Weekly Briefing: Naval Warfare

The latest naval warfare news and analysis from Breaking Defense

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Weekly Briefing Naval Warfare

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Marines' new warfighting concept focuses on small, agile forces with an eye on China The "evolving" stand-in forces concept is "applicable globally" but singles out America's chief rival.

Navy defends $80M industrial expansion to fill hypersonic missile gap Lawmakers say the money is "early to need," but Navy argues cuts could imperil the Pentagon's efforts to ensure its hypersonic weapon programs stay on track.

Navy says congressional cuts would put MARAD sealift plans even further behind schedule Senate committee takes aim at $300M meant for surge sealift ships that the Navy needs to move troops in case of war.

Senate cut to F-35C will delay 'critical' capabilities: Navy In response to lawmakers, Navy says budget cuts will add $700 million long-term to retrofit fighters.

Navy warns House cut could delay MQ-25 contract, squadron deployment A one year delay for the MQ-25 program is certain to have repercussions for the Navy's ongoing strike fighter shortfall.

Pentagon's Global Posture Review emphasizes China, but lacks major strategic changes Rather than a large shift in resources and plans, the review, which looked at US troop locations and capabilities across the globe, ultimately concluded that no major strategic changes are needed.

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Wormuth: Here’s the Army’s role in a Pacific fight

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Wormuth: Here's the Army's role in a Pacific fight As "linchpin service," Army sees logistical, communications and, yes, combat roles in possible conflict.

Marines' new warfighting concept focuses on small, agile forces with an eye on China The "evolving" stand-in forces concept is "applicable globally" but singles out America's chief rival.

Biden administration to propose new global norms for military space Chiding Russia for its recent ASAT test, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said that "from the Defense Department's perspective, we would like to see all nations agree to refrain from anti-satellite weapons testing that creates debris."

Pentagon IP office lacks support, expertise: GAO The Pentagon's small IP Cadre office is facing challenges since its establishment in 2019.

Navy defends $80M industrial expansion to fill hypersonic missile gap Lawmakers say the money is "early to need," but Navy argues cuts could imperil the Pentagon's efforts to ensure its hypersonic weapon programs stay on track.

New White House space framework highlights military resilience amid 'serious threat' Despite increasing threats to and from space, the new priorities document stresses that "confrontation or conflict" is not inevitable.

Northrop to flight test software-defined SATCOM radio for AFRL The test will see how well "Freedom Radio" works with third-party communications, as integration is seen as critical for JADC2.

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DOD has made cloud connections more secure with less latency [From Our Partner]

This past summer, the DOD CIO Dr. Kelly Fletcher took a very important step in developing the construct for secure cloud management (SCM) by issuing a reference design for the Cloud Native Access Point (CNAP).

DOD has made cloud connections more secure with less latency This past summer, the DOD CIO Dr. Kelly Fletcher took a very important step in developing the construct for secure cloud management (SCM) by issuing a reference design for the Cloud Native Access Point (CNAP).    The purpose of a CNAP is to provide secure, authorized access to DOD resources in a commercial cloud environment – from anywhere on any device – by leveraging a Zero Trust approach.    In this interview, we talk to Drew Epperson, senior director of federal engineering and chief architect for Palo Alto Networks, about how CNAPs work, improving user experience in accessing the cloud and doing away with implied trust.  Read Full Article Breaking Defense, 611 Broadway, Suite 907D, New York, New York 10012, United States, (212) 334-1871 Unsubscribe Manage preferences

Weekly Briefing: Land Warfare

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Weekly Briefing Land Warfare

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Oshkosh Defense to build another 1,600 JLTVs for the Army The award comes ahead of the Army's $6.5 billion recompete of the contract next year.

Pentagon's Global Posture Review emphasizes China, but lacks major strategic changes Rather than a large shift in resources and plans, the review, which looked at US troop locations and capabilities across the globe, ultimately concluded that no major strategic changes are needed.

Army plans to turn on first hybrid electric Bradley in January "If this works, we would use this kind of technology and apply it as we look at our requirements for other vehicles in the future," said Stan Darbro, deputy director of the Army RCCTO.

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Oshkosh Defense to build another 1,600 JLTVs for the Army

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Oshkosh Defense to build another 1,600 JLTVs for the Army The award comes ahead of the Army's $6.5 billion recompete of the contract next year.

Pentagon's innovation steering group mapping existing efforts "Each of the services is clearly working on their own services capability gap so there's a missing piece in terms of when we fight in a conflict," Shyu said. "We don't fight within a single service, we fight jointly."

Navy says congressional cuts would put MARAD sealift plans even further behind schedule Senate committee takes aim at $300M meant for surge sealift ships that the Navy needs to move troops in case of war.

Senate cut to F-35C will delay 'critical' capabilities: Navy In response to lawmakers, Navy says budget cuts will add $700 million long-term to retrofit fighters.

Bill LaPlante to be tapped as Pentagon acquisition and sustainment chief LaPlante served as the Air Force's top acquisition official from 2013 to 2015.

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