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• When Training Simulation Is Better Than Reality

  07-04-2023 02:11 via defenseone.com
  
  It all comes down to risks, access, and how tailored the virtual environment can be.
  
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• CNO cautions against extending carrier’s deployment for Iran ops

  14-01-2026 19:03 via defenseone.com
  Correction: An earlier version of this story suggested that the CNO might caution against sending any carrier to the Mideast; he was speaking specifically about the Ford.The Navy’s top admiral said he would “push back” if President Trump tries to send a long-deployed aircraft carrier from the Caribbean to the Middle East as part of a U.S. military response to Iran’s crackdown on protestors. But Adm. Daryl Caudle said the Navy is prepared to discuss options—and that
  
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• CNO argues against sending an aircraft carrier toward Iran

  14-01-2026 19:03 via defenseone.com
  The Navy’s top admiral said he would “push back” if President Trump tries to send a long-deployed aircraft carrier from the Caribbean to the Middle East as part of a U.S. military response to Iran’s crackdown on protestors.On Tuesday, Trump posted on Truth Social that “Help is on the way” for protestors in Iran, as the Iranian government announced that police had killed 2,000 so far during violent clashes with demonstrators, the same day he was scheduled to re
  
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• The D Brief: Greenland discussions; Russian sabotage in Europe; ‘Ideological tuning’ in DOD AI; Some leave Al Udeid; And a bit more.

  14-01-2026 17:05 via defenseone.com
  The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland are visiting Washington today for talks with State Secretary Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance. The meeting follows nearly two weeks of escalating threats from President Trump about annexing Greenland, even if it requires using the U.S. military.  Preview: “We face a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the U.S. and Denmark here and now, then we choose Denmark,” Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frede
  
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• Three ‘meta trends’ are reshaping warfare, INDOPACOM commander says

  14-01-2026 00:24 via defenseone.com
  HONOLULU—Five years ago, when then-Adm. Phil Davidson told senators that China would attempt to seize Taiwan as early as 2027, “it seemed like it was a good long way out,” Adm. Sam Paparo said Monday.“And the danger in that was that we thought that it was some holiday that we had until 2027 for ourselves. But there could be a war of, quote, necessity, anytime between now and Aug. 1 of 2027, and there can be a war of choice anytime after August of 2027,” the leader o
  
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• Grok is in, ethics are out in Pentagon’s new AI-acceleration strategy

  13-01-2026 20:48 via defenseone.com
  The Pentagon’s third AI-acceleration strategy in four years sets up seven “pace-setting projects” that will “unlock critical foundational enablers” for other U.S. military efforts, the department announced Monday. The six-page document also directs the department’s many components to fulfil a four-year goal to make their data centrally available for AI training and analysis. It omits any mention of ethical use of AI and casts suspicion on the concept of A
  
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• Pentagon to invest $1B in L3Harris rocket-motor spinoff

  13-01-2026 20:36 via defenseone.com
  L3Harris Technologies’ plan to create a new publicly traded solid rocket motor company in the second half of this year includes the U.S. government, which will become a significant stockholder in that post-IPO entity.Their transaction announced Tuesday has multiple moving parts to it, starting with the Defense Department’s agreement to invest $1 billion in L3Harris’ rocket motor business. That stake is initially starting as a convertible preferred security, which will then auto
  
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• Trump takes aim at major defense firms, demands faster production

  13-01-2026 17:59 via breakingdefense.com
  What’s gotten Trump so mad at the defense industry? Find out on The Weekly Break Out.
  
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• The D Brief: ‘Perfidy’ in boat strike?; Pentagon’s new AI plan; Venezuela’s broken air defenses; Quantum space cameras; And a bit more.

  13-01-2026 17:09 via defenseone.com
  Did Trump’s attacks on boats off Latin America involve a second type of war crime? The Defense Department is accused of killing shipwrecked survivors after a strike on an alleged drug-running boat on Sept. 2 in the Caribbean Sea near Trinidad and Tobago. But the New York Times reported Monday that the attack may also have involved a second war crime: “perfidy”—that is, disguising military equipment as civilian in order to sneak up and kill someone. The Pentagon&rsquo
  
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• US shipbuilder HII expands UK unmanned maritime vehicle support facility

  13-01-2026 17:02 via breakingdefense.com
  Since 2001, the UK Ministry of Defence has procured REMUS 100, REMUS 300 and REMUS 600 vehicles for mine countermeasure [MCM] missions.
  
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• The future of Zero Trust

  13-01-2026 16:20 via breakingdefense.com
  Zero Trust leader Randy Resnick level sets status and discusses new initiatives.
  
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• Pentagon to invest $1B in L3Harris solid rocket motor spin off

  13-01-2026 15:42 via breakingdefense.com
  L3Harris announced plans to conduct an initial public offering of its Missile Solutions business in the second half of 2026.
  
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• DARPA backs Diffraqtion to demo ‘quantum camera’ for space, Earth surveillance

  13-01-2026 15:00 via breakingdefense.com
  Only recently emerging from stealth, the MIT-UMD spinout is planning constellations of small, low-cost ISR satellites for multiple military missions.
  
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• Raytheon Exec: Patriots to be ‘as up to date as humanly possible,’ amid European demand

  13-01-2026 14:29 via breakingdefense.com
  “We’ve invested more than a billion dollars in securing material ahead of orders, and that makes it a lot easier [to deliver on new orders],” said Tom Laliberty, president of land and air defense Systems at Raytheon.
  
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• Quantum cameras could remake space-based intelligence

  13-01-2026 05:05 via defenseone.com
  Can quantum physics enable better, cheaper, faster satellite photos? In a month or two, a startup will test a “quantum camera” aboard an orbital telescope. If it works, it could slash the cost of missile defenses and give smaller NATO allies and partners spy-satellite capabilities that were once exclusive to major powers.Funded in part by NASA and DARPA, the Boston-based Diffraqtion is testing a radically different way to make images from photons.You might think that the cameras on t
  
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• Sen. Kelly sues Hegseth over penalties for 'illegal orders' video

  13-01-2026 04:42 via defenseone.com
  Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the department on Monday for trying to demote Kelly’s retirement rank and pay after he appeared in a video where he and other lawmakers told service members they didn’t need to follow illegal orders. Kelly’s suit, filed in the federal district court for the District of Columbia, says attempts by the Trump administration to punish him violate the First Amendment, the separation of powers, due process
  
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• DHS adds office to fly, counter drones

  13-01-2026 02:00 via defenseone.com
  The Department of Homeland Security has created an office to operate drones and counter bad ones, with millions of dollars already slated to protect upcoming high-profile mass gatherings across the United States, agency officials said on Monday.The new Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems will “oversee strategic investments in drone and counter-drone technologies that can outpace evolving threats and tactics,&rdquo
  
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• With the boom for solid rocket motors for missiles, a perilous crunch in the supply chain

  12-01-2026 21:00 via breakingdefense.com
  To increase munitions stockpiles, the US military needs more solid rocket motors. Deep into the supply chain, there are still problems, executives told Breaking Defense.
  
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• Sweden allocates $1.6B to build territorial air defense capability, $140M for space

  12-01-2026 20:08 via breakingdefense.com
  The decision reflects a shift in how Sweden’s military looks at air defense.
  
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• Defending the homeland means fighting disinformation

  12-01-2026 17:43 via breakingdefense.com
  Disinformation is not just a policy issue, but a wider military threat to homeland security, writes William Coffin in this op-ed.
  
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• The D Brief: US bombs ISIS in Syria; Iranian protests swell; Execs rebuff oil plan; Meet the Army’s dronemakers; And a bit more.

  12-01-2026 17:15 via defenseone.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump declared himself Venezuela’s new leader on Sunday evening, two days after the Defense Department announced it had seized the fifth tanker of alleged Venezuelan crude oil since December. In a social media post, Trump referred to himself as “acting president” of the South American nation, using what appeared to be a screenshot of a webpage from Wikipedia. About that fifth seized tanker: Early Friday, U.S. forces “launched from the USS Gerald
  
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• Lockheed Martin appoints new chief executive for Australia and New Zealand

  12-01-2026 15:36 via breakingdefense.com
  Jeremy King previously served the Australian Defence Force for more than 30 years and has led major capability programs such as the MRH-90 and Chinook project.
  
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• How unmanned systems are reshaping logistics in contested environments

  12-01-2026 14:33 via breakingdefense.com
  [Sponsored] Unmanned systems reduce risk, extend communications chains and provide more precise delivery capabilities.
  
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• Lightning Lab gives Pacific Army division drone-building capabilities on the front lines

  12-01-2026 08:42 via defenseone.com
  SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii—The 25th Infantry Division is all about drones: Drones that sense. Drones that shoot. Drones that get blown to smithereens for HIMARS target-practice. And more and more, drones built by soldiers themselves.Tucked away in the converted storage room of a former movie theater, a handful of soldiers are producing drones by the dozen as part of the division’s Lightning Lab, a 13-person unit borrowed from other parts of the division and rapidly trained to build d
  
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• SpaceX to launch next SDA missile tracking satellites

  09-01-2026 22:17 via breakingdefense.com
  SpaceX will launch 36 Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellites — 18 built by L3Harris and 18 built by Lockheed Martin — plus eight FOO Fighter birds built by Millennium Space Systems.
  
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• DIU to fund ‘unjammable’ magnetic navigation tech

  09-01-2026 21:22 via breakingdefense.com
  DIU expects to fund prototypes of multiple airborne platforms for magnetic navigation, including one that scans the ocean surface at 2,000 ft.
  
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• How the Air Force is revamping its acquisition shop with new ‘portfolios’

  09-01-2026 20:37 via breakingdefense.com
  The fresh approach is meant to streamline weapons procurement and cut through bureaucracy, though details like exactly what authorities new Portfolio Acquisition Executives will have are being worked out.
  
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• Army’s noncommittal procurement strategy is creating quandaries for vendors

  09-01-2026 20:35 via defenseone.com
  The Army’s new acquisition strategy—buy fast, in small quantities, then maybe buy a lot more—is causing headaches for at least one of the vendors working on the service’s new medium-range reconnaissance drone.Anduril is one of two firms working to produce drones that can give Army maneuver companies at least six miles of visibility for up to 30 minutes at a time, but the service’s Continuous Transformation strategy is making it tough to plan ahead for production&mda
  
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• While the US military grabbed Maduro, where was Venezuela’s air force?

  09-01-2026 20:04 via breakingdefense.com
  Experts said operational surprise was certainly a factor, but so too were years-long issues with Caracas’s aircraft fleet and personnel.
  
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• Why is GSA’s procurement chief in international negotiations over Ukraine and Gaza?

  09-01-2026 19:00 via defenseone.com
  A Trump appointee focused on government purchasing, Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum, has been attending high-level negotiations related to Ukraine and Gaza for the Trump administration. Gruenbaum — whose background is in private equity and investment banking — attended a Tuesday summit of the “coalition of the willing” in Paris focused on Ukrainian security as a White House advisor. This is the latest meeting related to Ukraine in recent
  
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