“We have a lot of work to do before we get there,” Vice Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Hyten says of the Pentagon’s efforts to implement its new Electronic Spectrum Superiority Strategy.
By Theresa HitchensModernizing military simulation with open systems architecture
Best-of-breed common models and architecture enable virtual training and testing with the same data in a cyber-resilient posture.
NC3 is “the last line of communication capabilities and associated equipment that we know will always be there during our worst day,” explains Air Force Lt. Gen. James Dawkins, deputy CSAF for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration.
By Theresa Hitchens
“When you build an EW system, you’re not building an airplane, or you’re not building a submarine or you’re not building a ground system, you’re building a system that’s capable of using the RF spectrum in particular way,” says DoD’s EW czar David Tremper.
By Theresa Hitchens
Joint All-Domain Command & Control “will fundamentally change how we fight as a nation, and will change how we organize, train and equip,” Air Force director of operational capabilities Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop says.
By Theresa Hitchens
A new rule passed by Congress in 2017 requires that the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs serve four-year terms. A second term would have meant Hyten would be in office for six years and worn the uniform for 44 years.
By Paul McLeary
Video interview: Dunlap says the F-35, the F-22, “even a KC-46 tanker” and ground assets will be able to share data in fiscal 2022.
By Colin Clark
Military technology often lags so far behind Silicon Valley, one defense official says, that much of the Pentagon is “in the Fred Flintstone era,” while the cutting edge is, “past the Jetsons.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
What’s new in naval radars and missiles: Defending the Pacific
Defending U.S. naval forces in the Pacific, Red Sea, and elsewhere require a range of systems from close-in weapons to anti-ballistic missiles.
A parallel joint requirements document will be briefed to industry Oct. 30, Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey, head of the Joint Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems office, says.
By Theresa Hitchens
One day after President Trump told the country not to worry about COVID-19, all but one member of Joint Chiefs of Staff are forced into lockdown. The head of Cyber Command is in quarantine as well.
By Paul McLeary
The technologies that allowed a tracked howitzer to shoot down a cruise missile in the Sept. 3 ABMS On Ramp was “a Sputnik or Alpha-Go moment where AI did something that could not have been done otherwise,” says Will Roper.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I’m not sure exactly how we’re going to document what information advantage really is,” says Vice JCS Chief Gen. John Hyten, who chairs the Joint Requirements Oversight Council.
By Theresa Hitchens
“We are in the planning stages at this point,” Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, commander, Air Forces in Europe/Africa, told reporters today.
By Paul McLeary
While China has invested heavily in “brute force” big data, Nand Mulchandani and aides said, US companies are far more innovative — but will they work with the Pentagon?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“I think global integrated operations is really the next big ‘advantage space’ for the Department of Defense,” says Maj. Gen. John Nichols.
By Theresa Hitchens
