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A News Roundup for the Week Ahead Multi-Band 5G Network Characterization Presented by Parsons Our suite of 5G-adapted products provides the flexibility, the portability, and the power to cut through the noise and fulfill the requirements of any mission. Learn more. CISA Publishes Cyber 'Bad Practices' By Brad D. Williams; Friday, June 25, 2021 4:40 PM The bad practices are aimed especially at — though not limited to — educating critical infrastructure owners and operators. This includes, of course, the defense industrial base and many who support its supply chain — from communications equipment and high-tech capabilities to electrical and mechanical components for military hardware, such as tanks, planes, and ships.   Iranian Nuke Centrifuge Plant Badly Damaged By Drones By Arie Egozi; Friday, June 25, 2021 1:26 PM Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett appeared to hint Thursday — the day after the attack — that Israel may have been involved when he spoke to a graduating ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots: "Our enemies know — not from statements, but from actions — that we are much more determined and much more clever, and that we do not hesitate to act when it is needed."   ULA CEO Calls For Bigger 'Penalties' For Unsafe Space Operations By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, June 25, 2021 12:43 PM WASHINGTON: Hot on the heels of an agreement between the Air Force and the FAA to streamline regulations on space launches from military ranges, the head of one of the biggest US launch providers has called for penalizing companies that violate the safety clauses of FAA launch licenses. "The regulations that FAA applies, and the licensing…   First ABMS Buy: KC-46 Pods To Link F-22, F-35 By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, June 25, 2021 10:53 AM Decision-making software tools and IT infrastructure are next on the agenda for ABMS investment, say senior Air Force officials.   NSA Releases D3FEND To Improve Cyber Defenses, Info Sharing By Brad D. Williams; Thursday, June 24, 2021 5:57 PM While ATT&CK focuses on standardizing the way cyber warriors understand and talk about offensive cyber, D3FEND focuses on common defensive measures.   Joint 'Strategic Directives' Set Requirements For All Domain Ops By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, June 24, 2021 5:01 PM The Joint Warfighting Concept "is an excellent concept, but the concept is just that — it's a concept. That concept is going to drive experimentation, it's going to drive future capabilities and future doctrine, but right now it's just the concept and we're still learning with it," VCJCS Gen. John Hyten says.   Acquisition Reform That Works & No One Has Heard Of By Eric Snelgrove; Thursday, June 24, 2021 3:36 PM Congress and the new Pentagon leadership must act now and expand the program to the Army and Navy, and the defense agencies. Scaling the program up will not cure all the department's innovation woes but it will send an important message to our next generation of entrepreneurs that the Pentagon really is open for business.   Who's Who in Defense: Gen. David Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps By Catherine Macaulay; Thursday, June 24, 2021 3:08 PM As Marine Corps Commandant, Berger is responsible for the service's overall performance, including training, administration, efficiency, discipline and readiness.   CJCS Milley Pushes Back On GOP Criticism Of Racism Training By Colin Clark; Wednesday, June 23, 2021 7:25 PM WASHINGTON: In an impassioned speech today, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff struck back broadly at Republican charges that the US military is harming unit cohesion and injecting racism into the services by exposing troops to the teachings of critical race theory. The money quote: "I want to understand white rage, and I'm…   Rep. Langevin Presses SecDef On Cyber, EW Priorities By Brad D. Williams; Wednesday, June 23, 2021 4:56 PM "The Department of Defense officially recognizes five domains of warfare," Rep. Langevin said. "For four of those domains, the senior civilian is a service secretary. Cyber has a deputy assistant secretary, which is four rungs lower than the other warfighting domains. Why does this make sense?"   SDA Demos Spotlight Tech Hurdles To JADC2 Backbone By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, June 23, 2021 4:16 PM Two of the experiments, each involving two satellites, are focused on laser links: one between satellites themselves; the other from satellites to a MQ-9 Reaper drone on the ground.   Cyber Flag 21-2 Showcases New CYBERCOM Training Environment By Brad D. Williams; Wednesday, June 23, 2021 12:06 PM "We can design any scenario we want to create," says Col. Ally Smith, CYBERCOM division chief of exercise design and planning. "That puts us out in front of what our adversaries may want to do."   SAR-Sat Startup Umbra Emerges From Stealth Mode By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, June 23, 2021 10:06 AM The company plans at least 24 satellites, each with a patented SAR antenna that folds up "like origami" for launch and unfurls on orbit, says Umbra COO Todd Master.   Israel Seeks US Dough To Help Build Airborne Laser After Tests By Arie Egozi; Tuesday, June 22, 2021 4:55 PM "The ability to intercept and destroy airborne threats in the air is groundbreaking and offers a strategic change in the air defense capabilities of the State of Israel." the head of research and development in the Israeli Defense Ministry, Brig. Gen. Yaniv Rotem, told BD.   MDA Sees EW, Cyber For Future Missile Defense By Theresa Hitchens; Tuesday, June 22, 2021 4:50 PM "The future will be a mix of kinetic and non-kinetic. It will be a mix of hard kill and soft kill, because of where the threat is going to. The threat will drive us to do something different," says Vice Adm. Jon Hill, who heads the Missile Defense Agency.   Who's Who in Defense: Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army By Catherine Macaulay; Tuesday, June 22, 2021 2:26 PM Wormuth's appointment comes at a time of competition with the Navy, Air and Space Forces, along with budget uncertainty following President Biden's decision to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan.   Hicks Will Send AI/Data Experts To Combatant Commanders By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Tuesday, June 22, 2021 2:11 PM Two types of expert teams will help the 11 Combatant Commands make better use of data for decision-making, the deputy Defense Secretary said.   Bombers Best Bet For Aussie Deterrence Of China By Robbin Laird; Monday, June 21, 2021 6:26 PM "I think long-range strike is about trying to keep stability in a crisis situation. And if you're going to use it as a deterrence," former Air Marshal Geoff Brown says. "It's got to be responsive, it's got to be potent, but you've also got to be able to signal that you can use it."   Israeli Defense Minister Orders Forces Ready For Iran Ops By Arie Egozi; Monday, June 21, 2021 5:52 PM The DC trip is Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi's first, and is aimed mainly to present the Americans with intelligence Israeli sources say proves that Iran is cheating on the nuclear agreement.   Mandatory Cyber Reporting Within 24 Hours: Sen. Warner Bill By Brad D. Williams; Monday, June 21, 2021 5:12 PM Sen. Warner's draft legislation, long expected, marks one of the first attempts to create a federal law mandating cyber incident reporting by some entities. Notably, the bill provides reporting entities with a degree of privacy and legal protection.   'More (JADC2) Gaps Than We Can Cover:' Lt. Gen. Crall By Theresa Hitchens; Monday, June 21, 2021 4:52 PM "We're into the posture review, which is making its final rounds, which shows the gaps," said Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, J6 director.   Hicks Seeks To Unify Service Experiments With New 'Raider' Fund By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Monday, June 21, 2021 3:25 PM A new Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) will help fund the services' experiments, as long as they work together on joint concepts.   PRC, Russia Professionalize – Without Cloning US NCOs By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Monday, June 21, 2021 9:16 AM Our adversaries are improving military training and education, but they may not need a Western-style NCO corps to wage the centralized, long-range warfare they prefer.   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe