Two years on, is the AUKUS agreement at the brink of failure?
In a new op-ed, Bill Greenwalt of AEI warns that the Biden administration has not publicly provided workable legislative proposals that would take aim at the ITAR challenges for AUKUS.
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Grady: Going After Drones Is ‘First Instantiation’ Of Replicator Initiative
Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reiterated on Wednesday that the Pentagon’s initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems over the next two years […]
New Pentagon cyber strategy: Building new capabilities, expanding allied info-sharing
DoD “will prioritize technologies that can confound malicious cyber actors and prevent them from achieving their objectives in and through cyberspace,” according to an unclassified summary.
Military services’ zero trust plans to go under the Pentagon’s microscope
The strategy for each service and other defense organizations is meant to align with the Pentagon’s aim of getting to “targeted” zero trust by 2027.
For Replicator to work, the Pentagon needs to directly help with production
Replicator, intended to deliver thousands of low-cost attritable autonomous systems across multiple domains over the next 18 to 24 months, needs industrial investment, writes Andrew Metrick of CNAS.
Defense startup Anduril acquires UAS-maker Blue Force Technologies
A top Anduril exec told Breaking Defense the company will spend “significant” independent R&D funding to continue developing Blue Force Technologies’ Fury aircraft.
Pentagon IG to examine how DoD discovered billions more for Ukraine after ‘valuation errors’
“The objective of this audit is to determine the extent and impact of the March 2023 estimation change for valuing assets provided under Presidential Drawdown Authority,” the Defense Department Inspector General’s office wrote in a memo.
Replicator Initiative To Field Thousands Of Drones Won’t Need New Funding, Hicks Says
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said Wednesday the Pentagon’s initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems over the next two years won’t require new funding, with the department now […]
Pentagon Office of Strategic Capital’s investment strategy expected later this year
“We’re focused on not only the core technology, but the companies and industries that comprise that both in the areas that are kind of more closer to the department… artificial intelligence for autonomy, for example, but also in areas that are de…
More F-35 delivery delays likely as Lockheed’s tech upgrade slips to 2024
The defense giant previously expected to deliver the first in a new series of upgraded F-35s by the end of this year, a schedule that has now slipped to April 2024 at the earliest.