Wednesday 22 September 2021

Weekly Briefing: Land Warfare

The latest news and analysis on land warfare, from Breaking Defense.""_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Weekly Briefing
Land Warfare

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Biden Nominates Douglas Bush To Be Army Top Acquisition Official

Given his previous work, Bush is intimately familiar with the acquisition challenges that Army faces as it pushes modernization.

 

Army, Navy Units To Transfer To Space Force Soon

The Army units involved operate a payload for the Wideband Global SATCOM system; the Navy's are connected to the Mobile User Objective System sats.

 

New Quadcopter Drone 'Kargo' in Development, Hopes to Supply Marines

Kaman executives said they have been operating a 50% scale model for testing purposes and plan to build and demonstrate a representative aircraft by the end of next year.

 

Air Force Special Operations Expects Amphibious MC-130J Test Next Year

Notably, Slife called out the need to operate in and around "an island environment that is not serviced by a major fixed operating base runway."

 

UK Awards Laser Weapon Experimental Contracts

Three companies will split a $100 million contract to develop test beds for directed energy weapons.

 

Can The US Army Transform Without A New Approach to Warfare?

When did the Army come to believe that acquiring new stuff fast equals modernization?

 

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