Tuesday 30 June 2020

Weekly Briefing: Defense Networks & Cyber News and Analysis

The latest defense networks & cyber news and analysis from Breaking Defense.
Air Force Eyes European ABMS Demo In Spring

Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, head of Air Forces Europe, said allies must be included in JADC2 development: "You can't just bring them in in execution and go: 'Hey we built the plan, so, sorry, just do what we told you."

 

SASC Wants Alternative GPS By 2023

"I think this shows that the committee is taking the jamming and spoofing threats to GPS seriously, and it is prompting DoD to focus its efforts on countering these threats," Todd Harrison, director of the Defense Aerospace Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says.

 

Navy Seeks Silicon Valley Seamlessness In Familiar Package

    This is Kelsey Atherton's first story for Breaking D. We are most glad to welcome him to our shop after his years of covering cyber, IT and all that's related. He'll write for you each week on these topics. Read on! The Editor. ALBUQUERQUE — The Navy is looking for a sea change…

 

Pentagon Plans 'Plug & Play' Drone-Killing Tech

The military will consolidate from dozens of different, often-incompatible counter-drone defenses to just seven — with a single common standard for command & control.

 

FCC Cracks Under Hill Pressure On Ligado 5G Network

"I'm very confident going forward that we've made a decision that is based much more on sound engineering as opposed to some of the fear mongering that we've heard," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says.

 

New Coalition Widens Opposition; Inhofe, Reed Draft Anti-Ligado Bill

Dale Leibach, Keep GPS Working spokesperson, says that already "about one-third — Republicans and Democrats — of the Senate oppose" the Ligado plan.

 

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China Threatens In Paracels; Three US Carrier Groups Sail The Philippine Sea

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China Threatens In Paracels; Three US Carrier Groups Sail The Philippine Sea

Three American carrier strike groups are moving in the Philippine Sea while China shuts down sea traffic in the South China Sea

 

Air Force Eyes European ABMS Demo In Spring

Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, head of Air Forces Europe, said allies must be included in JADC2 development: "You can't just bring them in in execution and go: 'Hey we built the plan, so, sorry, just do what we told you."

 

New Iranian Missile Could Strike Central Europe: Analysis

On the 22nd of April, Iran surprised the world by successfully launching the Noor satellite, using a previously unknown Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) which they call Qased. The US Space Force confirmed that Noor reached orbit, together with a second object, assessed as the spent upper stage. A detailed analysis of the Qased, based on…

 

SASC Wants Alternative GPS By 2023

"I think this shows that the committee is taking the jamming and spoofing threats to GPS seriously, and it is prompting DoD to focus its efforts on countering these threats," Todd Harrison, director of the Defense Aerospace Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says.

 

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Monday 29 June 2020

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Navy Seeks Silicon Valley Seamlessness In Familiar Package

By Kelsey Atherton; Friday, June 26, 2020 4:06 PM

    This is Kelsey Atherton's first story for Breaking D. We are most glad to welcome him to our shop after his years of covering cyber, IT and all that's related. He'll write for you each week on these topics. Read on! The Editor. ALBUQUERQUE — The Navy is looking for a sea change…

 

Pentagon Plans 'Plug & Play' Drone-Killing Tech

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Friday, June 26, 2020 2:24 PM

The military will consolidate from dozens of different, often-incompatible counter-drone defenses to just seven — with a single common standard for command & control.

 

A-10: Hey Air Force, There's More to Survival than Hiding

By Brian Boeding; Friday, June 26, 2020 4:01 AM

Anyone who's been around ground combat knows F-35s, F-22s and legacy fast jets are far too fast and lack the close in maneuverability to be able detect camouflaged threats to our troops or to separate friend from foe in a highly fluid firefight.

 

HASC, SASC Aim To Add Third NatSec Launch Provider

By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, June 25, 2020 5:33 PM

The HASC chair's markup chides the GPS III program for "unjustified cost growth" in both Lockheed Martin's GEO-based space segment and Raytheon's OCX.

 

ABMS In Trouble: Rep. Smith Wants $85M Cut

By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, June 25, 2020 3:05 PM

The MQ-9 Reaper drone is the big winner in the 2021 NDAA markup by HASC Chair Adam Smith, receiving a whopping $108 million increase above the $29.5 million request.

 

HASC NDAA Cuts F-35, Adds Sub, Sets Up Senate Clash

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Thursday, June 25, 2020 2:26 PM

The HASC draft largely agrees with SASC on cutting robot ships and adding manned ones, but the two are far apart on Joint Strike Fighters.

 

New Navy Secretary Makes Surprise Trip to Norway

By Paul McLeary; Thursday, June 25, 2020 1:48 PM

Braithwaite's travel to Oslo will see him formally relinquish his ambassadorship there, a unique situation that has seen him hold two Senate-confirmed positions simultaneously.  

 

FCC Cracks Under Hill Pressure On Ligado 5G Network

By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, June 25, 2020 4:01 AM

"I'm very confident going forward that we've made a decision that is based much more on sound engineering as opposed to some of the fear mongering that we've heard," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says.

 

SASC Trims Hypersonics & Robot Ships, Boosts Ships & F-35

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Wednesday, June 24, 2020 4:55 PM

Skeptical senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee want to slow down bleeding-edge prototypes, while building up more traditional weapons.

 

SASC To Air Force: Get Bigger & Better, But Don't Retire Old Aircraft

By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, June 24, 2020 3:36 PM

"The Senate is saddling the service with unsupportable funding requirements," Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group says.

 

Poland Talks New Bases As Duda Meets At White House

By Paul McLeary; Wednesday, June 24, 2020 11:01 AM

As Trump takes heat from his own party over a proposed troop drawdown in Germany, new US drone and armor bases in Poland are in the works.

 

Video Interview: Special Operations Forces – Working With Industry On New Capabilities [Sponsored]

By Breaking Defense; Wednesday, June 24, 2020 11:01 AM

How can industry help Special Operations Forces achieve specialized missions? A brief video interview with Leonardo DRS COO John Baylouny.

 

Navy Gets $10.4B For Columbia Subs As Missile Tubes Fixed; Congress Keeping Service On Tight Leash

By Paul McLeary; Tuesday, June 23, 2020 5:19 PM

House committee wants to hold money back from DoD until it delivers shipbuilding plans, while putting the breaks on armed unmanned surface ships.

 

More DoD Resignations: R&E Head Mike Griffin & Deputy Lisa Porter

By Theresa Hitchens; Tuesday, June 23, 2020 3:12 PM

Rumors had started flying that Griffin might be pushed out as long ago as last June.

 

HASC Wants Answers On Pacific Fuel & Europe HQ

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Tuesday, June 23, 2020 2:55 PM

The HASC readiness subcommittee also wants to create a comprehensive quadrennial review of what it'll really take to supply and sustain the global force.

 

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