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• Six NATO nations team up to launch helicopter program eyed by Euro, US industry
• Ukraine war raises questions about military insight into commercial SATCOM
• SASC wants $45B jump to defense budget topline for inflation, Ukraine assistance
• Sullivan suggests yet more MLRS for Ukraine, but only after training
• GAO denies GDIT protest over $11.5B contract won by Leidos
• US, Royal navies open London-based tech hub
• Autonomy on a Stryker? ‘It’ll be challenging,’ general says
• Space Force says DARC software on track, following GAO concerns
• US sends another $1 billion in weapons for Ukraine, including truck-mounted Harpoon systems
• HASC Chairman: Turkey ‘not coming back’ to F-35 program as NATO trade
• Army details ‘highest level,’ but ‘not final’ OMFV requirements for next phases
• DoD software deliveries are lagging behind industry standards
• Last year, CSBA said the Army could afford both FVL variants. What’s changed since then?
• ‘Not making ****ing widgets here’: Smith defends acquisition process
• Rethinking what conflict involves in the age of exponential data

Six NATO nations team up to launch helicopter program eyed by Euro, US industry Posted: 16 Jun 2022 04:29 PM PDT France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom will work on the concept together, while European industry will work to keep their American competitors out.

Ukraine war raises questions about military insight into commercial SATCOM Posted: 16 Jun 2022 11:15 AM PDT "We have seen a massive flow of commercial SATCOM capabilities come into theater and in many ways that has enabled us to kind of spread out our MILSATCOM capabilities and take advantage of those commercial SATCOM capabilities," Brig. Gen. Chad Raduege said. "That has driven its own unique lesson learned in that we often don't have quite the insight on the commercial side that we have on the military side.”

SASC wants $45B jump to defense budget topline for inflation, Ukraine assistance Posted: 16 Jun 2022 10:00 AM PDT The Senate Armed Services Committee’s proposed topline figure would increase the already-historic Pentagon spending plan proposed by the Biden administration.

Sullivan suggests yet more MLRS for Ukraine, but only after training Posted: 16 Jun 2022 09:15 AM PDT “We think that over time through close consultations with the Ukrainians, at both the professional and the political level, we’ll come to a good understanding about how many of these HIMARS we end up giving,” Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security advisor, told CNAS.

GAO denies GDIT protest over $11.5B contract won by Leidos Posted: 16 Jun 2022 08:47 AM PDT The Defense Enclaves Services program seeks to consolidate systems, personnel and functions, among other program elements.

US, Royal navies open London-based tech hub Posted: 16 Jun 2022 07:52 AM PDT The hubs originated from a new office established by Hondo Geurts in 2019.

Autonomy on a Stryker? ‘It’ll be challenging,’ general says Posted: 16 Jun 2022 06:35 AM PDT “We’re trying to figure out how much autonomy you need, what’s available, what’s really mature now,” Brig. Gen. Glenn Dean told Breaking Defense.

Space Force says DARC software on track, following GAO concerns Posted: 16 Jun 2022 03:51 AM PDT Along with worries over basing schedule and international partners, GAO had fretted software development could delay completion of the first radar site.

US sends another $1 billion in weapons for Ukraine, including truck-mounted Harpoon systems Posted: 15 Jun 2022 12:10 PM PDT The new weapons announcement comes after a senior Dem lawmaker said the US should be doing more, faster for Ukraine.

HASC Chairman: Turkey ‘not coming back’ to F-35 program as NATO trade Posted: 15 Jun 2022 11:36 AM PDT As Turkey blocks Sweden and Finland’s entry into NATO, the F-35 is not a carrot the US will dangle, Adam Smith says.

Army details ‘highest level,’ but ‘not final’ OMFV requirements for next phases Posted: 15 Jun 2022 10:43 AM PDT As the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle enters phases three and four, a senior Army official details some requirements but says the service is flexible.

DoD software deliveries are lagging behind industry standards Posted: 15 Jun 2022 09:58 AM PDT The GAO reviewed 39 MDAPs and MTA programs and found that most of the programs that reported using a modern software development approach actually deliver working software for user feedback slower than recommended.

Last year, CSBA said the Army could afford both FVL variants. What’s changed since then? Posted: 15 Jun 2022 08:45 AM PDT The question of whether the Defense Department or the primes should own all the data rights to various elements of the FVL program is a simplistic, false choice, says a CSBA senior fellow.

‘Not making ****ing widgets here’: Smith defends acquisition process Posted: 15 Jun 2022 08:25 AM PDT The House Armed Services Committee chairman acknowledged past missteps and showed skepticism for huge investment in NGAD fighter.

Rethinking what conflict involves in the age of exponential data Posted: 15 Jun 2022 07:03 AM PDT “The new state of conflict is a yet-to-be-fully-conceived blend of strategic weapons, tactical operations, and dominance in information warfare,” writes former DoD Chief Data Officer David Spirk. “And a new warfighting paradigm is needed to be competitive.”

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