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Army defends new squad vehicle after blistering combat review
Change how OTAs are used to make them an essential tool against China
ISIS leader dead after raid by US special operators
To placate Russia, Israel told Baltics states it would block weapon transfers to Ukraine: Sources
US needs to temper reliance on at-risk undersea internet cables, satellites can help: Aerospace
With Lockheed deal in doubt, Aerojet faces internal crisis
Allies and robots: Navy joins 60 nations in International Maritime Exercise
Pentagon developing ‘National Defense Science and Technology’ strategy: Memo
Pentagon’s new data and AI office hits IOC milestone, gets $500M budget
Biden defense nominations: A disappointing first year status report
The health of the Defense Industrial Base is failing, trade group says
Organic Industrial Base $16B modernization plan to be briefed to senior Army leaders

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Posted: 03 Feb 2022 10:15 AM PST

One-stop shopping for Breaking Defense's roundup of stories you may have missed from 2021, and what to be thinking about in 2022.

Army defends new squad vehicle after blistering combat review

Posted: 03 Feb 2022 08:40 AM PST

“The ISV is not designed to defeat or counter specific threats nor is it intended to operate as a combat fighting platform,” Steve Herrick, the senior program office official, told Breaking Defense.

Change how OTAs are used to make them an essential tool against China

Posted: 03 Feb 2022 08:04 AM PST

DoD needs to lower the barriers to larger defense market opportunities that go beyond R&D, extending into the full lifecycle of defense systems, argues Christopher Zember.

ISIS leader dead after raid by US special operators

Posted: 03 Feb 2022 06:48 AM PST

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had led the insurgent group since ISIS’s founder, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in a similar US raid in Syria in October 2019.

To placate Russia, Israel told Baltics states it would block weapon transfers to Ukraine: Sources

Posted: 03 Feb 2022 06:03 AM PST

As Russian forces began massing along the Ukrainian border, the Israeli MoD sent word to the three Baltic nations that if they ask to transfer weapons to Ukraine, they will be denied, sources say.

US needs to temper reliance on at-risk undersea internet cables, satellites can help: Aerospace

Posted: 03 Feb 2022 03:01 AM PST

“Undersea cable infrastructure is ripe for sabotage,” said Karen Jones, one of the authors of the study.

With Lockheed deal in doubt, Aerojet faces internal crisis

Posted: 02 Feb 2022 01:00 PM PST

"The near-term future of Aerojet depends on which faction within the company succeeds in asserting control," said defense consultant Loren Thompson. But ultimately, he added, the long-term future of the company will be contingent on finding a new buyer "with big pockets.”

Allies and robots: Navy joins 60 nations in International Maritime Exercise

Posted: 02 Feb 2022 12:09 PM PST

This year’s IMX will include a focus on how unmanned systems can change naval operations, from rescue operations to endurance missions.

Pentagon developing ‘National Defense Science and Technology’ strategy: Memo

Posted: 02 Feb 2022 10:05 AM PST

Spearheaded by Heidi Shyu, the strategy will seek investments and concentrated efforts on 14 critical technology areas.

Pentagon’s new data and AI office hits IOC milestone, gets $500M budget

Posted: 02 Feb 2022 09:56 AM PST

The office of the chief digital and artificial intelligence will be responsible for scaling up data, analytics and AI to enable faster and better decision-making “from campaigning to conflict.”

Biden defense nominations: A disappointing first year status report

Posted: 02 Feb 2022 08:19 AM PST

The reality is these holds can easily be overcome if there was a willingness by Senate leadership to force what will likely be overwhelmingly bipartisan positive votes.

The health of the Defense Industrial Base is failing, trade group says

Posted: 02 Feb 2022 07:21 AM PST

That conclusion is part of the National Defense Industrial Association’s third annual Vital Signs 2022 report, which offers an analysis of the US’s defense industrial base.

Organic Industrial Base $16B modernization plan to be briefed to senior Army leaders

Posted: 02 Feb 2022 06:56 AM PST