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BAE boss Tom Arseneault talks Ukraine, COVID and the Farnborough Airshow
The medium and longer term implications of the war in Ukraine, and what it will mean for the defense of Europe and NATO, will likely be a hot topic at the Farnborough International Air Show next week, BAE Chief Executive Tom Arseneault said.
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Naval
Six questions with the head of US Fleet Forces Command
"If you can envision a Venn diagram of all the Navy’s current problems and give a reason for those, at the center of that Venn diagram would be maintenance."
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Parsons’ chief executive talks acquisitions, Ukraine and the defense budget
Carey Smith took over as chief executive of Parsons in April 2021. Since then, the contractor has kept up a busy pace of acquisitions, most recently picking up Xator, which specializes in cybersecurity, counter-drone technology, biometrics and more.
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Rep. Rob Wittman on US Navy ship retirements and a sea-launched nuclear weapon
Two key issues have emerged this year as the most contentious for the Navy: a proposal to decommission 24 ships, and a decision to cut funding for a sea-launched tactical nuclear weapon. Congressional committees are thus far split on these issues, and the House Armed Services Committee will weigh in on Wednesday.
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How France’s Army chief is avoiding getting sucked into a ‘Ukrainian tunnel’
Also high on Gen. Pierre Schill's mind is seeing the Scorpion program fully implemented and figuring out the “eternal dialectics between sword and shield” that characterize tank warfare.
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How the Space Force is working with US allies
Director of the Space Force’s International Affairs Directorate Deanna Ryals says the organization aims to serve as a “front door” for Space Systems Command's work with international partners and to ensure that as the command develops and acquires new systems and architectures, it does so with allies in mind.
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Six questions with the US Navy’s top officer, Adm. Mike Gilday
The chief of naval operations addresses data-driven efforts to improve readiness, how to develop the right unmanned systems and more.
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What the Army can learn from Operation Warp Speed
The head of U.S. Army Materiel Command, Gen. Gus Perna, was sitting at home in Alabama on a Saturday in May 2020 when he got the call that would delay his retirement.
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Atos’ Cyril Dujardin on European defense opportunities in 5G tech
Cyril Dujardin, senior vice president and global head of digital security at France-based Atos, shared his perspective on how 5G will transform the European defense sector.
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Finnish Air Force commander on running the F-35 through a time of isolation
Finland's Air Force commander details his service's plan to bring on the fifth-generation F-35A as a replacement for the country's decades-old F-18 fleet.
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How are the US Army’s tactical network upgrades coming along? We put the question to several military officials
The Army is balancing the simultaneous fielding, experimentation and designing of several capability sets for its network. That process is no walk in the park.
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Sweden’s top general on watching Russia and responding to an invasion of Ukraine
Like others in Europe, Sweden bolstered its defense budget after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine 2014, and the government is continuing to deepen pan-Nordic defense cooperation.
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HASC’s top Republican takes aim at budget gridlock, Russia policy and vaccination mandate
“I mean, these [continuing resolutions] are killing us,” Rep. Mike Rogers told Defense News. “If they do another CR in February to the end of the year, it’s going to basically cost [the Pentagon] $40 billion. It’s going to negate everything we just did in this authorization, plus more. And it’s just literally un-American if we aren’t doing a better job to provide for our military than that.”
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Raytheon CTO says merged company is finding new ways to work together
Here's how Raytheon's chief technology officer is looking at solving the Pentagon's toughest problems.
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Estonia’s envoy to NATO talks Russia, Afghanistan and US nuclear policy
Jüri Luik spoke to Defense News twice for this interview: First on Oct. 21, at NATO headquarters in Brussels after U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited the Black Sea region, and then by phone on Nov. 23, as tension between Russia and the West was hitting a new peak.
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Edge Group’s CEO talks drone swarms, 3D printing and export plans
Emirati defense conglomerate Edge Group has had the biggest share of announcements at the 2021 Dubai Airshow between systems unveilings, contracts finalizations and the signing of memorandums of understand understanding. But what arguably stands out the most is the number of autonomous systems at the company’s booth, which made up about half of the offerings on display.
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US Army’s hypersonic supervisor talks tech portfolio
Since Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood took over the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, he’s overseen the Pentagon’s attempt to build the U.S. hypersonic weapons industrial base, begun fielding hypersonic launchers and other equipment to the first unit to receive the capability and has started building out the first battery of a laser-weapon equipped Stryker combat vehicle.
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5 questions with Airbus Spain’s FCAS lead
In 2019, Spain signed onto the Franco-German Future Combat Air System program to develop a fighter jet, weapons and drones by 2040. Airbus is playing a lead role in the developing phase.
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New AM General chief vows to ‘put the full weight of the organization’ into pursuing JLTV
AM General has a new CEO. Defense News sat down with him to discuss where he plans to take the business into the future.
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‘We are in a very crucial period’: European Defence Agency boss on collective defense
European Defence Agency chief executive Jiri Sedivy talks about what's next in European defense cooperation.
Defense Business Board chair Deborah Lee James on helping Pentagon see ‘forest for the trees’
“You don't know what you don't know," James said. "So bringing in outside advisors can be a helpful new perspective.”
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High operations tempo contributing to Lockheed spectrum convergence growth
Lockheed Martin's vice president of spectrum convergence spoke with C4ISRNET about trends within the cyber and electromagnetic spectrum environment.
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3 questions about how the Army is merging networks
The Army wants to link its tactical and enterprise networks for global connectivity.
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US Army secretary talks FY23 budget and the war for talent
What are Secretary Wormuth's biggest priorities, and what does she want her legacy to be?
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US Navy’s supply chain chief wants to transform dollars into readiness
The U.S. Navy is trying to improve its readiness while reining in the rising costs of maintenance and modernization. While these goals can seem at odds, the service’s first stab at this effort allowed it to boost its fighter jet mission-capable rates.
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Four questions with the head of Air Combat Command
Gen. Mark Kelly talked about the service's sixth-generation fighter and plans to replace the E-3 airborne warning and control plane, better known as the AWACS.
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