April 6, 2022 | International, Naval
A modular approach to laser weapon development that encourages companies to specialize in individual subsystems rather than the whole integrated product could help the Pentagon expand the industrial base for these kinds of future weapons technologies.
June 2, 2022 | International, Aerospace
Selon Joël Barre, délégué général de l'armement, les différents industriels entre Dassault et Airbus bloquent toujours le programme d'avion européen du futur.
September 17, 2018 | International, C4ISR
By: Mark Pomerleau The Army is looking to build up and resource expeditionary cyber teams that will conduct cyber effects at the tactical edge. These units are called expeditionary cyber support detachments, or ECSDs, and are small teams attached to companies that provide cyber and electromagnetic spectrum effects such as sensing or jamming. These teams have evolved and continue to shift in size and capability. “Every time we go out we're always trying to find something new, some new angle or some way to leverage cyber effects to help the warfighter,” Staff Sgt. Christopher Knight, an ECSD team member told Fifth Domain in a recent visit to Fort Gordon. Knight said it is difficult to find the right staff given the small pool of cyber experts. The ECSDs are recruiting to expand, he said, adding they just received eight more soldiers and are working to train them and develop a pipeline. Currently there are three teams, which fall under the 780th Military Intelligence brigade, with as many as seven soldiers. Full article: https://www.fifthdomain.com/dod/army/2018/09/14/army-looks-to-build-stronger-tactical-cyber-teams
November 10, 2024 | International, Naval
A key exercise next year will focus on the feasibility of using unmanned vessels to enforce a security perimeter at sea.