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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.  Trump Pentagon, Biden Team Clash As Transition Grows Controversial By Paul McLeary; Friday, December 18, 2020 3:46 PM Acting SecDef Miller says the Biden team agreed to a two-week halt in transition meetings. Top Biden officials say that's not true.   OMFV: Army Wants Your Weird Ideas For Bradley Replacement By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Friday, December 18, 2020 3:39 PM Want to make a mini-tank that carries two passengers in back? Or put the heavy weapons on one vehicle and the passengers in another? Go for it, the Army's armor modernization director told industry.   NGAD Likely To Carry AI Copilot; Next Step Certifying Them Flight Ready: Roper By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, December 18, 2020 3:31 PM The Air Force's new AI copilot could next be flown by a Skyborg drone, says AF acquisition czar Will Roper.   Space Force To Focus SATCOM Management On JADC2 Needs: EXCLUSIVE By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, December 18, 2020 7:01 AM "The Joint Force depends upon SATCOM communication services as part of its JADC2 and Internet of Things," says Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, Space Force acting technology innovation officer.   Israel's Elbit Enters US Howitzer Shoot Off By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Thursday, December 17, 2020 5:43 PM The Army wants a wheeled howitzer that can keep up with its Stryker units, so the Israeli firm is shipping its 8×8 ATMOS gun to Yuma, where it'll fire "hundreds of rounds."   Defense Enclave Services: A "Crown Jewel" of DoD IT Reform [Sponsored] By Barry Rosenberg; Thursday, December 17, 2020 5:11 PM A massive cloud-computing contract will transform operations for the DoD's "Fourth Estate"   THOR: Air Force Tests Counter-Drone Microwave In Africa By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, December 17, 2020 1:17 PM "I've watched it in action and its really quite impressive," says Air Force Chief Scientist Richard Joseph.   NDAA Loaded With Icebreakers, Satellite Funding For Sharper Arctic Focus By Paul McLeary; Thursday, December 17, 2020 12:48 PM "The highways of the Arctic are paved by icebreakers," said Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan, who helped shepherd the provisions through to the final bill which sits on the president's desk, awaiting his promised veto   A JADC2 and Mosaic Warfare Future: Extending Microservices and CI/CD into the Physical Battlespace [Sponsored] By Sam Richman, Senior Solution Architect for USAF - Red Hat; Thursday, December 17, 2020 7:32 AM The nature of warfare is changing to meet the demands of the great-power competitions of our modern era.   Army's IVAS Example Can Help Pentagon Catch Up On AI By Mackenzie Eaglen; Thursday, December 17, 2020 7:01 AM The Pentagon remains stuck in the "success" of the 1990s and Desert Storm, which hinders its ability to take advantage of revolutions in smartphone, cloud computing and social media technologies.   Which Depots Can Army Modernize? By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Wednesday, December 16, 2020 5:21 PM "There's going to be winners and losers," Gen. Ed Daly told us. "[But] this transition… is not code for 'reducing the workforce.'"   White House Paves Policy For Nuke-Powered Rockets & Reactors On Moon By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, December 16, 2020 5:06 PM Administration officials were quick to stress that US pursuit of space-based nuclear power sources has absolutely nothing to do with building nuclear weapons in space.   AI Copilot Based On Gaming Software Takes Flight By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, December 16, 2020 1:06 PM "For flying an instrument approach, having an AI copilot makes sense," says retired general 'Hawk' Carlisle, former head of Air Combat Command.   Gulf Countries, US Must Boost 4th & 5th Fifth Gen Fighter Data Sharing By Chyrine Mezher; Wednesday, December 16, 2020 11:20 AM Arab countries are looking at ways to better learn how to integrate fourth generation fighters with fifth generation platforms of allies.   Air Force Plans A '21st Century IT Store' By Kelsey Atherton; Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10:20 AM "It should be more like an Apple Store experience," said Lauren Knausenberger, Deputy CIO for the Air Force.   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe