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A News Roundup for the Week Ahead It's Detectable. Until it's Not. Presented by Northrop Grumman We revolutionized long range strike with the B-2. Now, we're Defining Possible again with B-21 Raider. Drawing on decades of stealth expertise, we've created a platform ready to dominate the battlefields of tomorrow.  Learn More. Grim Future For Repairing Navy Subs And Carriers On Time By Paul McLeary; Friday, August 21, 2020 3:31 PM With the Pentagon budget not expected to grow any time soon, the Navy is facing a major crunch in getting its carriers and attack subs back to sea.   US Should Stop Weapons Flowing To Libya By Ari Cicurel; Friday, August 21, 2020 11:16 AM A growing arms race in the Eastern Mediterranean pits several U.S. allies against each other, raising the risks of confrontation between two NATO allies. The Turkish Ministry of Defense has tweeted pictures of the Turkish Navy escorting the research ship Oruç Reis to waters that it disputes with Greece. After a phone call with Greek…   IBCS Defeats 2 Missiles in Flight – But 100s In Simulation By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Friday, August 21, 2020 8:29 AM Thursday's near-simultaneous intercept of a cruise missile and a ballistic missile was far from the hardest thing the IBCS battalion has done.   AI Slays Top F-16 Pilot In DARPA Dogfight Simulation By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, August 20, 2020 6:03 PM "It's a giant leap," said DARPA's Justin (call sign "Glock") Mock.   Japan's Reset Raises Questions Over Big Programs By Paul McLeary; Thursday, August 20, 2020 4:29 PM Toyko has put the breaks on its Aegis Ashore program, and there are reports its support for the Global Hawk buy may be soft.   Commerce Should Take DoD Space Safety Mission: Study By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, August 20, 2020 3:09 PM "The DoD system is not scalable to meet the demands of a growing number of objects in space and to deal with an increasing number of space operators," the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) report says.   Bibi Said Yes To F-35 Sale To UAE, Eye On Normalized Relations By Arie Egozi; Thursday, August 20, 2020 12:51 PM "Bibi used his open line to the White House to give the OK for this deal," an Israeli source told Breaking D. He did not disclose the F-35 OK to anyone, including Benny Ganz, Israel's defense minister and alternative prime minister.   Air & Space Forces Add Cyber To All-Domain Ops Data Library By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, August 19, 2020 3:33 PM "Data is key to space. It's critical to all-domain operations; it's a centerpiece to it all," says Maj. Gen. Kim Crider.   Skyborg: Bold Example Or Another Joint Mistake? By Brent Sadler; Wednesday, August 19, 2020 1:18 PM Is the Air Force about to make the same mistakes with Skyborg that it made with the F-22 and F-35? Sure, they created the most capable aircraft in the world, but they neglected to give them the capacity to share their assessment of the air battlespace situation with our other fighters—and sharing data is the…   DARPA Wants Wargame AI To Never Fight Fair By Kelsey Atherton; Tuesday, August 18, 2020 6:06 PM Gamebreaker is about building an AI that can play a wargame in the best and most unfair way against its opponents.   RIMPAC 2020 Smaller, But China Looms Just As Large By Paul McLeary; Tuesday, August 18, 2020 5:23 PM Pacific Fleet commander, Adm. John Aquilino, put a positive face on the smaller operation, saying, "the growing security environment in the Pacific demands now more than ever that like-minded nations join forces   DARPA's AlphaDogfight Tests AI Pilot's Combat Chops By Theresa Hitchens; Tuesday, August 18, 2020 3:39 PM "Before AI can find its place, really, in the cockpit in a formation, it kind of has to earn its wings first," DARPA Deputy Director David Honey says.   New Pentagon Plan To Link CoComs, Services Faces 'Flat' 2022 Budget By Paul McLeary; Monday, August 17, 2020 3:03 PM The 2022 budget "probably looks to be flat," Vic Mercado, assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans and capabilities, says. "We still have to look to the future, maybe take some risks in the near-term, and make some investments in those technologies that we're going to need in the future like hypersonics, artificial intelligence."    Kratos Targets Ground System 'Revolution' By Theresa Hitchens; Monday, August 17, 2020 1:20 PM "We think that p-LEO is a big deal. And there's got to be a revolution that has to hit the ground segment, says Phil Carrai, president of Kratos's space, training and cyber division.   Boeing & Lockheed Vie For Cyber/EW/SIGINT System, TLS By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Monday, August 17, 2020 7:00 AM The Army has big ambitions for the Terrestrial Layer System, meant to detect, decrypt, and disrupt enemy communications. We spoke to the companies that actually have to build it.   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe