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Checking out some of the notable items on display at this year’s Modern Day Marine conference.
By Aaron MehtaCalio has overseen the reorganization of RTX into three business units, and has said the company will further de-emphasize its role as a space prime contractor.
By Valerie InsinnaThe Defense Information Systems Agency’s five-year plan includes the ambitious goal to build a global network “unconstrained by bandwidth [and] impervious to denial” by hostile forces.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.David Harel, CEO of the Israeli firm Asio Technologies, told Breaking Defense his company’s Orion device has deployed by the thousands with Israeli soldiers in Gaza.
By Seth J. FrantzmanMulti-Domain Operations: Global C2 and Joint Operations
“Right now, you and I can go to a Cabela’s, we can buy a radio, we can go to a trade show, put it out on a table, and we can say it’s a form of resilient communication, because there’s no standard,” Samir Mehta said. “It’s time that we have a standard.”
By Aaron Mehta“We have recognized in our threat analysis that we need these capabilities in our wing in order to make our three wing missions executable,” Col. Joshua Koslov said of activating two EW squadrons. “And so that’s exactly what’s driving it.”
By Michael MarrowRep. Elise Stefanik criticized the Air Force’s decision to terminate a fellowship program that paired DoD personnel with the private sector as “shortsighted and misguided,”
By Valerie InsinnaThe 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, which normally rides 6-wheeled LAVs, will work with the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab to test an Australian boat designed for high-speed, high-tech scouting and special ops.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Greg Ryckman, DIA’s deputy director for Global Integration, said open source info used to be the “salt” sprinkled on top of completed intelligence products, but now it’s the secret intelligence that’s become the salt on the “main course” that is open source intel.
By Lee FerranForward Observer: Technologies for 21st Century Security
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro defended the service’s plans to pause amphib shipbuilding during last year’s budget cycle, despite fierce congressional backlash.
By Justin KatzThe comments are the second time in the span of 10 months that industrial officials have publicly revealed a reduced buy from a max of 44 helos is on the table.
By Tim Martin“The Space Force is not growing in priority as it had been in previous years. The priority is shifting more towards the the Air Force and the Navy in the budget,” said Todd Harrison, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
By Theresa HitchensThe letter is the latest sign lawmakers have rejected the Navy’s argument that the cut was a strategic one due to a construction backlog, though some key signatures are missing.
By Justin KatzAdoption of the MQ-9 platform is just getting started; one of the most important new chapters for this platform will be the one written by the U.S. Marine Corps.
By GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.