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Army News
BREAKING: Academy Tells Army to Stick With Fossil Fuels; All-Electric Vehicles Not Practical
Advanced battlefields of the future will require the Army to invest in a mix of energy sources, including jet propellant 8 (JP-8), diesel and renewable diesel through 2035, according to a study undertaken by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
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International
BREAKING: Pentagon, Secretary Austin to Sharpen Focus on China
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III will devote more of his time to ensure that the Pentagon refocuses its efforts on countering China, a senior defense official announced June 9. The secretary’s personal focus on China is one result of the DoD China Task Force, which was ordered by President Joe Biden in February.
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Land Forces
Israeli Firm Delivers Advanced Targeting System
Smart Shooter, an Israel-based developer of fire control systems, has delivered a new optical targeting scope to the Defense Department for testing.
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Cybersecurity
VIEWPOINT: The Pitfalls of Factoring in Security and CMMC Costs
The need to elevate security as a primary metric in Defense Department acquisitions — along with cost, schedule and performance — will invariably require that the government’s perspectives on procurement costs be recalibrated.
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Space
Germany Selects Lockheed Martin for Space Tracking System
The German Space Agency selected Lockheed Martin’s iSpace system to enhance its ability to track and characterize debris in orbit.
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Space
JUST IN: New Air Force Program to Explore Using Commercial Rockets to Supply Troops
The Air Force announced June 4 its new Rocket Cargo program intended to study the use of commercial rockets to transport essential cargo.
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National Defense Podcasts
MAY 2021
Special Operations, Navy & Cyberhacking solutions
In this episode, National Defense takes a look at Special Operations Command’s role in great power competition in the Arctic, survivability challenges for the Navy’s new class of light amphibious warships and how the Defense Department is brainstorming cyberhacking solutions.