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Lengthy JEDI Fight Threatens Contract, Says Pentagon "Regardless of the JEDI Cloud litigation outcome, the Department continues to have an  urgent, unmet requirement," reads the Pentagon briefing to members of Congress.

Optical Links Key To SDA, MDA Missile Tracking "Information gathered up to and through Tracking Layer Tranche 0 will help inform decisions about future tranches, including how many and which types of sensors should be flown to provide the warfighter a complete advanced missile threat solution," SDA spokeswoman Jennifer Elzea says.

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F-35 Sales To UAE: What Will Being A Major Security Partner Mean U.S.-UAE relations witnessed big leaps under Trump. Will ties remain as strong under Biden and see F-35 deal executed?

Space Acquisition Office Takes Shape, But Status Remains Unresolved The question about who ultimately will be in charge of making decisions about what the Space Force buys will now fall to the incoming Air Force secretary, DoD Secretary Lloyd Austin and the Biden White House.

IDF Steps Up Iran Preparations; $1.2B More Sought A senior Israeli source who talked with BD on condition of anonymity said the $1.2 billion will mostly be spent on "improving Israel's capability to perform standoff attacks," which involves acceleration of some very highly classified  "black programs" that address this capability "with breakthrough technologies." Some will be spent on Israel's missile defense systems, as well.

Trilateral Cope North Exercise To Test 'Agile' Air Ops On Austere Airfields The Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept uses a 'hub and spoke' network of permanent, well-established 'hubs' and more remote, austere 'spokes'," says Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeremy Sloane, commander of the 36th Air Wing in Guam.

ABMS Won't Replace BACN Comms Til 2026; Northrop Wins Support Deal The Air Force intends to get rid of three of its four BACN-equipped EQ-4 Global Hawks, but increase the number of piloted E-11 BACN aircraft through 2026.

Israelis Say They'll Attack Iran If US Eases Sanctions TEL AVIV: Israel has said openly that it will attack Iran if the U.S eases sanctions against the Shiite regime and agrees to go back to the nuclear agreement the Jewish state claims is "the biggest hoax in recent history." "Israel needs to know — and fast — whether Washington plans to stop Iran's race…

Defiant-X: Sikorsky, Boeing Unveil FLRAA Design The companies' proposed Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) to replace the UH-60 is a sleeker, stealthier version of the prototype SB>1 Defiant now in flight tests. Can it beat Bell's tiltrotor?

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SPACECOM’s New Vision Targets ‘Space Superiority’

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SPACECOM's New Vision Targets 'Space Superiority' "We must have fully integrated offensive and defensive operations across all of our services, as well as our partners," says Army Gen. James Dickinson, SPACECOM commander.

DIU Turns To Honeypots For Advanced Cyber Defense "The threat actor is revealing their hand," said Aymn Gilani of CounterCraft

F-35 Sales To UAE: What Will Being A Major Security Partner Mean U.S.-UAE relations witnessed big leaps under Trump. Will ties remain as strong under Biden and see F-35 deal executed?

Two US Destroyers Enter Black Sea; Russia Responds The deployment of the two US Navy ships, along with a refueling ship, is the largest American presence in the waterway in three years.

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WASHINGTON: For the first time in three years the Navy has sent three ships – including two destroyers – into the Black Sea, just days after President Biden confronted Vladimir Putin about Russian policy. The move is sure to be read by Moscow as a statement of intent as the United States looks to confront Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, attempts to assassinate political rivals and reformers at home, and continuing acts of violence against Russians in NATO countries, as well as the persistent threats Vladimir Putin's regime has made against NATO countries.

Breaking News: Two US Destroyers Enter Black Sea; Russia Responds WASHINGTON: For the first time in three years the Navy has sent three ships – including two destroyers – into the Black Sea, just days after President Biden confronted Vladimir Putin about Russian policy. The move is sure to be read by Moscow as a statement of intent as the United States looks to confront Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, attempts to assassinate political rivals and reformers at home, and continuing acts of violence against Russians in NATO countries, as well as the persistent threats Vladimir Putin's regime has made against NATO countries. Read more » Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe

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Biden Orders Pentagon To Include Climate Change In New Strategy & War Games Biden's order directs the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to include climate risk assessments in developing a new National Defense Strategy, due in 2022, along with the Defense Planning Guidance, the Chairman's Risk Assessment, "and other relevant strategy, planning, and programming documents and processes."

Navy Sticks With LCS Despite Propulsion Troubles; Lockheed Races To Make Fixes "In practical terms, [the delay] has almost zero impact because the LCS has, for the most part, not been deployed," much in the past 15 years said Bryan Clark, an analyst at the Hudson Institute.

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Biden Orders Pentagon To Include Climate Change In New Strategy & War Games

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Biden Orders Pentagon To Include Climate Change In New Strategy & War Games Biden's order directs the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to include climate risk assessments in developing a new National Defense Strategy, due in 2022, along with the Defense Planning Guidance, the Chairman's Risk Assessment, "and other relevant strategy, planning, and programming documents and processes."

Space Acquisition Office Takes Shape, But Status Remains Unresolved The question about who ultimately will be in charge of making decisions about what the Space Force buys will now fall to the incoming Air Force secretary, DoD Secretary Lloyd Austin and the Biden White House.

IDF Steps Up Iran Preparations; $1.2B More Sought A senior Israeli source who talked with BD on condition of anonymity said the $1.2 billion will mostly be spent on "improving Israel's capability to perform standoff attacks," which involves acceleration of some very highly classified  "black programs" that address this capability "with breakthrough technologies." Some will be spent on Israel's missile defense systems, as well.

State Dept. Pauses New Arms Exports; UAE, Saudi Deals Hanging The Biden Administration is hitting the brakes on the relaxed weapons sales policies of the Trump administration – at least for now.

Trilateral Cope North Exercise To Test 'Agile' Air Ops On Austere Airfields The Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept uses a 'hub and spoke' network of permanent, well-established 'hubs' and more remote, austere 'spokes'," says Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeremy Sloane, commander of the 36th Air Wing in Guam.

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