"This is a really big deal," said Maj. Gen. Ross Coffman, director of the Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team. "So far, we've learned a lot of great lessons but we think we're on the right track." It is very important for the Army to be right this time.
By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, July 23, 2021 2:05 PM
"We're painting with broad strokes, but we're diving into what missions of the future will look like. The technology is not quite Star Wars, but we're getting close," said Jeremy Murray-Krezan, AFRL's directed energy deputy chief scientist, says.
A senior Navy admiral says the service is "pretty good" at firefighting at sea, but conceded "education" and "spot checking" is necessary at the shipyards.
By Brad D. Williams; Friday, July 23, 2021 9:45 AM
"So what will happen is you'll be destroying your grandmother's computer in Kansas that has been taken over," cyber policy expert Herb Lin said. "It's not clear to me that that's the best way."
By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, July 23, 2021 5:45 AM
"Right now we're on track to have a major collision in Low Earth Orbit roughly every 10 years. And that problem is only getting worse and worse," said AGI CEO Paul Graziani.
One of Washington's savviest budget experts says this move on the National Defense Authorization Act by the SASC means "$25 billion in additional spending above the President's request is very likely now the ceiling for negotiations going forward," Mackenzie Eaglen of the American Enterprise Institute says.
By Brad D. Williams; Thursday, July 22, 2021 4:20 PM
"It's part of a larger diplomatic strategy," cyber policy expert James Lewis said of the US attribution to China for Microsoft Exchange hacks earlier this year.
"The COVID-19 pandemic likewise taught the United States and our allies that adversaries, particularly China, are capable of weaponizing supply chain vulnerabilities to threaten our national security should they choose to," the Task Force's report says.
The Navy recently completed a 3-week at-sea testing period for MCM USV and are awaiting the results before moving forward with a full-rate production contract.
Rear Adm. Bill Houston described a submarine that boasts the payload and speed of the Seawolf-class submarines, the acoustics and senors of Virginia-class and the operational availability and service life of the Columbia-class submarines.
By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, July 21, 2021 4:12 PM
"We still have several more years of procurement of the KC-46. So, the good thing is we have time to have these conversations, and look at the technologies out there," Lt. Gen. David Nahom told appropriators today.
"You know, fundamentally, we paid for a piece of equipment, we expect it to be delivered, and just like any other consumer we have those rights," UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace said. "And if it's not up to scratch, we'll take action."
"Believe it or not, we found that the primary barriers to being able to field the software tools are bureaucratic, said Heather Penney of the Mitchell Institute.
By Theresa Hitchens; Tuesday, July 20, 2021 12:35 PM
"I was a little surprised that the common thread wasn't the solutions, it was the questions," author Robin Dickey told Breaking Defense. "No one agrees on the solutions yet."
"Our analysis of the FY22 budget and the strategy that we think the Biden administration is going in, it is trying to do too much with too little," says Becca Wasser of CNAS.
By Brad D. Williams; Monday, July 19, 2021 11:52 AM
"The PRC's pattern of irresponsible behavior in cyberspace is inconsistent with its stated objective of being seen as a responsible leader in the world," a senior administration official said on Sunday night.
By Theresa Hitchens; Monday, July 19, 2021 5:30 AM
The new policy is inconsistent with efforts by DoD and NGA to expand the trusted supplier base by better integrating allied firms into their acquisition chains, critics say.
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