Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare

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Weekly Briefing Air Warfare

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Can Army Triple PrSM Missile Range ? PrSM is preparing for its first 300-plus-mile flight test this year, while the ERCA cannon and hypersonic LRHW head for key tests in 2023.

Historic Marine Plan to Reinvent The Corps EXCLUSIVE The document outlines an evolving effort to stand up a series of small, agile units tasked with air defense, anti-ship and submarine warfare, and seizing, holding and resupplying ad hoc bases to support an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific.

Anduril Buys Mini-Drone Maker Area-I The new owners bring venture capital and software expertise to upgrade Area-I's ALTIUS mini-drone, already a favorite in Army experiments with 'Air-Launched Effects.'

AMC Eyes Self-Defense For Cargo, Tanker Planes "We have hardpoints on the C-17; We have hardpoints on the KC-46. It's not a hard stretch to think that we could put one or two missiles on there for self defense," says AMC head Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost.

Some 'Quick Wins,' But Air Force Struggles With AI "We need to move away from these single point demos to true scalability," Jean-Charles Ledé, AFRL's advisor on autonomy tech, says.

Navy's Plans Call For New Drones To Shoot, Spy, Jam "I can clearly — in my mind — envision a way to say 'fly a defensive combat spread, shoot on this target,' and I will squeeze the trigger or I will enable that unmanned platform to shoot the designated target," Rear Adm. Gregory Harris says.

Air Force Drone Plan May Rile MQ-9 Champions "This is a new effort, as the expanded mission now goes beyond a strict MQ-9 replacement," an AFLCMC spokesperson said. "This endeavor serves to explore concepts that address capability gaps of legacy platforms against increasingly sophisticated threats in denied, contested, and highly contested environments."

'$64K Question': Where In Pacific Do Army Missiles Go? "Today, there is probably not one of our regional partners in the first island chain that would be willing to base Army — or any other service – long-range strike missiles in their country," retired Lt. Gen. Thomas Spoehr says.

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Gulf Countries Must Boost ISR, Sensors To Better Eye Iran

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Gulf Countries Must Boost ISR, Sensors To Better Eye Iran Gulf countries must build a centralized command center linked to sub-command centers spread across all countries and able to share and receive data in a synchronized real time way, says Mohamed Al-Kenany, military researcher and defense analyst at the Arab Forum for Policy Analysis in Cairo.

FCC's Carr: Close Chinese Backdoors Into US Networks "It's the presence of this insecure gear in our networks that's the threat, not the source of funding used to purchase it," Commissioner Carr said.

Theater Commands OK SDA's Sat Plans: EXCLUSIVE Military operators will be able (at least virtually) to ill be able to (at least virtually) "sit side-by-side, elbow-to-elbow with the SDA test team" as the various satellite "layers" are put through their paces.

Historic Marine Plan to Reinvent The Corps EXCLUSIVE The document outlines an evolving effort to stand up a series of small, agile units tasked with air defense, anti-ship and submarine warfare, and seizing, holding and resupplying ad hoc bases to support an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific.

Counterspace 2020: All (Pretty) Quiet On The ASAT Front "From the evidence we have available, it sure looks like Russia is a bigger counterspace threat than China, which is contrary to a lot of the public discussion that focuses almost entirely on China," said SWF's Brian Weeden.

Anduril Buys Mini-Drone Maker Area-I The new owners bring venture capital and software expertise to upgrade Area-I's ALTIUS mini-drone, already a favorite in Army experiments with 'Air-Launched Effects.'

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Weekly Briefing: Naval Warfare

The latest naval warfare news and analysis from Breaking Defense

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Weekly Briefing Naval Warfare

Historic Marine Plan to Reinvent The Corps EXCLUSIVE The document outlines an evolving effort to stand up a series of small, agile units tasked with air defense, anti-ship and submarine warfare, and seizing, holding and resupplying ad hoc bases to support an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific.

Connected Battlespace: The Power of JADC2 [Sponsored] The new administration faces key decisions in the "great powers" competition with China and Russia. This includes implementation of Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). In this brief video interview, Northrop Grumman Chief Technology Officer Scott Stapp offers some important thoughts.

Navy's Plans Call For New Drones To Shoot, Spy, Jam "I can clearly — in my mind — envision a way to say 'fly a defensive combat spread, shoot on this target,' and I will squeeze the trigger or I will enable that unmanned platform to shoot the designated target," Rear Adm. Gregory Harris says.

New Democratic Push For DoD Cuts Highlights China, Shipbuilding Woes "If we get into a conflict with China, this is not going to be like a World War II conflict where we have massive elements of the industrial base that can quickly convert to manufacturing the necessities for war…that's just not going to happen," Rep. Rob Wittman says.

New Navy Command To Oversee Unmanned Ships As They Work With Fleet The Navy is standing up its first operational unmanned ship command, a big moment in the Pentagon's move toward autonomy

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WASHINGTON: An ambitious new Marine Corps planning document outlines historic changes in how the service plans to equip, organize, and train over the next decade to meet the challenges of Chinese and Russian competition, ushering in changes not seen since the 1920s.

Historic Marine Plan to Reinvent The Corps EXCLUSIVE WASHINGTON: An ambitious new Marine Corps planning document outlines historic changes in how the service plans to equip, organize, and train over the next decade to meet the challenges of Chinese and Russian competition, ushering in changes not seen since the 1920s. Read more » Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe

AMC Eyes Self-Defense For Cargo, Tanker Planes

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AMC Eyes Self-Defense For Cargo, Tanker Planes "We have hardpoints on the C-17; We have hardpoints on the KC-46. It's not a hard stretch to think that we could put one or two missiles on there for self defense," says AMC head Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost.

IVAS: Microsoft Award By Army Worth Up To $21.9B Congress is skeptical of the augmented-reality IVAS goggles, which can display everything from cross-hairs for targeting to simulated enemy soldiers for training.

Sen. Young: 'Go On Offense' In China Tech Race; Bipartisan Bill Gathers Steam "Some do not believe this is an appropriate role for the government…" Republican Sen. Young said in an interview. "…[B]ut, simply, the private sector and venture capital community is not up to shouldering this task on its own."

US Must Relearn How To Contain China: Gen. Murray EXCLUSIVE "The Chinese see competition as a whole of government effort [and] they're actually pretty good at it," the Army Futures Command Chief told us. "We're way out of practice."

Biden Arms Sale Freeze Likely To Thaw, Including UAE's F-35s Strategic relations between the US and UAE remain clear and stable. "We may sometimes disagree, but the UAE will not yield to any decision that contradicts its vision and plans," retired Staff Maj. Gen. Abdullah A.Al Hashmi told me in an interview. "We have our own plans and strategies, and the US is interested in preserving the relations with the Gulf states."

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