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A News Roundup for the Week Ahead At Kratos, affordability is a technology directly benefiting the warfighter. Presented by Kratos Kratos is disrupting the status quo by increasing warfighter capability, delivering affordable systems and solutions including unmanned systems, turbine engines, space communications, and training. Learn more. A note of thanks to the Breaking Defense readership By Aaron Mehta In which we give thanks to the whole Breaking Defense community.   DARPA's aerial turducken, the LongShot, still cooking towards 2022 milestone By Lee Ferran Preliminary designs reviews for the mothership drone, to be launched from an aircraft before firing its own missiles, are planned for mid-2022.   Space Force sees AI as 'absolutely essential' for JADC2 By Theresa Hitchens Brig. Gen. John Olson said that for JADC2 to work, "artificial intelligence and machine learning are absolutely essential enablers to make us able to react, and respond, and again, make sense of the information, then act upon it."   Italy's Army modernization finally seeing movement after years of delays By Aaron Mehta Italy's budget has been in flux for years, with Army modernization being delayed. A trio of vehicles may be ready to turn that tide.   China's mysterious hypersonic test may take a page from DARPA's past By Theresa Hitchens "Calling it 'breaking the laws of physics' does not lead to rational scrutiny," Secure World's Victoria Samson said of the recent Chinese hypersonic test.   Saab's CEO wants a shot at an AWACS replacement competition By Valerie Insinna "Of course, I would like to be part of an open competition when it comes to airborne early warning and surveillance," Saab CEO Micael Johansson said. "But whether that's possible or not in the US, I don't know."   'The game has changed': VMware exec says defense industry faces destructive cyberattacks, belligerent foes By Brad D. Williams VMware's Tom Kellermann linked increasingly aggressive attacks to geopolitical tensions with Russia and Belarus.   US needs 'manufacturing renaissance' to compete with China: Report By Brad D. Williams Reagan Institute warns of "inadequate" investments, "exceedingly fragile" supply chains, and "insufficient" accountability of government officials, among other US weaknesses.   Networks as 'center of gravity': Project Convergence highlights military's new battle with bandwidth By Andrew Eversden In desert experiments, Army races to develop tactics for transferring data — and realizes high-def video can create potentially fatal data bottlenecks.   Navy SCOUTing for new tech to catch drug traffickers By Justin Katz The Navy is briefing industry today on proposals for a new technology demonstration planned for next summer dubbed SCOUT.   Army adds Finnish satellite startup ICEYE to SAR research effort By Theresa Hitchens Under the agreement with ICEYE, the Army will look especially hard at the ability to significantly cut the time it takes to relay ISR data from a satellite to shooters on the ground.   China eyes MidEast market with upgraded L-15 attack trainer in Dubai By Chyrine Mezher Though the Middle East is a major market with enormous potential for China, they've yet to establish any real foothold in the region.   Robotic vehicles, drones coordinate recon at Army's Project Convergence 21 By Andrew Eversden "It's this idea of collaborative sensing," said Col. Andre' Abadie, referring to one autonomous system talking to another to, say, confirm enemy positions or equipment.   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe