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In picking the precise type of M1 tank to send, the US must choose between giving Ukraine the best tech possible and risking the capture of secrets by Russia.
By Ashley Roque and Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
As Russia and China take advantage of the information space, current DoD education guidance on the information environment is set to expire this year, according to a GAO report.
By Jaspreet GillHypersonics at scale: What it takes in terms of tech, manufacturing, and talent
Providing air-breathing and boost-glide hypersonics propulsion requires a holistic approach to address each system’s unique needs for speed.
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Total US arms transfers for fiscal 2022 topped $50 billion, up nearly 50 percent from prior year.
By Lee Ferran
“I think one of… the things we sought to accomplish in the course of the update is clarifying the language to ensure a common understanding both inside and outside the Pentagon of what the directive says,” said Michael Horowitz, director of the Pentagon’s Emerging Capabilities Policy Office.
By Jaspreet Gill
Innovations and open systems pace FVL and the current fleet
Innovative integration approaches and open systems architecture can bring revolutionary improvements to the performance of FLRAA and FARA, as well as the current fleet.
US to send 31 M1 Abrams tanks in a matter of “months as opposed to weeks” but will use the lag time to begin training Ukraine forces and sorting through logistical challenges.
By Ashley Roque
Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder dodged questions about a reported impending US announcement, as reports also claim Berlin has reversed course on sending Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv.
By Ashley Roque and Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Providing essential and assured PNT to every tactical vehicle is AC²ES (aces)
With the Army’s A-PNT program of record currently targeted at only a fraction of tactical vehicles, an affordable interim solution is available to face this threat.
“We need a cognitively agile [non-commissioned officer] that can outmaneuver our enemies in the future,” said Sgt. Maj. Stephen Griffin.
By Justin Katz
The report, without “controlled unclassified information” redactions, discusses concerns with major weapons programs from ships to planes to hypersonic missiles.
By Jaspreet Gill, Theresa Hitchens, Justin Katz and Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Set to start this spring, the test is not a requirement for the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract, but an “independent” experiment by the Pentagon CIO’s Zero Trust office, said director Randy Resnick.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Winning future wars will not be about maintaining information advantage but rather prevailing when neither side has the advantage. And that is not a war that can be won by new technologies alone, writes CNAS’s Andrew Metrick.
By Andrew Metrick
“I’m surprised at times, some of the people who just fall into full-scale China bashing and talk about how terrible China is, which it isn’t. We can’t let them do this,” said Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash.
By Ashley Roque
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reaffirmed America’s commitment to Japan’s defense, “with the full-range of capabilities, including nuclear.”
By Ashley Roque and Lee Ferran
The side that can see and react to the battle will win the battle, so space-based sensors and communications layers are key, writes Tim Ryan of the Mitchell Institute.
By Tim Ryan
Ping, Ping: Bringing autonomy to hydrography to map the undersea world for the Navy
Understanding the environment is the baseline for successful naval operations. To develop more and better undersea charts, the Navy is combining hydrography with autonomy for the first time.
“If we are to meet the innovation goals of the NDS, we must incentivize the primes to move beyond the short-term partnership model and encourage them to form more holistic relationships with promising early-stage companies, including investment into operating businesses,” writes Chip Walter.
By Chip Walter