Weekly Briefing: Land Warfare

The latest news and analysis on land warfare, from Breaking Defense._____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Weekly Briefing Land Warfare

'Confident' Of 2023 Fielding Goal, Army Dubs Hypersonic Weapon 'Dark Eagle' Training with the first Long Range Hypersonic Weapon prototype system will commence on Oct. 18, says Rob Strider, deputy director of the Army Hypersonic Project Office.

Army Command Posts Getting Mobile, Dispersed, Quieter; Division Exercise In October All the shelters in the new system come pre-wired for workstations, which helps eliminate much of the setup time. Anyone who has ever been to a command post for the last 15 years knows how much electrical cabling runs around the tents. And, the use of pop-up shelters instead of tents makes quite a difference as well.

Taking Army Heavy Lift To Greater Range, Altitude, And Payload [Sponsored] The Chinook Block II program helps the Army retain its need for enduring heavy lift while it modernizes with Future Vertical Lift's FLRAA and FARA programs.

Accept Risk, And Reframe Air And Missile Defense As An Enabler If missile defenses can't protect everything, then Pentagon planners need to start thinking about new ways of deploying their limited assets – and that means new risks, say two Hudson Institute experts.

Army's IBCS Starts Operational Testing Next Month: SMDC's Karbler "It means that our adversaries are growing increasingly bold in their hostile acts of using ballistic missiles cruise missiles and UAS," Lt. Gen. Karbler said. "They're crucially bold in their conduct of irresponsible space activities. It means the Joint Force will demand more from the Army's Space and Missile defense capabilities and expertise going forward."

After Dramatic Two Weeks in MidEast, Israel Showing Restraint — For Now "This situation is temporary, and the real Israeli action is only being delayed" an Israeli defense source told Breaking Defense.

StrikeShield APS: Game Changing Modular Protection With Lower Risk Of Detection [Sponsored] Rheinmetall's hybrid solution integrates next-generation active and passive technologies for effective layered defense in a weight and power portfolio that works

State Clears Biden Admin's First Major Taiwan Arms Sale In addition to the $750 million Taiwan deal, State also cleared a pair of weapons packages for Japan.

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