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A News Roundup for the Week Ahead Advanced Sensor And Complex Mission System Integration And Engineering Presented by Sierra Nevada Corporation SNC harnesses decades of experience to customize & integrate advanced sensor, detection, tracking & surveillance capabilities to provide superior ISR capabilities worldwide. Learn more. Space Force Expands Commercial Launch Services Pool By Theresa Hitchens; Friday, August 13, 2021 2:45 PM The OSP-4 contract vehicle targets both mature launch providers and emerging companies approximately one year from being launch capable, according to SMC.   ALIS Is Dying; Long Live F-35's ODIN By Colin Clark; Friday, August 13, 2021 11:00 AM WASHINGTON: The F-35 program began taking a major step the last two weeks toward removing an enormous albatross from around its neck by replacing the much-maligned ALIS logistics system with its sleeker, faster and younger replacement, ODIN. The move to install ODIN on two of 14 deployments brings the logistics and planning system to units in…   IP And Security: Two Thorny Challenges On The Innovation Journey By Aaron Mehta; Friday, August 13, 2021 10:15 AM OPINION: When Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin signed the Department's strategy for Joint All-Domain Command and Control, it officially kicked off a push towards open architectures, information sharing, and connected systems across the battlespace. But the capabilities to execute these concepts are often commercial, software-heavy, and do not fall neatly into existing budgeting processes. That…   Are Israel And Lebanon Heading For Another War? By Chyrine Mezher; Friday, August 13, 2021 6:31 AM Hezbollah continues to develop its arsenal with a continued focus on precision guided munitions, and both Israel and Hezbollah watch for any change in the rules of engagements along the Blue Line.   STRATCOM Chief Warns Of Chinese 'Strategic Breakout' By Aaron Mehta; Thursday, August 12, 2021 5:03 PM "The breathtaking growth and strategic nuclear capability enables China to change their posture and their strategy," Adm. Charles Richard said.   Next Budget Will Limit Glide Phase Interceptor Contractors: MDA Head By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, August 12, 2021 3:51 PM "We're gonna down-select … later in the year. Then I have to worry about future budgets, and so that's what's really going to throttle" the number of contractors, says MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill.   Army Awards Contract For Major Crypto Update By Brad D. Williams; Thursday, August 12, 2021 2:00 PM "NGLD-M will be the biggest material change in cryptographic key delivery in 20 years," Michael Badger, product lead of COMSEC, said.   Budgetary Pressures Could Push Skyborg Beyond 2023 By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, August 12, 2021 12:58 PM "I won't say that it's not achievable" to transition Skyborg to a program of record, said AFLMC's Brig. Gen. Dale White. "I will just say that it has to be balanced with all of the other requirements we have across the portfolio to be able to do that."   'Time To Change Our Future': Thurgood Pledges Army Acquisition Speed, Transparency By Colin Clark; Thursday, August 12, 2021 11:49 AM "I'm here today to tell you that our future is not our past. It's time to change our future, and we change our future by how we behave. And we can do hard things, we can be successful at wicked hard problems," Army Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood said.   Seamless Space, Air, Missile Defense Key SPACECOM Goal By Theresa Hitchens; Thursday, August 12, 2021 11:36 AM The Joint Force, he said, "should," and "will" in future "use space strategic warning assets to meet tactical level ground requirements," says Gen. Jim Dickinson, SPACECOM head.   Internet Operations Management Is Well Suited To Military Networks By Barry Rosenberg; Thursday, August 12, 2021 8:33 AM [Sponsored] IOM will enable Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Network to gain real-time visibility over all defense networks.   To Make Up For Years Of Slow Policy Decisions, MDA Needs More Cash By Rebeccah Heinrichs; Thursday, August 12, 2021 6:45 AM The Missile Defense Agency's budget request is the same today as it was in 2008. That has to change, says Rebeccah Heinrichs of the Hudson Institute.   Army Says It Wants Space Capabilities, Not Sats By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, August 11, 2021 4:12 PM "We do not intend to fly satellites in the Army," said Rick De Fatta, director of the Army's Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence.   Raytheon, Marine Corps Conduct Three Week Demo For JPALS Variant By Justin Katz; Wednesday, August 11, 2021 1:37 PM Raytheon's eJPALS aims to create a suitable landing environment for aircraft regardless of the weather conditions or time of day.   JROC's Next Target: 'Integrated Air & Missile Defense' By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, August 11, 2021 1:10 PM "I would like to have overhead sensors that see everything, characterize everything that goes on on this planet from a missile perspective, all the time everywhere. … That's unobtainium right now," says VCJCS Gen. John Hyten.   'Confident' Of 2023 Fielding Goal, Army Dubs Hypersonic Weapon 'Dark Eagle' By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, August 11, 2021 10:39 AM Training with the first Long Range Hypersonic Weapon prototype system will commence on Oct. 18, says Rob Strider, deputy director of the Army Hypersonic Project Office.   Army Command Posts Getting Mobile, Dispersed, Quieter; Division Exercise In October By Colin Clark; Wednesday, August 11, 2021 10:28 AM All the shelters in the new system come pre-wired for workstations, which helps eliminate much of the setup time. Anyone who has ever been to a command post for the last 15 years knows how much electrical cabling runs around the tents. And, the use of pop-up shelters instead of tents makes quite a difference as well.   Taking Army Heavy Lift To Greater Range, Altitude, And Payload By Barry Rosenberg; Wednesday, August 11, 2021 8:20 AM [Sponsored] The Chinook Block II program helps the Army retain its need for enduring heavy lift while it modernizes with Future Vertical Lift's FLRAA and FARA programs.   Adm. Gilday Said Industry Isn't Helping Transform The Military. He Was Right. By Aaron Mehta; Wednesday, August 11, 2021 7:30 AM "We shouldn't have to stand for this," former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer says of industry cost overruns.   Accept Risk, And Reframe Air And Missile Defense As An Enabler By Aaron Mehta; Tuesday, August 10, 2021 3:47 PM If missile defenses can't protect everything, then Pentagon planners need to start thinking about new ways of deploying their limited assets – and that means new risks, say two Hudson Institute experts.   Army's IBCS Starts Operational Testing Next Month: SMDC's Karbler By Colin Clark; Tuesday, August 10, 2021 1:45 PM "It means that our adversaries are growing increasingly bold in their hostile acts of using ballistic missiles cruise missiles and UAS," Lt. Gen. Karbler said. "They're crucially bold in their conduct of irresponsible space activities. It means the Joint Force will demand more from the Army's Space and Missile defense capabilities and expertise going forward."   Air Force ICBM Chief Wants US-China Military Dialogue By Theresa Hitchens; Tuesday, August 10, 2021 12:52 PM "I think the challenge [to establishing nuclear dialogue] is going to be on the Chinese side," said Maj. Gen. Michael Lutton.   'We're Getting Our Rear End Handed To Us' In Information Space, NORTHCOM Head Warns By Aaron Mehta; Tuesday, August 10, 2021 11:56 AM "Rather than primarily focusing on kinetic defeat, for the defense of the homeland, I think we must get further left," the head of NORTHCOM said Tuesday.   Every Moment Counts In The New Era Of Missile Defense By Boeing; Tuesday, August 10, 2021 8:22 AM [Sponsored] By digitally designing, integrating, testing and addressing issues long before they can arise in the operations and sustainment environments, we are able to deliver value throughout the life cycle of the product.   DoD Launching Experiment For Space-Based Hypersonic Missile Detection By Theresa Hitchens; Tuesday, August 10, 2021 7:00 AM SDA and MDA need to characterize the Earth's infrared background — which has "a lot of complex shapes to it, clouds, land and stuff like that" — in order to "pull out the dim signal" of a hypersonic missile, an SDA official explained.   After Dramatic Two Weeks in MidEast, Israel Shows Restraint — For Now By Arie Egozi; Monday, August 9, 2021 4:14 PM "This situation is temporary, and the real Israeli action is only being delayed" an Israeli defense source told Breaking Defense.   StrikeShield APS: Game Changing Modular Protection With Lower Risk Of Detection By Rheinmetall; Monday, August 9, 2021 2:15 PM [Sponsored] Rheinmetall's hybrid solution integrates next-generation active and passive technologies for effective layered defense in a weight and power portfolio that works   'What Do You Need Humans For?' Space Command Deputy Says AI The Future By Theresa Hitchens; Monday, August 9, 2021 2:13 PM Being able to provide space domain awareness about the cislunar environment is one mission for which robust AI/ML capabilities will be critical, said Lt. Gen. John Shaw.   Gerald R. Ford Completes Full Ship Shock Trials By Justin Katz; Monday, August 9, 2021 1:32 PM The Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier has withstood three explosions over the course of four months during its full ship shock trials.   The Navy Wants A Fleet Of Unmanned Ships. Can Industry Take The Strain? By Justin Katz; Monday, August 9, 2021 9:21 AM Shipbuilding executives say they can take the strain of maintenance for a fleet of unmanned vessels, but industry and the Navy have historically struggled with the warships they are currently managing.   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe