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Use Legacy Systems as Tech Playgrounds for Innovation The Pentagon must avoid the ancient Roman tactic of "burning the bridge behind them" by immediately throwing aside older weapons systems in favor of wholesale investments in new technologies and platforms. While force modernization is necessary, the Department of Defense does not have the time, track record, or the funding to rapidly field replacements to…

Army Will Protect Key Weapons From Post-COVID Cuts: Pasquarette When defense budgets fell in the past, "the easy button" has been cutting modernization to protect manpower and readiness, Lt. Gen. James Pasquarette says. "It's going to be different this time." around."

What Acting SecDef Miller's Special Ops Shift Means The move "will put special operations command on par with the military services for the first time," acting SecDef Chris Miller announced today

It's Open Architectures For ALL New Weapons As JROC Sets JADC2 Requirements Joint All-Domain Command and Control "will fundamentally change how we fight as a as a nation, and will change how we organize, train and equip," Air Force director of operational capabilities Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop says.

Israel Kills 10 Iranians In Large Air Strike Against Targets In Syria TEL AVIV: Israel launched its largest military strike in years against Syria last night shortly after the International Atomic Energy Agency reported a significant increase in Iran's stockpiles of nuclear material, with levels of enriched uranium now 12 times those agreed in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The Israelis used gliding bombs and…

Making DoD Security Operations Centers More Effective: Security Automation [Sponsored] Security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) software frees DoD analysts to apply cognitive skills to actually fixing problems.

Biden Transition: We Can't Afford Time To Humor Trump The transition from one president to another is not a formality, nor is it inconsequential. The 911 Commission found that the transition from President Clinton to President Bush contributed to the senior leadership missing the clues that al Qaeda planned to attack America. In September, the co-chairmen of the 911 Commission wrote this: "To be…

Augmented Reality Opening Soon At A VA Operating Theater Near You [Sponsored]

A partnership among the VHA's Innovation Ecosystem (VHA IE), Verizon, Microsoft, and Medivis installed the nation's first 5G hospital network at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in California.

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