Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
It was impossible not to notice the absence at the Singapore Air Show of the general public, which was barred from the show in light of the threat from COVID-19.
By Colin Clark
America’s best options to counter China’s telecom investment is to double down on space-based 5G, writes Gabe Arrington, a fellow at CNAS and MIT.
By Gabe S. Arrington
“Our objective is not to change China but to shape the strategic environment in which it operates, building a balance of influence in the world that is maximally favorable to the United States, our allies and partners, and the interests and values we share,” the strategy states.
By Valerie Insinna
The US doesn’t have to replicate Chinese or Russian efforts but invest smarter.
By Tate Nurkin
Lt. Gen. Erik Kurilla could take the helm of US forces in the Middle East, but at a time when European and Asian crises dominate the security conversation.
By Valerie Insinna
“You really need to worry about the tactical things. You really need to defend your surface ships, air bases, all that stuff,” NDIA’s Mark Lewis said.
By Theresa Hitchens
A new approach to speed, scale and efficiency for the industrial base
Radars, EW, EO/IR, space imagery, and microelectronics are brought under one roof for a streamlined approach to common people and factories.
The treaty faces steep odds for formal ratification, but some lawmakers are latching onto the military’s focus on the Indo-Pacific as a pretext.
By Justin Katz
“Clearly an exchange of diplomatic notes is better than an exchange of Twitter fire (or worse). But diplomatic notes won’t fill in the gaps in space governance and traffic safety,” Jessica West of Canada’s Project Ploughshares said.
By Theresa Hitchens
DoD needs to lower the barriers to larger defense market opportunities that go beyond R&D, extending into the full lifecycle of defense systems, argues Christopher Zember.
By Christopher Zember
Amidst incursions by China into Indonesia’s Extended Economic Zone, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto is looking for a major investment in military gear.
By Colin Clark
High-profile court case playing out in Israel highlights fears of untoward business relationships with Chinese influence.
By Arie Egozi
“I think there are more questions than answers right now when it comes to SJ-21,” Todd Harrison, director of CSIS’s Aerospace Project, told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa Hitchens
A hypersonic cruise missile under development by the US and Australia uses an air-breathing scramjet engine and is meant to be carried by Australia’s F-18s and F-35As, as well as the P-8A surveillance aircraft.
By Colin Clark
Would we ever send a tank, ship, or aircraft into harm’s way without the ability to maneuver?
By Christopher Stone