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• Hanwha drops Austal takeover bid

  25-09-2024 16:35 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Hanwha informed Austal of the decision in a Sept 25 letter that it was dropping the bid over what it called “unprecedented” demands from the Aussie ship builder.
  
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• ‘Extraordinarily dangerous’: Intelligence community insiders warn against Trump’s DNI pick

  15-11-2024 23:03 via defenseone.com
  
  Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has a “history of irresponsibly promoting misinformation,” said one official.
  
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• DHS releases guidance for AI in critical infrastructure

  15-11-2024 01:17 via defenseone.com
  
  The Department of Homeland Security worked with its diverse AI Safety and Security Board to develop a holistic approach for securing critical infrastructure that leverages AI technologies.
  
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• How the Air Force is revamping acquisition to prepare for a Pacific fight

  15-11-2024 01:13 via defenseone.com
  
  Industry needs to focus on building “best of breed in missions systems,” officials say.
  
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• Military bases can use private 5G networks, Pentagon says 

  14-11-2024 00:52 via defenseone.com
  
  The Department of Defense said it anticipates most military installations will use commercial 5G solutions but that “under certain circumstances, commercial networks may not fulfill an installation's requirements.”
  
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• Air Force ordering more robot wingmen for its experimentation unit

  14-11-2024 00:37 via defenseone.com
  
  Acquisition chief says he’s signed off on buying additional prototype drones for the service’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.
  
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• Anduril, General Atomics drone wingmen clear critical design review, Air Force says

  13-11-2024 23:50 via breakingdefense.com
  
  The Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program is expected to carry out its first flight next year and field operational drone wingmen by the end of the decade.
  
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• From firing generals to limiting women in combat, Hegseth hints at possible Pentagon shakeup

  13-11-2024 21:25 via breakingdefense.com
  
  “Any general that was involved … in any of the DEI woke shit has got to go,” Trump’s pick for SecDef said in a recent podcast.
  
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• Satellite communications: A roadmap for securing tactical and strategic missions

  13-11-2024 20:24 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Experts discuss SATCOM challenges and solutions for resilient, secure and more space-based comms across orbits.
  
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• US, Canada, Finland ink joint MOU, latest step in high north-focused ICE Pact

  13-11-2024 18:57 via breakingdefense.com
  
  The signing comes one week after Russia launched another one of its own icebreakers.
  
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• Pentagon announces 4 drones, loitering munitions now under Replicator

  13-11-2024 17:48 via breakingdefense.com
  
  “The delivery of commercially available Company-Level Small UAS with support from the Replicator initiative will allow American soldiers to rapidly experiment, learn and innovate with these systems,” said Army Chief Gen. Randy George.
  
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• Australia narrows $10B AUD frigate competition to German, Japanese firms: Reports

  13-11-2024 16:04 via breakingdefense.com
  
  “Defence continues to enhance the size and lethality of Navy’s surface combatant fleet, as directed by Government in February 2024, and is progressing the acquisition of Australia’s general purpose frigate by engaging with exemplar platform nations and tenderers,” an Australian DoD spokesman told Breaking Defense.
  
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• Newest Replicator drones proven on battlefields of Ukraine

  13-11-2024 16:00 via defenseone.com
  
  Electronic warfare-resilient drones and software integration will play a key role in the next phase of the Pentagon’s effort.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: How the Pentagon (quietly) spent $1 billion of inflation relief money

  13-11-2024 14:15 via breakingdefense.com
  
  To help fight inflation, the Pentagon was given $1.05 billion to disperse to industry. Now, documents reviewed by Breaking Defense and interviews with key officials reveal how and why certain programs won out.
  
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• Tiltrotors will change CONOPS for Army aviation, bring “step-change” to industry

  13-11-2024 14:13 via breakingdefense.com
  
  [Sponsored] FLRAA is a clean-sheet weapon system that will leverage the latest in manufacturing technology and digital engineering.
  
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• Trump taps Fox host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary

  13-11-2024 04:46 via defenseone.com
  
  The combat veteran and “anti-woke” crusader lacks senior military or national-security experience.
  
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• Trump to nominate Pete Hegseth, Fox News host and Army Guard vet, for defense secretary

  13-11-2024 01:42 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Hegseth, currently a co-host of Fox News’s “Fox & Friends Weekend”, was an infantry captain in the Army National Guard and served in Afghanistan, Iraq and at the US outpost in Guantanamo Bay.
  
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• HASC chair: Trump will move Space Command HQ to Alabama immediately

  12-11-2024 21:28 via defenseone.com
  
  The command has been based in Colorado since it was formed in 2019.
  
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• Pentagon invests another $160 million from CHIPS Act to boost semiconductor manufacturing

  12-11-2024 21:27 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Most of the funding, $148 million, will go directly to the eight Microelectronic Common hubs spread across the country.
  
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• UK ‘needs’ GCAP future fighter to counter growth of Russian and Chinese stealth jets: Air Chief

  12-11-2024 20:21 via breakingdefense.com
  
  The joint British, Italian and Japanese effort has been the subject of uncertainty in recent months after UK Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard refused to make a long term commitment to it on grounds that doing so could “prejudge” the outcome of a new strategic defense review, set to report in mid-2025.
  
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• Waltz in as Trump’s national security advisor

  12-11-2024 17:36 via breakingdefense.com
  
  Rep.  Mike Waltz, a Florida congressman, has been a strong advocate for increasing shipbuilding, a sign that the Navy’s budget could see a boost in the coming Trump administration.
  
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• Trump’s defense secretary should focus on internal Pentagon challenges to meet external threats

  12-11-2024 15:36 via breakingdefense.com
  
  In this op-ed, John Ferrari says the incoming secretary of defense needs to fix three things in the Pentagon: acquisition, resources, and recruiting.
  
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• Weapons and radars built with modular design are relevant and flexible as threats evolve

  12-11-2024 14:19 via breakingdefense.com
  
  [Sponsored] Next-generation modular radars and new composable weapon capabilities solve a critical problem for the U.S. and allied militaries.
  
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• Pacific partnerships are key to preventing war, Army leaders say

  12-11-2024 10:31 via defenseone.com
  
  With their help, outgoing U.S. Army Pacific commander “built a formation that is lethal and cohesive.”
  
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• SPACECOM to Huntsville? Under Trump, bets are on ‘yes,’ and possibly soon

  11-11-2024 20:59 via breakingdefense.com
  
  “Sen. Tuberville has spoken with President Trump several times about the importance of moving Space Command back to its rightful home in Huntsville,” a spokesperson for the Alabama Republican’s office told Breaking Defense. 
  
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• German MoD picks up tab for ICEYE-Rheinmetall SAR-sat data sales to Ukraine

  11-11-2024 17:58 via breakingdefense.com
  
  “The collaboration includes dedicated satellite capacity and constellation access, which allows the capacity of the entire ICEYE satellite fleet to be utilized,” according to a Rheinmetall press release.
  
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• Sweden selects Embraer C-390 transport aircraft, as Brazil eyes more Gripens

  11-11-2024 14:24 via breakingdefense.com
  
  “Aerospace cooperation is important to both Sweden and Brazil. The new letter of intent provides a basis for us to further deepen this cooperation,” Swedish Minister for Defence Pål Jonson said in a statement.
  
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• Trump’s climate skepticism could hurt military operations

  09-11-2024 03:55 via defenseone.com
  Proposals to “dismantle” NOAA and roll back energy efforts pose “a huge risk,” said one expert.
  
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• Air Force waits for tankers in wake of Boeing strike

  09-11-2024 01:32 via defenseone.com
  
  Workers voted Monday night to resume work, but there’s no word yet on when KC-46 production might resume.
  
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• US Olympic Defender allies seek ‘common’ space picture

  08-11-2024 21:30 via breakingdefense.com
  
  “It’s essential that the [Olympic Defender] allies and partners have a shared understanding of the battlespace, to ensure mission impacting decision-making is based on common perceptions of what’s occurring and likely to occur in the Area of Responsibility,” said Royal Australian Air Force Group Captain Julien Greening, CSpOC deputy director.
  
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