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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.  DoD Seeks Boost For Defensive Cyber Tech In 2022 Budget By Brad D. Williams; Friday, May 28, 2021 10:21 PM The budget requests funding for four new teams for the Cyber Mission Force. Those teams will support CYBERCOM operations and provide cyber support for space operations.   Navy Plans To Cut Ships, But Fleet Plan Remains MIA By Paul McLeary; Friday, May 28, 2021 5:59 PM Requesting "eight ships a year is not going to get to 355," the Navy's top budget official, Rear Adm. John Gumbleton, said. "All things being equal, if you have a 300-ship Navy and a 30-year lifespan you have to recapitalize it…so eight is not going to do it."   Air Force Hopes To Retire 201 Planes; Space Force Ask Up $2.2B By Colin Clark; Friday, May 28, 2021 5:54 PM The service plans to buy 48 F-35As and 12 F-15EXs for $4.5 billion and $1.3 billion, but the F-35 buy is almost certain to increase once it hits Capitol Hill. The Air Force also wants to buy 14 KC-46s for $2.4 billion.   Biden's Budget Cuts Ships, Planes, But Huge Boost in R&D By Paul McLeary; Friday, May 28, 2021 1:47 PM "Critically, we reallocate resources to fund research and development in advanced technologies such as micro-electronics. This will provide the foundation for fielding a full range of capabilities, such as hypersonic missiles, artificial intelligence, and 5G," Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said.   Army Modernization Budget Drops $4.2B; Budget Drops $3.6B Overall By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Friday, May 28, 2021 1:45 PM "We have a lot of people programs and we tried to protect those. Secondly, we tried to protect readiness. Third, we tried to protect modernization," acting secretary John Whitley says.   SecDef: 'Largest-Ever' R&D Spending In '22 Budget By Paul McLeary; Thursday, May 27, 2021 4:00 PM President Biden's first defense budget "biases the future, slightly," over the present, but Gen. Mark Milley says he doesn't see any one service taking precedence over another in the divvying up of money.   IDF Explores Ground-to-Ground Rockets; US Co-Production? By Arie Egozi; Thursday, May 27, 2021 3:16 PM TEL AVIV: Following the recent rocket attacks from Gaza, Israeli experts say the IDF needs more versions of ground-to-ground rockets to hit enemy rocket launchers. An Israeli defense source told BD that the use of Israeli ground-to-ground missiles in the recent Nagorno-Karabach war "increased the interest in these missiles, especially the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)…   DHS Cyber Order Signals Shift To 'Mandatory Measures' By Brad D. Williams; Thursday, May 27, 2021 2:19 PM Today's pipeline directive is likely just the next in a series of actions to shore up national cybersecurity across the private sector, especially those deemed critical infrastructure. "I know there are a number of discussions on the Hill… of a broader data breach notification," Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger said today.   Who's Who in Defense: Joe Courtney, Chairman, HASC Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee By Catherine Macaulay; Thursday, May 27, 2021 10:08 AM Courtney chairs the House Armed Services Subcommittee that directs Navy and Marine Corps acquisition programs.   Super-Jammer Goes To Army Multi Domain Task Force By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Thursday, May 27, 2021 6:01 AM The Army Requirements Oversight Council will meet to approve the TLS-EAB program on July 9.   AF Demos C2 Networking Tech To Link Services, Allies At Astral Knight 21 By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, May 26, 2021 5:49 PM The 606th Air Control Squadron successfully used TORCC during the May 13-21 Astral Knight 21 exercise to relay integrated air and missile defense and C2 information to to pilots, "including directions for missions and threat awareness," according to the 31st Air Wing.   China Already Outspends US Military? Discuss By Bill Greenwalt; Wednesday, May 26, 2021 1:31 PM Bill Greenwalt worked hand in glove with the late Sen. Sen. McCain as he tried — and repeatedly failed — to cleanse the defense budget of huge amounts of what isn't really defense spending — cancer research, health care, grocery stores and the list goes on and on. If you strip this from the defense…   Pentagon Pushes Testing For Electronic Warfare Vulnerabilities By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Wednesday, May 26, 2021 10:34 AM Despite a 2018 mandate for "electronic protection" against jamming, there's little data available showing how vulnerable systems are, said EW director David Tremper.   Buy Big F-35 Fleet To Lower Program Costs: SecAF Nominee Kendall By Paul McLeary; Tuesday, May 25, 2021 2:30 PM "I know there's an issue with the total number that's been on the table for some years," Frank Kendall said. "What we should really be working on most is getting the cost down and keeping the procurement at a rate that makes sense."   Armenia, Ukraine Lessons Shape New US Cyber/EW Unit By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Tuesday, May 25, 2021 1:32 PM Drones aren't decisive, said the head of Army Cyber Command, without a command system that can rapidly pull together all the data and order a strike before the enemy disappears again.   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe