Weekly Briefing: Land Warfare

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Weekly Briefing Land Warfare

SOCOM To Test Anti-Aging Pill Next Year "These efforts are not about creating physical traits that don't already exist naturally. This is about enhancing the mission readiness of our forces by improving performance characteristics that typically decline with age," Cmdr. Tim Hawkins, SOCOM spokesperson, said.

House Approps Restores 2nd Destroyer; Cuts Sea-Launched Nuke Cruise Missile The Democrats' draft bill trims military personnel and R&D to add money for procurement.

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"Switzerland has no industrial or program stake in the program, and Swiss procurement, like the country, is largely neutral, so this reflects very well on the F 35's overall technical appeal," aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia of Teal Group says.

F-35 Nabs $6.5B Swiss Deal; 'Lowest Operating Costs' WASHINGTON: Switzerland this morning picked Lockheed Martin's F-35A over the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon for its $6.5 billion fighter program. The win is quite a bright spot for the F-35 — which is under funding pressure from the US Air Force and Congress because of what are estimated to be its sky-high sustainment costs. Read more » Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe

Multimedia Report: All Domain - Connecting the Joint Force

An in-depth look at All-Domain Warfare, from Breaking Defense.

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First ABMS Buy: KC-46 Pods To Link F-22, F-35

Decision-making software tools and IT infrastructure are next on the agenda for ABMS investment, say senior Air Force officials.

Joint 'Strategic Directives' Set Requirements For All Domain Ops

The Joint Warfighting Concept "is an excellent concept, but the concept is just that — it's a concept. That concept is going to drive experimentation, it's going to drive future capabilities and future doctrine, but right now it's just the concept and we're still learning with it," VCJCS Gen. John Hyten says.

SDA Demos Spotlight Tech Hurdles To JADC2 Backbone

Two of the experiments, each involving two satellites, are focused on laser links: one between satellites themselves; the other from satellites to a MQ-9 Reaper drone on the ground.

'More (JADC2) Gaps Than We Can Cover:' Lt. Gen. Crall

"We're into the posture review, which is making its final rounds, which shows the gaps," said Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, J6 director.

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‘The Future Is About Information Dominance:’ Gen. Nakasone

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'The Future Is About Information Dominance:' Gen. Nakasone "We're not in Kansas anymore," Gen. Nakasone said about the cyber threat landscape and the US's adversaries.

MDA Director Sees New Space Investment "What we don't want to do is launch a weapon that then opens a seeker and there's nothing there, because the target has maneuvered," Vice Adm. Jon Hill, said.

SOCOM To Test Anti-Aging Pill Next Year "These efforts are not about creating physical traits that don't already exist naturally. This is about enhancing the mission readiness of our forces by improving performance characteristics that typically decline with age," Cmdr. Tim Hawkins, SOCOM spokesperson, said.

House Approps Restores 2nd Destroyer; Cuts Sea-Launched Nuke Cruise Missile The Democrats' draft bill trims military personnel and R&D to add money for procurement.

Don't Shift Security Cooperation To State Dept. Assistance programs can be better tailored to their objectives when State shares directive authority and decision-making power with the entity most relevant to each program's purpose. For example, when the objective is military capacity-building, the Defense Department should be an equal partner; when the goal is justice system reform, the Department of Justice should be a full partner.

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