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A News Roundup for the Week Ahead Building Cyber Resilience Presented by Parsons Protecting the cybersecurity of our infrastructure is essential in the face of escalating cyberattacks. We must prioritize a national cyber strategy to prevent cyber threats, and protect national health and security. Learn more about our cyber capabilities. SecDef OKs JADC2 Strategy: Now OSD Has 'Teeth' By Colin Clark; Friday, June 4, 2021 5:54 PM WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has signed the strategy guiding the massive effort to knit troopers on the front lines to F-35s, submarines, satellites, ships and commanders across the globe, known as Joint All Domain Command and Control. The approval by Austin "brings order to our efforts in the command and control arena" Marine Corps…   Costs Plunge So 'Rocket Cargo' To Battlefield Takes Off By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, June 4, 2021 4:04 PM If industry can "turn this into a human transport mechanism — which some of the companies are talking about doing — sure the DoD would be interested in exploring options for that, just as we do with the airlines, and the shipping industries today,"AFRL's Program Manager Greg Spanjers said.   Space Force Wants Extra $$ To Speed Deep Space Ops By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, June 4, 2021 12:43 PM The largest of the four categories is called "Develop A Warfighter Punch" and includes $279 million for classified programs.   DoD Seeks $2.3B To Bolster US Chip Making By Brad D. Williams; Friday, June 4, 2021 12:08 PM "From the DoD's perspective, they're highly dependent on [Asia] for fabrication and packaging [of chips]," Hudson Institute's Bryan Clark tells Breaking Defense. This has led to DoD calls to address a "fragile and threatened" chip supply chain.   Cold War Era To Modern Mission Success: Digital Engineering Transforms The B-52 By Barry Rosenberg; Friday, June 4, 2021 9:12 AM Rolls-Royce, GE Aviation, and Pratt & Whitney have invested hundreds of thousands of hours of digital engineering on the podded mount for the digital engines to virtually attach to the bomber's wing, as well as on other tests such as understanding airflow properties of the aircraft.   Oshkosh Wins $942M Stryker Upgun Contract, Unseating GDLS By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Thursday, June 3, 2021 5:51 PM General Dynamics had urgently upgunned a Europe-based brigade, but Oshkosh will build the next three to six brigades' worth, starting with a unit in the Pacific Northwest.   B-21 Speeds To IOC; ARRW Test Slated For Next Month: Ray By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, June 3, 2021 3:25 PM The B-21 program will not undertake traditional "block upgrades" to beef up future performance, says Air Force Global Strike Command head Gen. Timothy Ray. Instead, it will incrementally add new capabilities as they become available.   Destroyer, JADC2 Top Navy Unfunded Requirements By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Thursday, June 3, 2021 1:46 PM The Navy also asks for five additional F-35C fighters, an E-2D Hawkeye and 4 CMV-22s.   JROC Tags Space Force To Make Satellites Link With JADC2 By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, June 3, 2021 1:38 PM The JROC has tagged the Space Force "officially and formally as the integrator for all joint space requirements," says vice chief Lt. Gen. DT Thompson.   Navy Picks Pacific Homeport For Future Frigates: Hello, China By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Thursday, June 3, 2021 12:03 PM The first 12 Constellation-class frigates will all be based out of Everett, Wash.   US, France, UK Hammer Out Multinational Corps Warfighting By Murielle Delaporte; Thursday, June 3, 2021 6:01 AM There is room for further development in areas such as electronic warfare and signals intelligence. "These 'soft' components were not as accessible in the past 12 to 15 years when we were so busy in the Middle-East; for example, there is a real drive to invest in areas such as EWSI (Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence)," Brig. Gen. Paul Tennant, the British military attache in Washington, says.   Lockheed Martin Sees Hill Support For F-35 PBL By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, June 2, 2021 4:45 PM "There's a perception out there that Lockheed's going to take everything, and nobody's gonna be able to get in to support of the F-35," said Mike Miles of Lockheed Martin's F-35 logistics unit about the firm's PBL proposal. "That's not the case."   Army Network Gets Most 2022 Modernization $ By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Wednesday, June 2, 2021 3:27 PM Some $2.7 billion goes to network upgrades, more than any other Army priority area, according to acting acquisition chief Doug Bush.   Iran's Largest Warship Sinks In Suspicious Circumstances By Arie Egozi; Wednesday, June 2, 2021 1:42 PM TEL AVIV: Iran's largest warship, the Kharg, caught fire on Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman and sank. The fire, sources here say, was very strange and the smoke generated by the fire demonstrates "something big went wrong." The Kharg caught fire while sailing in international waters. She was engaged in a training exercise, Iranian…   Israeli Defense Minister To Ask US For $1B For Iron Dome Missiles By Arie Egozi; Wednesday, June 2, 2021 10:10 AM TEL AVIV: Having depleted much of its stockpiles in the Gaza strikes, Israel is asking the U.S for an emergency $1 billion grant to replenish its stock of the Iron Dome rocket interceptor and some "special air launched weapon systems", mainly JDAMS. The Israeli air force used a large number of JDAMS in the part…   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe