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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. The Space Rush: New US Strategy Must Bring Order, Regulation By Hoss Cartwright; Friday, March 26, 2021 4:45 PM While visionary corporate leaders may be willing to take high risks on space, a space economy will rely on markets to price risk and insure space activity. Normalizing business in space will require the United States to provide the public good of security in Earth orbit, just as the US Navy instills confidence in maritime commerce on the high seas.   '$64K Question': Where In Pacific Do Army Missiles Go? By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Friday, March 26, 2021 3:51 PM "Today, there is probably not one of our regional partners in the first island chain that would be willing to base Army — or any other service – long-range strike missiles in their country," retired Lt. Gen. Thomas Spoehr says.   JADC2 Critical To Counter Space Threats, Say Milspace Leaders By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, March 26, 2021 3:21 PM "If there is an aircraft capable of launching an air-launched anti satellite weapon operating in the air domain, we need to know about it," SPACECOM deputy Lt. Gen. John Shaw says.   Who's Who in Defense: Mark Milley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff By Catherine Macaulay; Friday, March 26, 2021 3:21 PM Part of a special Breaking Defense reference series profiling key defense decision-makers in the new administration and Congress.   New Democratic Push For DoD Cuts Highlights China, Shipbuilding Woes By Paul McLeary; Friday, March 26, 2021 3:12 PM "If we get into a conflict with China, this is not going to be like a World War II conflict where we have massive elements of the industrial base that can quickly convert to manufacturing the necessities for war…that's just not going to happen," Rep. Rob Wittman says.   Nakasone Warns Adversaries Hack Unseen In US By Brad D. Williams; Thursday, March 25, 2021 5:48 PM "We should understand what our adversaries are doing," Gen. Nakasone told Congress. "They are no longer launching attacks from different parts in the world. They understand that they can come into the US, use our infrastructure, and there's a blind spot for us not being able to see them."   Give Us Three Good Years: Army Chief On Tight Budgets By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Thursday, March 25, 2021 3:32 PM "We probably need about two or three more years of good solid budgets" for modernization, Gen. James McConville said, so he'll seek economies in readiness and personnel – but modestly and on the margins. Will that be enough?   New Navy Command To Oversee Unmanned Ships As They Work With Fleet By Paul McLeary; Thursday, March 25, 2021 1:34 PM The Navy is standing up its first operational unmanned ship command, a big moment in the Pentagon's move toward autonomy   Don't Rush To JADC2: Army Gen. Murray EXCLUSIVE By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, March 25, 2021 1:30 PM Each service has unique problems to solve and billions invested in legacy systems. "I just can't throw away everything we own — nor can the Air Force — and start over," says Gen. John "Mike" Murray, head of Army Futures Command. "How does the Air Force architecture integrate with the Army architecture, with the Navy architecture?"   US Army, Marines, Special Forces Eye Israeli 'Hero' Attack Drones By Arie Egozi; Thursday, March 25, 2021 11:54 AM Uvision's Hero line of loitering munitions – aka kamikaze drones – carry precision-guided warheads ranging from just over a pound to 17-plus lbs.   Big New Interceptor Deal Part Of Biden Missile Defense Push By Paul McLeary; Wednesday, March 24, 2021 4:38 PM "The real differentiator here is the acquisition strategy, with a lot of competition — a lot of 'fly before you buy' — built in," CSIS' Tom Karako says. "The relatively longer NGI development timeline for homeland ballistic missile defense can be mitigated by near-term improvements" in ground missile defense.   OSD Writes Hypersonic Flight Test Guidelines By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Wednesday, March 24, 2021 12:35 PM "I don't want to get into any specifics," Mike White told me, "but some of the challenges we've had so far getting to flight have been, in certain instances, avoidable."   JAIC's AI Development Platform 'Up And Running' By Brad D. Williams; Wednesday, March 24, 2021 11:47 AM JAIC's plan to rapidly grow capabilities, which it will do via a series of monthly updates, reflects the current AI competition with adversaries, including China which has said it plans to dominate AI by 2030. "To a Marine, this is dangerous close," Lt. Gen. Michael Groen says.   Eye On JADC2, Lockheed Explores Unique 5G-SATCOM Network By Theresa Hitchens; Tuesday, March 23, 2021 4:36 PM It's sort of like we're exclusively dating. We agreed to not see other people right now but we haven't committed to anything else yet," explained one Lockheed Martin official.   Pentagon Weighs Guam Missile Defense Money For 2022 Budget By Paul McLeary; Tuesday, March 23, 2021 4:20 PM "There's a need in the near-term to defend against all of those [Chinese missile] threats from a 360-degree standpoint, and if the answer is Aegis, I'm ready to support it," the presumptive head of Indo-PACOM told the Senate Armed Services Committee.   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe