Managing The Invisible Battle: Raytheon’s EWPMT
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With the new Raytheon software, the Army will no longer be fighting blind against enemy radio jamming — but its own jammers to strike back remain years away.
LCS Fires New Long-Range Missile, As Navy And Marine Corps Hammer Out New Force Plan
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The Naval Strike Missile is one tool that the Navy and Marines are looking to rely on in crafting a response to a new era of long-range threats.
TRANSCOM Chief Lyons: No Plan To Delay Retirement of More KC-135s
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Gen. Stephen Lyons, the Army general heading up TRANSCOM, says there is no ongoing work for a space plane to carry supplies.
Bell Unveils Army Scout Helicopter — With Wings
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With its trademark tiltrotors too big for the Army’s FARA requirement, Bell is squeezing every ounce of performance out of a helicopter. Will it be fast enough?
DoD Reworking Arms Sales To Curb Civilian Casualties & Counter China
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A new system will retrain 20,000 DoD employees to work within the National Defense Strategy, while shifting focus to new areas of the world.
Air Force Brass Lead New SpaceCom Subcommand
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CFSCC’s mission includes executing “tactical control over globally dispersed Air Force, Army, and Navy space units that command satellites in every orbital regime.”
US Sends More Troops, Patriots, And Radars To Saudi; But Are They The Right Defense?
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“We’ve seen this coming,” but governments “haven’t been preparing to go after not only UAS but cruise missiles.”
NATO’s Not Ready For Saudi-Style Drone Attacks; ‘It’s A Serious Problem’
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“The threat that we face has developed faster,” than countermeasures, giving adversaries like Russia, and Iran, some asymmetric advantages.
Israeli Gunmaker IWI Targets US Special Ops Contract
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The Negev can fire over 700 rounds a minute in full-auto — a bit less than the M249 — or, it can be switched to semi-auto for highly accurate single shots. It already comes in 5.56mm and 7.62mm variants, and IWI says it could be easily reconfigured to take different calibers.
Congress’ Budget Gridlock Threatens Army Hypersonics
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“As long as we get an appropriation by the beginning of the calendar year, I think we’ll be okay,” the Army’s chief of budget planning said.