris Air Show

  02-06-2023 00:29 via defenseone.com
  
  CEO says the company will choose to focus attention on the company’s operations.
  
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• DISA lays out ‘Workforce 2025’ plan to increase worker skills

  01-06-2023 23:01 via breakingdefense.com
  
  “Workforce 2025 is, at its heart, a strategy designed to enhance the skills and talents of current employees while ensuring DISA onboards new talent and invests in the professional development of both throughout their careers,” DISA Director Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner said.
  
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• Guard Chief: White House plan for ‘Space Component’ will cost $1B, harm readiness

  01-06-2023 22:29 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Gen. Daniel Hokanson said his “best military advice” is instead “to transfer the current Air National Guard units doing the space mission into a National Guard component for the Space Force, so they can continue everything they’re doing today tomorrow.”
  
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• Pentagon Buying Musk’s Starlink for Ukraine

  01-06-2023 22:21 via defenseone.com
  
  SpaceX had donated 20,000 satellite terminals to Ukraine, but later said the service was “never intended to be weaponized.”
  
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• ‘Fort Liberty’: Army More Than Half Done Scrubbing Confederate Names from Its Bases

  01-06-2023 22:16 via defenseone.com
  
  The new name for Fort Bragg is a compromise between airborne and Special Forces, one source said.
  
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• ‘Fort Liberty’: Army Half Done Scrubbing Confederate Names from Its Bases

  01-06-2023 22:16 via defenseone.com
  
  The new name for Fort Bragg is a compromise between airborne and Special Forces, one source said.
  
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• Army delays IFPC Inc 2 program operational assessment to ‘early’ FY25

  01-06-2023 22:05 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Lingering supply chain woes have delayed Dynetics first Enduring Shield launcher prototype delivery to the Army which has, in turn, delayed testing plans.
  
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• L3Harris CEO draws hard line against fixed-price development contracts

  01-06-2023 21:15 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Eyeing risks of losses, L3Harris’ Chris Kubasik said, “I think the industry as a whole is going to continue to no-bid these contracts until [DoD uses] the right vehicles.”
  
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• AI, China ‘Defining Challenges of Our Time’: CISA Director

  01-06-2023 21:00 via defenseone.com
  
  Jen Easterly outlined her concerns about Beijing’s aggressive cyber posture and the rise of largely unregulated generative-AI tools.
  
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• 7 Space Force units get permanent homes, 4 in Colorado

  01-06-2023 20:51 via breakingdefense.com
  
  The Space Force’s newest operational unit, Delta 15 stood up in March and that supports Space Command’s “protect and defend” mission, will be based at Schriever SFB in Colorado Springs.
  
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• Lockheed, Raytheon invest $12.5M in 3D printing firm Fortify

  01-06-2023 19:29 via breakingdefense.com
  
  The company, just 55 employees strong, boasts a unique approach to additive manufacturing of lightweight, versatile composites well-suited to aerospace applications from fighter aircraft and drones to hypersonics.
  
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• Sikorsky to reveal UK New Medium Helicopter production plans once requirements set

  01-06-2023 18:05 via breakingdefense.com
  
  “We really just want to see the final tender and understand what the requirements are going to look like before we make a public announcement on our approach,” said Paul Lemmo, President of Sikorsky.
  
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• Korean Aerospace Industries eyes new fighter designs, FA-50 sales in Pacific

  01-06-2023 16:41 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Underpinning KAI’s plan is an overall goal of reducing the company’s dependence on Korean government procurement and to increase sales in the export market.
  
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• Breaking Defense adds Seth Frantzman as correspondent for Israel

  01-06-2023 10:00 via breakingdefense.com
  
  New correspondent brings depth, focus and journalistic experience to coverage of Israel.
  
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• Satellite Data Could Boost Border Security, Disaster Response

  31-05-2023 23:54 via defenseone.com
  
  Homeland Security relies on satellite imagery for its missions—and it wants more.
  
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• New Pentagon leaders-to-be: DoD announces raft of high-level Biden nominations

  31-05-2023 23:27 via breakingdefense.com
  
  In addition to the official notice for the next leader of the Marine Corps are nominations for the Missile Defense Agency, US Cyber Command, the DIA and others.
  
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• Pratt says F-35 engine stockpile restored after GAO warned of production delays

  31-05-2023 23:06 via breakingdefense.com
  
  A Pratt executive pushed back on a Government Accountability Office report that warned of production delays due to an inventory of engines being cleared out, and stated the company’s engine upgrade for the Joint Strike Fighter can support the jet’s needs through Block 4. 
  
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• SPACECOM takes over missile defense ops from Strategic Command

  31-05-2023 22:17 via breakingdefense.com
  
  By bringing the three mission areas of missile warning, missile defense and space domain awareness under one command as the Global Sensor Manager, USSPACECOM can more effectively integrate and fuse the sensor data for rapid detection, characterization, tracking and dissemination to ensure theaters can defeat any threat,” said Gen. Jim Dickinson, SPACECOM commander.
  
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• Why the budget deal is good news for defense — with one key exception

  31-05-2023 21:52 via breakingdefense.com
  
  AEI’s Elaine McCusker, former Pentagon comptroller, argues the Biden-McCarthy compromise is a positive sign, but there’s work to be done.
  
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• Misfiring Cannons, Rotted Tires in US Army Gear Pulled for Ukraine, Watchdog Finds

  31-05-2023 21:47 via defenseone.com
  
  It’s not the first time the unit and its contractor have been faulted for poorly maintained equipment by the service's inspector general.
  
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• Misfiring Cannons, Rotted Tires Among US Army Gear Pulled for Ukraine, Watchdog Finds

  31-05-2023 21:47 via defenseone.com
  
  It’s not the first time the unit and its contractor have been faulted for poorly maintained equipment by the service's inspector general.
  
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• Macron Will Push NATO For ‘Concrete’ Security Guarantee for Ukraine

  31-05-2023 20:13 via defenseone.com
  
  With alliance membership still unsure, French president wants the next best thing.
  
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• Gen. Eric Smith Tapped as Next Marine Commandant

  31-05-2023 20:04 via defenseone.com
  
  Assistant commandant expected to press on with sweeping Force Design 2030 changes.
  
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• First Eitan wheeled APCs delivered to Israel’s IDF

  31-05-2023 19:48 via breakingdefense.com
  
  The purpose-built armored personnel carrier is a “leap forward” for infantry brigade, senior officer says.
  
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• USAF Should Rethink Its Approach to Mental Health and Suicide

  31-05-2023 18:30 via defenseone.com
  
  The commander and senior enlisted leader of the service’s Expeditionary Center see a back-to-basics path to stronger Airmen.
  
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• F-35’s Block 4 upgrade 55 percent over target costs, up $1.4B since last review: GAO

  31-05-2023 18:22 via breakingdefense.com
  
  A new report from the Government Accountability Office points to undocumented cost growth for new capabilities for the fighter.
  
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• Unmonitored Networks Put US Nuclear Arsenal at Risk: GAO

  31-05-2023 17:47 via defenseone.com
  
  The Energy Department can't keep tabs on insider threats, in part because it doesn't know how many stand-alone classified networks it runs, GAO found.
  
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• Despite AUKUS pledges, Aussie defense spending drops $1.5B, report says

  31-05-2023 01:18 via breakingdefense.com
  
  A new report from a leading Australian thinktank says there’s a “disconnect” between Australia’s strategic priorities and the money to fund capabilities to tackle them.
  
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• F-35 Costs Still Climbing, as Pentagon Updates the Fleet

  31-05-2023 00:42 via defenseone.com
  
  New GAO report details another $1.4 billion in upgrade costs, and additional delays.
  
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• The Army Is Tearing Up Its Playbook for Software Upgrades

  30-05-2023 23:20 via defenseone.com
  
  Four programs are trying out a new method based on commercial practices.
  
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• Debt Limit Deal Would Save Feds' Paychecks, But Freeze Agency Spending

  30-05-2023 23:00 via defenseone.com
  The agreement also reduces shutdown threats, plus other takeaways for federal employees.
  
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• ‘MAGA’ Republicans Are Dismantling Ronald Reagan’s Legacy

  30-05-2023 22:33 via defenseone.com
  
  Efforts to draft the U.S. military into culture wars are undoing its Reagan-era rise from post-Vietnam malaise.
  
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• US ‘Space Diplomacy’ strategy seeks to counter ‘competitors’ soft-power plays

  30-05-2023 22:29 via breakingdefense.com
  
  “Despite the focus on diplomacy and governance and references to ‘humanity,’ it’s not a warm and fuzzy policy,” Jessica West, of Canada’s Project Ploughshares, explained. “It is firmly rooted in national interest — which is fair.”
  
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• Poland invests in early warning with 2 Swedish planes, eyes aerostats

  30-05-2023 21:49 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Rumors suggested Poland would purchase Saab’s GlobalEye, but for now Warsaw is buying an older model.
  
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• DoD sends new cyber strategy, informed by Russian invasion, to Congress

  30-05-2023 19:59 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Many of the themes presented in the strategy are familiar to what officials have talked about in the past when it comes to the department’s cyberspace operations, but full details are classified.
  
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• Write algorithms, wage EW, share data: Lessons from Ukraine war

  30-05-2023 18:51 via breakingdefense.com
  
  “The loss rate for Ukrainian UAVs at the moment is about 10,000 UAVs a month,” Jack Watling, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, said. “That’s the level of equipment that both sides are going through.”
  
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• Estonia Will Ask For a Clearer Path for Ukraine to Join NATO

  30-05-2023 18:28 via defenseone.com
  
  In Europe, defense ministers and military experts worry that the world is not learning the lessons from Ukraine quickly enough.
  
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• Wittman: Why manned-unmanned teaming could be the Fourth Offset for America’s military

  30-05-2023 18:01 via breakingdefense.com
  
  In an exclusive op-ed, Rep. Rob Wittman, R-VA., the Vice Chairman of the HASC and Chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, lays out why he thinks efforts like the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program could be the future of warfare.
  
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• How not to innovate: Russia plays catch-up to Ukraine on drones

  30-05-2023 16:32 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Think the Pentagon is ponderous? A new study from CNA shows how Soviet-style bureaucracy and an industrial base dependent on imports – from Iran, China, and the West – have hampered Russian drone warfare in Ukraine.
  
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• ‘Tremendous amount of power’: Army digital engineering strategy slated for FY24

  30-05-2023 14:05 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Through digital engineering, the Army wants to move from manual processes to an all-digital environment, so much so that deputy assistant secretary of the Army for data, engineering and software Jennifer Swanson told Breaking Defense she hopes Army projects would be “born digital” within a few years.
  
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• GDIT Brought A Truck To A Satellite Show

  26-05-2023 21:21 via defenseone.com
  
  The tech infrastructure company debuted a mobile mission control and data center built on the chassis of a Ford F-550.
  
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• Germany buys 18 Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks to replace those sent to Ukraine

  26-05-2023 20:57 via breakingdefense.com
  
  The contract includes an option for an addition 105 tanks, in what would reportedly be a $3.2 billion purchase should the government proceed with the whole lot.
  
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• The National Counterterrorism Center Must Expand to Better Fight Domestic Terrorists

  26-05-2023 20:32 via defenseone.com
  
  Broadening the NCTC’s mission to include homegrown terrorism will require bold executive leadership and congressional action.
  
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• Franchetti viewed as likely choice to lead Navy, would be first woman on Joint Chiefs

  26-05-2023 18:57 via breakingdefense.com
  
  A career surface warfare officer, Franchetti is currently Vice Chief of Naval Operations and previously commanded the Naples, Italy-based US 6th Fleet.
  
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• French military intelligence office reorganizing post-Ukraine, with ‘360 degree’ threat analysis

  26-05-2023 18:06 via breakingdefense.com
  
  French Maj. Gen. Cyril Carcy told Breaking Defense that his intelligence office can “no longer focus on a 60-degree angle between Western Africa and the Middle-East dictated by the fight against terrorism.”
  
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• As GOP frustration mounts, officials eye ways to get weapons to Taiwan ‘more quickly’

  26-05-2023 17:10 via breakingdefense.com
  
  “We agree that there is urgency to make sure that Taiwan is prepared as part of deterrence to keep China from moving forward,” said State Department’s Assistant Secretary Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Jessica Lewis.
  
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