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Sen. Inhofe, Rep. Rogers To Dems: Support Nuke Modernization If we listen to the radical groups who want our nuclear deterrent to wither away, we will have nothing of value to negotiate and nothing but bad options if we are threatened by a nuclear power. No amount of conventional weaponry can credibly offset that advantage.

AMC Approves 'Limited' KC-46 Tanker Refueling "I am confident that accepting the KC-46 with known deficiencies offers the fastest route to fielding a fully operationally capable weapon system," she said. "That said, serious deficiencies and restrictions remain," Air Mobility Command head Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost told reporters.

Air Force Working To Minimize Damage From ABMS Budget Cut "We're doing everything in our power to keep efforts going, because we believe … it's the right way to help design our future force,"acting Air Force acquisition head Darlene Costello says.

Who's Who in Defense: Avril D. Haines, Director of National Intelligence Part of a special Breaking Defense reference series profiling key defense decision-makers in the new administration and Congress.

China, UAE Forge New Deals; Joint R&D Plan & New Drone Sales This comes in light of a relatively new Emirati-Chinese strategy to work on long-term development and research projects for unmanned systems. Directly in front of UAE's EDGE Group stand, was the China-Emirates Science and Technology innovation laboratory (CEST), a joint project between UAE's International Golden Group and Norinco.

UAE's First Air Defense Missile To Be Used on German Oerlikon Skynex "What made Rheinmetall sign with us? This shows that we have the expertise, right infrastructure, test labs and development support to secure such big deals," Saeed Al Mansoori, CEO of Halkon tells Breaking Defense.

Working With Hill Key To 'Accelerating Change:' CSAF Brown "It may not get to exactly what I want, but it'll be better than to get nothing that I want," Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown says of his recent talks with Congress about the service's budget plans.

New Hicks Memo Sets Acquisition, Force Posture 2022 Budget Priorities DepSecDef Hicks writes that "due to the limited amount of time available before the Department must submit its FY 2022 President's Budget request, the process to re-evaluate existing decisions will focus on a very small number of issues with direct impact on FY 2022 and of critical importance to the President and the Secretary."

CJCS Gen. Milley Reviews JADC2 Strategy While Industry Jostles For Position Digital engineering. Open software standards. Edge processing. Connectivity. Autonomy. DevSecOps. The buzzwords are flying as defense contractors jockey to tout their respective capabilities as DoD's plans for Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) begin to manifest — and new business opportunities.

DoD's Technology Imperative: How Industry Is Answering DoD's Call For A Competitive Edge [Sponsored] Directed energy thermal management, infrared suppression, virtual reality maintenance, and a reusable hypersonic capability are just a few innovations coming out of Rolls-Royce.

IDEX: Low-Key US Presence Opens Doors For Israel, China While the UAE government was silent on the Biden Administration's pause on arms sales, social media reaction was harsh.

Experts Tell Congress How To Turn Innovation Into Reality Emphasizing venture capital, modular open architecture, and software development will help turn neat ideas into battle-ready weapons, acquisition gurus told Congress. But having separate bureaucracies for Research & Engineering and Acquisition & Sustainment may be a problem.

UAE's Tawazun, MBDA To Develop SmartGlider Missiles "Selling is no longer the expectation of our customer, but instead working together locally to share technology and engage in a journey where we will sale to the export market," Patrice Hajjar, MBDA's Export Vice President for Mideast tells Breaking Defense.

DoD Deal Targets Doubling Efficiency Of 5G Spectrum "Fundamentally, we do it the same way as noise canceling headphones; we listen to what the radio transmits and inject it in reverse in the radio, so the radio thinks that it doesn't hear itself, and it can hear everything else" Joel Brand of Kumu Networks says.

Boeing, Navy Discuss T-7A As Goshawk Replacement The Navy has "no program of record right now" to replace its T-45 trainers, said Chuck Dabundo, Boeing VP for T-7 programs, but the company is "working closely with them in answering questions" about the T-7A Red Hawk's capabilities.

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