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Army Won't Repeat Mistakes of FCS: Gen. Murray EXCLUSIVE "There are a lot of differences between the FCS experience and the path we're on," the Army Futures Command chief told us. This time, he said, "I don't think there is hubris. I think there's actually humility."

SolarWinds Hack: 'The Truth Is Much More Complicated' SolarWinds threat actor reportedly accessed DHS emails and DoE schedules. Cyberespionage campaigns are "the types of things we should expect [Russia] to do," one cybersecurity expert observed. "I'm not arguing we shouldn't have a response. We should respond. …My only argument is that we should not overact."

JADC2 Critical To Counter Space Threats, Say Milspace Leaders "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.

Nakasone Warns Adversaries Hack Unseen In US "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."

New Navy Command To Oversee Unmanned Ships As They Work With Fleet 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 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?"

JAIC's AI Development Platform 'Up And Running' 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 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.

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