“There was a debate which … about so-called ‘reveal, conceal’ [and] how much detail we want to put out,” said Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Mike McCord. “We’re sort of leaning on the side of not disclosing the details…”
Tag: Policy
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Taiwan Military Mulls Buying Hundreds of Armed Sea Drones: Report
[[{“value”:”The Taiwanese military is reportedly considering purchasing hundreds of armed sea drones to prepare for a potential Chinese invasion.
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Navy Budget Caps Caused Cuts And Delays in USVs And NGAD, Officials Say
The Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) budget caps imposed on the Department of the Navy forced it to lower funding for unmanned vessels and work on the next carrier-based fighter under
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Drones, tanks and ships: Takeaways from Turkey’s annual defense report
The government listed 49 ongoing modernization and acquisition projects across the various armed forces. Here are some that stood out.
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Tech maturing too fast for multiyear drone buys, Army’s Bush says
Locking in on the same drone year after year may not make sense amid rapidly changing circumstances, he said.
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Defence Ministry Signs Over ₹200 Crore Deal With Start-Up For Indigenous Anti-Drone Technology
Big Bang Boom Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (BBBS), India’s fastest-growing defence sector start-up, has secured a significant order worth more than ₹200 Crores from the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army, for its cutting-edge anti-drone technology. This historic contract, the largest under the Indian Defence Exhibition (IDEX) initiative, and one of the largest signed by the Indian MOD with an Indian
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Why the US would struggle to overcome Russia’s nuclear anti-satellite weapon
Russia’s move to develop a nuclear anti-satellite weapon has highlighted US anxieties over space combat readiness, challenging the Pentagon’s strategic defences in a potential cosmic battleground.
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A World Divided Over Artificial Intelligence
Geopolitics gets in the way of global regulation of a powerful technology.
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Drones, the Air Littoral, and the Looming Irrelevance of the U.S. Air Force
[[{“value”:”Today, the U.S. Air Force faces an almost-existential crisis. During the past several years, the service has been battered by the loss of its prestigious space mission to the nascent U.S. Space Force. It has also struggled to balance the continued acquisition of stunningly expensive new manned aircraft with the rapid developments in unmanned technologies, which are making pilots increasingly superfluous. What a difference a few years makes. In 2016, we published a column entitled “The Catastrophic Success of the U.S. Air Force,” which argued that the service had completely dominated the air domain for so long that it was
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Are drones the future? Not for everything, says Polish general
While the Russia-Ukraine war has emphasized the crucial role drones can play, Gen. Piotr Blazeusz is unconvinced of their value during waterway crossings.