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A News Roundup for the Week Ahead Our NGI Solution Will Help Keep Our Nation Secure. Presented by Northrop Grumman Missile Defense is critical to protecting our nation. Our unmatched NGI team combines proven experience and cutting-edge technologies to address today's threats and tomorrow's challenges. Exclusive: Navy CNO On Rooting Out Extremists By Paul McLeary; Friday, February 5, 2021 2:19 PM "We have a responsibility to educate those that are leaving the service that they are going to be recruited by these people, and they need to be aware that they're going to have people reach out via email or social media" Adm. Mike Gilday says.   NSC Memo May Spell End Of National Space Council By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, February 5, 2021 12:11 PM "What happens to the funds that were authorized and appropriated by Congress for the NSpC?," a former space official wonders.    HASC Gets Seapower Boost As Wittman Takes Leadership Role By Paul McLeary; Friday, February 5, 2021 10:56 AM "I don't think there's going to be any increases in the budget, but maintaining budget levels in order to do the things necessary" to fund the Pentagon's modernization is critical, Rep. Rob Wittman said   AFRL's WeaponONE Aims To Rapidly Build Digital Design, Engineering Tools By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, February 5, 2021 9:05 AM AFRL's WeaponONE is serving as a pathfinder program for Air Force Materiel Command's digital campaign to integrate digital tools into its operations.   How To Make The Third Offset Real: The Combined JADC2 By Matthew Arrol; Friday, February 5, 2021 7:01 AM There are places where jointness, that still sometimes elusive character, is on full display in the US military and one of those is where close air support meets the Army. The Army's Joint Support Team trains 4,200 Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine and Special Operations Command students in joint air-ground operations education, training and command-and-control systems integration. Few…   Skyborg Could Develop Multiple Drones For Many Missions By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, February 4, 2021 2:04 PM The Air Force is "driving toward" 2023 for initial operating capability for Skyborg, says AFRL Director Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle.   Lebanese Air Force Commander Aims To Boost ISR Capabilities With France, US By Chyrine Mezher; Thursday, February 4, 2021 1:30 PM Commander of the Lebanese the Air Force talks to Breaking D on the current strategies adopted to boost Lebanon's ISR capabilities and the Air Force's plans in that regard.   Geurts Is Back; Now As Temp Navy Undersecretary By Paul McLeary; Thursday, February 4, 2021 1:08 PM This newest temporary job could signal a new role for Guerts in the Austin Pentagon, given his deep knowledge of Navy and Special Operations modernization projects over the past decade   Israel Rejects US Plan To Inspect Chinese Harbor At Haifa By Arie Egozi; Wednesday, February 3, 2021 4:15 PM TEL AVIV: Israel has refused an American request to inspect the new Chinese-built Haifa port that will be operated for the next 25 years by SIPG, a Chinese company. This is being seen in both countries as a test case of Israel's relationship with China and with the United States. Israeli officials declined to comment…   Army, Navy Funds Unlikely For Space Force Until 2023 By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, February 3, 2021 3:16 PM "The last thing Congress intended when creating the Space Force was to end up with four different space forces," says CSIS's Todd Harrison in a new analysis promoting a roles and missions review.   Biden Freezes German Pullout Plans; 'Cradle to Grave' Review Underway By Paul McLeary; Wednesday, February 3, 2021 11:32 AM SecDef Lloyd Austin "is at this moment in the process of conducting a very very thorough review" of planning to move 12,000 troops out of Germany, EUCOM chief Gen. Wolters says.   DoD Faces Tough Decisions On Space Rules By Theresa Hitchens; Tuesday, February 2, 2021 3:33 PM "The understanding of what deterrence is has been misinterpreted, reinterpreted, run through a ringer, chopped up and turned into a hamburger. I mean, it's just that nobody there [at DoD] seems to understand what it means exactly," one former government official said.   DoD Likely To Miss 2021 Deadline For Counter-Drone Weapon By Theresa Hitchens; Tuesday, February 2, 2021 2:28 PM "Low-collateral effect interceptors" against small drones would be used in "defeating small UAS in urban environments, over sensitive sites, or situations where the rules of engagement would not allow kinetic effects," DoD's solicitation to industry says.   DepSecDef Will Run Most Missile Defense, Nuke Modernization; SecDef Recused By Paul McLeary; Tuesday, February 2, 2021 1:04 PM "I am worried about the state of the readiness of the nuclear triad," Deputy SecDef nominee Kath Hicks tells the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning, "and, if confirmed, that is an area I would want to get my team in place and start to look at right away."    Pentagon Hypersonics Director Rebuts Critics, Step By Step By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Tuesday, February 2, 2021 12:00 PM Defense experts and the Pentagon's hypersonics R&D director told us the Union of Concerned Scientists study, which argues hypersonic weapons offer marginal improvements over existing weapons at an outsized cost, got something wrong at every step.   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe