Breaking D has been at the forefront in reporting the Pentagon’s shift toward a new way of war, Multi-Domain Operations, since Day 1.
By Theresa HitchensA 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.
Senior Pentagon and service officials observed the last day of the ground-breaking ABMS exercise and the Air Force engaged Northern Command to create and manage the scenario.
By Theresa Hitchens
The OMB, clearly taken by surprise by the Navy plan, told the Pentagon to “submit a resource-informed plan to achieve a 355-ship combined fleet, including manned and unmanned ships, by 2030.”
By Paul McLeary
The RAND report, commissioned by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, unsurprisingly recommends more power for the JAIC over future service budgets. Right now AI efforts are so diffuse no one’s even sure what’s in the 2020 appropriations bill just passed.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Navy always planned to add F-35 modifications to its two brand-new aircraft carriers at a later date. But an annoyed Congress wants it done now.
By Paul McLeary
As the Navy leans on the role of helicopters for an expanding surface fleet, modernized training for its helicopter pilots is essential.
By Barry Rosenberg
The Army is contributing Long-Range Army Fires, troops on the ground, and Sentinel radar. The Navy is bringing F-35Cs and a destroyer; and the Air Force will bring F-22 and F-35 fighter jets.
By Theresa Hitchens
BAE Systems’ LR-PGK: The Superior Anti-Jam Solution
Going the distance to defeat emerging jam threats.
The Navy is pushing full-speed ahead, and its acquisition chief said the service is prepared to make other programs pay to keep on track.
By Paul McLeary
Reformers like Air Force acquisitions chief Will Roper have seized on Other Transactions Authority contracts as a way to bypass bureaucracy and jumpstart innovation.
By Colin Clark
On Saturday night, as the White House and Pentagon mulled Richard Spencer’s fate, he chatted with reporters and enjoyed the end of a security conference in Halifax. Things were about to change.
By Paul McLeary
Ambassador to Norway Ken Braithwaite will be nominated as the new Secretary of the Navy, according to the Pentagon, breaking a pattern where President Trump elevates a deputy and keeps him as acting instead of nominating someone new.
By Paul McLeary
The Chinese navy is putting more ships to sea. Both China and Russia continue to churn out new generations of long-range weapons. The US Navy has taken notice and decided it must act.
By Paul McLeary
As Washington continues to push NATO to invest more in modernization and become more closely integrated, a 13-ship task force showed that change is possible.
By Paul McLeary
The damage was contained, the Navy says, but the incident raises new concerns as the service struggles with a repair backlog.
By Paul McLeary
