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A News Roundup for the Week Ahead Our NGI Team Will Help Keep Our Nation Secure. Presented by Northrop Grumman Missile Defense is critical to protecting our nation. Our unmatched NGI team combines unmatched experience and innovative technologies to address today's threats and tomorrow's challenges. Trump 2022 DoD Budget Would Kill OCO Account; Huge Navy Boost By Paul McLeary; Friday, December 11, 2020 4:21 PM The release of the Trump plans will undoubtedly complicate life for the Biden team, which will now be forced to wrestle publicly with both the increases and the cuts.    OMFV: Army Tries To Make Life Easier For Industry By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Friday, December 11, 2020 3:11 PM The Army will give companies more time to refine their designs for the Bradley replacement, but there's a four-month gap in funding in fiscal 2023.   Congress Fears DoD Not Prepared For NC3 Cyber Attacks By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, December 11, 2020 12:35 PM NC3 is "the last line of communication capabilities and associated equipment that we know will always be there during our worst day," explains Air Force Lt. Gen. James Dawkins, deputy CSAF for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration.   Shipbuilding Plan Calls For Billions In Spending, Surprising Congress By Paul McLeary; Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:45 PM "The contradictions and the flaws in this report are so blatant that I think it's a pretty weak reed to lean on…given the fact that [the Trump administration] basically were just doing Obama's shipbuilding plan up until this point," says Rep. Joe Courtney   Air Force Woos Congress On Space Acquisition Reform By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:41 PM "Given where we are at this point in the administration, it's unlikely that we would see a nominee" for an independent Space Force acquisition head, said Shawn Barnes, Air Force deputy assistant secretary for space acquisition.   Our Allies Need US To Modernize Nuke Triad: Gen. Ray By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Thursday, December 10, 2020 2:34 PM "It's really important that we don't let these issues get swept up in … political transitions between administrations," warned the head of Air Force Global Strike Command.   DISA Opens For Bids On $11.7B Defense Enclave Services By Kelsey Atherton; Thursday, December 10, 2020 10:36 AM Defense Enclave Services will "establish the modern infrastructure foundation and united frame of thought needed to deliver cohesive combat support capabilities to the warfighter."   White House Unveils New Space Policy, But Does It Matter? By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, December 9, 2020 7:09 PM "I just think it's a little too late for trying to have a stamp on something. It is just trying to say that they did something," said veteran space policy wonk Erin Neal.   Austin Waiver On the Line, Biden Presses Case For Former General By Paul McLeary; Wednesday, December 9, 2020 4:41 PM "I would not be asking for this exception if I did not believe this moment in our history didn't call for it — it does call for it — and if I didn't have the faith I have in Lloyd Austin to ask for it," Biden said.   OTAs Soar & Army Leads The Way: CSIS Report By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Wednesday, December 9, 2020 4:12 PM Army Contracting Command still accounts for 45 percent of all DoD Other Transaction Authority obligations, but the Air Force and, belatedly, the Navy are starting to catch up.   DoD Needs Tighter Reins On EW Acquisition By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, December 9, 2020 4:03 PM "When you build an EW system, you're not building an airplane, or you're not building a submarine or you're not building a ground system, you're building a system that's capable of using the RF spectrum in particular way," says DoD's EW czar David Tremper.   General Atomics' New Compact, High-Powered Lasers By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Wednesday, December 9, 2020 3:04 PM GA is building a prototype 300-kW missile defense laser for the Pentagon and a 250-kW airborne version with Boeing.   Using Automation To Enhance Collaboration In The Network-Centric Military [Sponsored] By Barry Rosenberg; Wednesday, December 9, 2020 8:23 AM Network automation for collaboration and DevSecOps is an enabling technology to fully realize Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2)   Key Democrats Lukewarm On SecDef Nominee; Biden Signals Return To Soft Power By Paul McLeary; Tuesday, December 8, 2020 5:46 PM "There really is former-general-officer fatigue, bordering on apprehension, on the Hill – on both sides of the aisle," a former Senate staffer says. "Trump really burned out a lot of folks."   Hypersonics: SDA, Space Force Focus On Laser Links For Kill Chain By Theresa Hitchens; Tuesday, December 8, 2020 3:29 PM SDA currently is primarily focused on "beyond-line-of-sight targeting for sensitive targets — so, for ships and mobile missiles," Director Derek Tournear says, as well as for "advanced missile threats."   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe