Weekly Briefing: Naval Warfare

The latest naval warfare news and analysis from Breaking Defense

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Weekly Briefing Naval Warfare

What AUKUS Means For Australia: More Than Nuclear Subs When the United States, United Kingdom and Australia announced their new AUKUS agreement, the major focus was on the path for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines for the first time. But that headline aside, there is much more to the agreement, which could represent a major shift  in Indo-Pacific strategic and military relations for the…

Navy Establishes New Flag Officer Job To Oversee Shipyard Revamp Plans Rear Adm. Troy McClelland has been tapped to lead the shipyard revitalization program.

Report Sheds Light On Changes To Navy's Constellation Class The report provides specific details about the design changes Fincantieri made to the parent design they proposed for the FFG(X) competition.

Hondo Geurts Joining Silicon Valley Defense Group Former Navy acquisition executive Hondo Geurts left government in August after Carlos Del Toro was confirmed as Navy secretary.

What Is NMESIS, The Marine Corps' New Ship Killer? The Marine Corps says the new missile is a top modernization priority. Analysts say China is a big reason why.

Congress Shouldn't Rubber-Stamp Hypersonic Weapons It is time — in fact, past time — for Congress to demand answers about the Pentagon's pursuit of hypersonic weapons capabilities.

SASC Adds Six F-35s To FY22 NDAA; Splits With House SASC would transfer authority for F-35 acquisition from the DoD Joint Program Office to the Air Force and Navy no later than Oct. 1, 2027.

Senate Bill Continues Push For Navy To Block Buy Amphibs The Senate's draft defense policy bill calls for the Navy secretary to produce a business case analysis for buying amphibious ships using block buy authorities.

Navy Reorganizing Submarine Acquisition Offices To Prepare For Columbia A memo obtained by Breaking Defense outlines the three new program executive offices that will now make up the Navy's submarine acquisition directorate.

Navy Acquisition Commands Preparing Overmatch Liaison Offices The new integration offices will play a key role in ensuring programs across the Navy are able to meet the technical requirements imposed by Project Overmatch.

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Researchers Warn Of ‘Dangerous’ Artificial Intelligence-Generated Disinformation At Scale

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Researchers Warn Of 'Dangerous' Artificial Intelligence-Generated Disinformation At Scale "We just needed a much smaller dataset, half hour of training time, and all of a sudden, GPT was now a New York Times writer," said Andrew Lohn, senior research fellow at CSET.

Navy Establishes New Flag Officer Job To Oversee Shipyard Revamp Plans Rear Adm. Troy McClelland has been tapped to lead the shipyard revitalization program.

New Army Pilot Program To Test Armored Brigade Mobile Communications The pilot is an important step toward designing the on the move networking capabilities Armored Brigades will need as the prepare for future, more mobile battlefields.

Report Sheds Light On Changes To Navy's Constellation Class The report provides specific details about the design changes Fincantieri made to the parent design they proposed for the FFG(X) competition.

Hondo Geurts Joining Silicon Valley Defense Group Former Navy acquisition executive Hondo Geurts left government in August after Carlos Del Toro was confirmed as Navy secretary.

What Is NMESIS, The Marine Corps' New Ship Killer? The Marine Corps says the new missile is a top modernization priority. Analysts say China is a big reason why.

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Congress Shouldn't Rubber-Stamp Hypersonic Weapons It is time — in fact, past time — for Congress to demand answers about the Pentagon's pursuit of hypersonic weapons capabilities.

'Global Strike From Space;' Did Kendall Reveal Chinese Threat? WASHINGTON: When Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall used his Sept. 20 keynote speech at the annual Air Force Association conference to claim that China is developing the ability to launch "global strikes from space" against US targets, it raised more than a few eyebrows and sent military analysts scrambling. After all, the decision to bring up…

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Weekly Briefing: Land Warfare

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What Is NMESIS, The Marine Corps' New Ship Killer? The Marine Corps says the new missile is a top modernization priority. Analysts say China is a big reason why.

Congress Shouldn't Rubber-Stamp Hypersonic Weapons It is time — in fact, past time — for Congress to demand answers about the Pentagon's pursuit of hypersonic weapons capabilities.

The Evolution of Terror Groups Since 9/11: From Tech to Politics Terrorist groups have evolved in the past two decades, some growing powerful enough that they are now seeking to transform into political actors.

Anduril Seeks Covert Sensing Capability With New Acquisition Defense Technology company Anduril Industries purchased Copious Imaging in a move to bolster its force protection portfolio.

Dynetics Beats Out Iron Dome For $237M Army Missile Defense Contract Dynetics won a contract to produce the Army's Indirect Fires Protection Capability capability.

US, UAE Highlight Close Ties With New Integration Services Contract The contract comes at a time when the military procurement of armored vehicles is increasing across the Middle East to address the growth in asymmetric warfare and insurgency across the globe.

Army Completes Second Counter-Small Drone Demonstration Some systems shot the drones, others brought hit them with electronic attacks.

Army Drops Nearly $350M For New Radios After Two Years of Testing The radios recently "proved [their] worth" during a training exercise in Indo-Pacific, an Army spokesperson said.

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House Passes Iron Dome Funding, As Israel Watches Warily After three days of drama, the bill passed with massive support, and now heads to the Senate.

Top Army General: Network Modernization 'Never Going To Stop' "This is going to be a continuous journey because the explosion of information technologies is only accelerating on us," Lt. Gen. John Morrison said.

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Lessons Learned From Afghanistan: Gen. Mark Milley

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Lessons Learned From Afghanistan: Gen. Mark Milley The anguish of dealing with the aftermath of the end of the Afghan war came through clearly in some of Defense Secretary Austin's testimony. "Did we have the right strategy? Did we have too many strategies? Did we put too much faith in our ability to build effective Afghan institutions, an army, an air force, the police force, and government ministries? We built a state, Mr. Chairman, but we could not forge a nation."

ABMS: Top Air Force Manager Pleads For Industry Aid "The challenge is taking the data that you want to share — you got to understand it, and how you want to share it — and then write the applications that give you that data quality at the highest level, and compress timelines for those decision makers," said Randy Walden, head of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office.

The Evolution of Terror Groups Since 9/11: From Tech to Politics Terrorist groups have evolved in the past two decades, some growing powerful enough that they are now seeking to transform into political actors.

SASC Frets DoD Missile Warning Satellite Efforts May Be Flailing The first Next-Gen OPIR satellites, designed to replace the current SBIRS missile warning constellation beginning in 2025, are likely to be delayed, says GAO in a new report.

SASC Adds Six F-35s To FY22 NDAA; Splits With House SASC would transfer authority for F-35 acquisition from the DoD Joint Program Office to the Air Force and Navy no later than Oct. 1, 2027.

Senate Bill Continues Push For Navy To Block Buy Amphibs The Senate's draft defense policy bill calls for the Navy secretary to produce a business case analysis for buying amphibious ships using block buy authorities.

Anduril Seeks Covert Sensing Capability With New Acquisition Defense Technology company Anduril Industries purchased Copious Imaging in a move to bolster its force protection portfolio.

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