Eastern Shipbuilding opens new C5I integration facility for offshore patrol cutter

With the offshore patrol cutter slated to get a top-of-the-line C5ISR system, Northrop Grumman and its industry partners will work through integrating the whole system at this spacious new facility ahead of installing the gear onto the ship hulls themselves, to catch any integration hiccups early and save time and money during sea trials.

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The U.S. is wholly unequipped to resupply forces in a great-power conflict

The current American consumer goods crisis presages the effects of a militarized Sino-American confrontation.

Fund the F-35 program, lawmakers tell the White House

But Senate appropriators threw cold water on the idea of procuring more F-35s right now.

US Air Force teams with UK on machine learning demo

By sharing data and machine learning algorithms, the two countries were able to improve situational awareness for war fighters in a demonstration.

Israel and South Korea to boost collaboration on loitering munitions

Israel Aerospace Industries, or IAI, and Korea Aerospace Industries, or KAI, have signed a memorandum of understanding on loitering munitions optimized for striking enemy air defenses.

Top official says cyber operations are ‘not just about the systems’

The department is examining how cyber can have a bigger impact outside its domain into areas such as the human and cognitive domains.

Chinese hypersonic missile test unlikely to trigger arms race, experts say

The Chinese space-based hypersonic missile test in August is a wake-up call for the United States, but isn't likely to start a Sputnik-like arms race, experts say.

China shows off drones recycled from Soviet-era fighter jets

China has for the first time showed off retired 1950s era fighter jets that have been converted to unmanned drones, with satellite photos of two of its east coast bases near Taiwan showing a large number of the jets on site.

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The Army is getting great power competition all wrong

The U.S. Army does not need to go abroad in search of missions to make itself appear relevant. What it very much needs to do is focus on its core warfighting skills and hone its ability to fight and win battles that might crop up involving major opponents — in the defense of our country, rather than risk our soldiers getting dragged into fighting wars for other countries.

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A Central American missile crisis?

El Salvador has the potential to be the Soviet Union’s Cuba.