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A News Roundup for the Week Ahead 5G Is Changing The Communications Survey Mission. We Have The Solution. Presented by Parsons We can help you make sense of how changes in telecom will affect your mission and provide 5G-ready capabilities. From wide-area surveys to micro-level mapping, our 5G-ready tools provide comprehensive wireless capability to fit your needs. Learn more.  Space Organizations Partner To Boost Cybersecurity By Brad D. Williams; Friday, May 21, 2021 4:49 PM "We don't have a parochial view, thinking that because [a cyber incident] happened over there [in that industry], it can't happen here [in the space industry]," AIAA's Lee says.   Army Sat Ops Brigade Transfers To Space Force: Karbler By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, May 21, 2021 3:57 PM "Now we're just really working out the details for the timing that that will happen, and how frankly how it will happen," Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, Army SMDC commander, says.   Army: Proposals For Cruise Missile Killer Due June 4 By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Friday, May 21, 2021 3:48 PM In August, the Army will pick a single vendor to build the Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC), focused on countering cruise missiles and larger drones. Later upgrades will add lasers and counter-rocket capability.   US Talks With Israel About Buying More Iron Dome Systems By Arie Egozi; Friday, May 21, 2021 12:02 PM "The fact that the Iron Dome intercepted big salvos of rockets launched from Gaza as well as armed drones is already creating big interest in the channels between the Israeli and the American defense ministries," a defense source told BD.   Navy Makes $554M Commitment To Second Frigate, USS Congress By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Friday, May 21, 2021 11:30 AM By using proven technology, the frigate program is trying to prevent the kind of high-tech teething troubles that bedeviled the Ford-class carrier and Littoral Combat Ships.   EXCLUSIVE: UAE Boosts Local Shipbuilder With $982M Patrol Ships Deal By Chyrine Mezher; Friday, May 21, 2021 9:57 AM The deal reinforces the company's commitment to developing a sustainable knowledge and innovation-based economy in line with the UAE's Vision 2030, CEO of Abu Dhabi Ship Building told Breaking Defense.   Exclusive: DARPA 'Likely' To Demo Only 2 Blackjack Payloads By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, May 20, 2021 4:55 PM "We really focused on payloads that had tactical utility, because they were an underserved market," said Blackjack program manager Stephen Forbes.   Paratroopers Pioneer New Army Network, Tactics By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Thursday, May 20, 2021 1:45 PM New radios offer dramatically greater range, clarity, & data — once soldiers and leaders figure out how best to use them.   SOCOM Leaders Say 'Digital Spectrum' Key To Next Fight By Paul McLeary; Thursday, May 20, 2021 11:31 AM "The future will be won by those who dominate the full digital spectrum,"  Lt. Gen. Francis Beaudette, commander of Army Special Operations Command, says. "It will be as important as seizing and holding terrain."   Can Special Ops Build A C-130 Seaplane? They're Trying By Paul McLeary; Thursday, May 20, 2021 9:53 AM "Is it going to be cost effective? That's why we have several lines of effort early on and there will be plenty of off-ramp [opportunities] along the way to determine if we move forward" said Col. Ken Kuebler, SOCOMs Fixed Wing chief.   Hill Presses For Better Cyber Responses, More Info Sharing By Brad D. Williams; Wednesday, May 19, 2021 6:13 PM Colonial Pipeline "refused" to share details of ransomware payment with Congress. "Our constituents are on the front lines of these [cyber]attacks, and yet they don't know what their country is doing to respond," Rep. Slotkin said.   Special Ops Undergoing Historic Transformation, AFSOC Says By Paul McLeary; Wednesday, May 19, 2021 6:08 PM "The SOF that we have is not the SOF we will need" for the future, head of Air Force Special Ops Command, Lt. Gen. James Slife, warned today.   HASC Members Blast KC-46 Ahead Of 2022 NDAA By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, May 19, 2021 3:41 PM "There's a lot of retrofit that will have to take place," Gen. Stephen Lyons said about the replacement of the tanker's faulty boom camera.   Army Cyber Pivots To Pacific: Fogarty By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Wednesday, May 19, 2021 2:16 PM "Wherever [Army forces] are deployed, particularly those in Europe and the Pacific, they're under just constant, constant assault," Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, chief of Army Cyber Command, says.   Egyptian Deal For Rafale Fighters Boosts Data Sharing By Chyrine Mezher; Wednesday, May 19, 2021 12:36 PM Egyptian sources tell Breaking Defense that this may not be the last Rafale purchase. Egypt is now eying the Rafale F4. "We are looking to increase the (overall) number to 72 or 100 units, depending on Egypt's financial capacity."   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe