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Production of key munition years ahead of schedule, Pentagon says

The 155mm rounds have been a case study of sorts for surging production to meet an evolving wartime need.

www.defensenews.com

The Pentagon’s original goal was to build 85,000 of the rounds per month by fiscal 2028. It’s currently on pace to reach 100,000 per month by FY25, LaPlante said, and at least 57,000 a month by spring 2024.

 

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P-8A Poseidon upgrade and fourth Triton drone part of $1.5b boost to RAAF

Australia will upgrade its fleet of P-8 patrol aircraft so they can eventually fire missiles out to 1,000 kilometres, while also purchasing another long-range Triton drone from the United States.

www.abc.net.au

 

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'Be careful what you wish for:' DoD official warns separate cyber force could pose new challenges - Breaking Defense

“A cyber service might have some benefits in ease of administrative management, but we have a variety of...military services in the Department of Defense who perform a variety of missions," Mieke Eoyang said.

breakingdefense.com

 

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Finland to Increase 2024 Defense Budget to €6.2 Billion, or 2.3% of GDP

HELSINKI --- The Ministry of Defense's administrative budget proposal for 2024 is a total of 6.2 billion euros. Defense spending accounts for 2.3 percent...

www.defense-aerospace.com

 

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Alexandr Wang: US technologists should help preserve US military and economic leadership

Scale AI’s co-founder wants America to grasp AI’s potential to transform warfare before geopolitical rivals do

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And there’s good reason to believe that China will actually hamstring its ability to be successful in these areas. China recently released its AI regulations. One of those regulations is that AI must adhere to socialist principles and the subtext is, you know, they can’t have LLMs saying bad things about the CCP and bad things about President Xi. Anyone who’s played with ChatGPT realises that these systems are hard to control. So, as a country, they invest so much in censorship that I think it’s hard for them to fully invest in LLM technology, culturally speaking.

 

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Pentagon to release defense industrial strategy in December

The strategy, in part, will respond to the industrial gaps exposed by the war in Ukraine

www.defensenews.com

 

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Pentagon's global train and equip projects plagued by delays, unreliable equipment: GAO - Breaking Defense

"The system functioned for approximately three months before becoming inoperative because of factors such as insufficient battery life, damage to ground wiring by local fauna, and sensor failures in extreme temperatures,” the GAO wrote about one $7.6 million project with a partner nation for a...

breakingdefense.com

 

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The fine line between military innovation and empty promises

The aspirational nature of innovation can generate promises in peace that are hard to keep at war.

thehill.com

 

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Six reasons the Pentagon should retire ‘deterrence by denial’

The recent decade has exposed the concept’s weaknesses.

www.defenseone.com

 

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Revitalize laws to turn Eastern and Northern Europe into ‘porcupines’

Taking a page from the 1940s, the United States can fix a rather hopeless situation in Europe.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Pentagon acquisition chief LaPlante focused on boosting manufacturing

Bill LaPlante said sufficient manufacturing rates are a key concern both for the health of the industrial base and for the health of DoD stockpiles.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Pentagon eyes microelectronics hubs across US to bolster chip industry

The Pentagon envisions the Microelectronics Commons as a national network of academic institutions, small business firms and research entities.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Estonian 2024 Defense Budget to Exceed 3% of GDP

TALLINN --- In 2024, the defense budget will exceed three percent of the gross domestic product for the first time, i.e. the new state budget strategy...

www.defense-aerospace.com

 

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Meet Europe’s coming military superpower: Poland

Warsaw is turning to major arms deals with South Korea to establish supremacy in Continental Europe.

www.politico.eu

 

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$3.5 bn Germany deal the biggest yet for Israeli arms sector

Tel Aviv (AFP) Sept 28, 2023 - Israel's $3.5-billion sale of its Arrow 3 missile defence system to Germany, sparked by security fears after Russia's Ukraine invasion, is the biggest yet for the small country's outsized arms sector.

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Germany and Israel sign 'historic' missile shield deal

Berlin (AFP) Sept 28, 2023 - Germany on Thursday signed a deal to acquire the Israeli-made Arrow 3 hypersonic missile system that will become a key part of Europe's defence against air attack.

www.spacewar.com

Russia unveils huge spending hike to battle 'hybrid war'

Moscow (AFP) Sept 28, 2023 - Russia said Thursday that it plans to raise defence spending by almost 70 percent next year, funnelling massive resources into its Ukraine offensive to fight what it calls a hybrid war unleashed by the West.

www.spacewar.com

 

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Australia to focus R&D on asymmetric warfighting, chief scientist says

Australia is mulling which high-tech areas it will pursue alone or which may fall under AUKUS, as it ensures all its efforts focus on top warfighter needs.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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U.S. revives Cold War submarine spy program to counter China

The United States Navy is carrying out the biggest overhaul of its top-secret undersea surveillance network since the end of the Cold War in an effort to contain the threat of China’s submarines. Beijing has similar plans of its own.

www.reuters.com

 

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A Cyber Force? Senate Proposes Study With Lessons Learned from Space Force

A section in the Senate version of the 2024 NDAA calls for finding out if the U.S. needs an independent cyber force like the Space Force.

www.airandspaceforces.com

 

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Pentagon must close technology gap, get AI right to win on battlefield

A former deputy chief of staff to then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says U.S. squad leaders deserve the best technology.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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Offset-X: Now is the time for the Pentagon to change how it approaches technology - Breaking Defense

In this new op-ed, members of the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) lay out their vision for how the Pentagon should work with new technologies.

breakingdefense.com

 

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Congress made $80 billion-plus in changes to defense budget - Roll Call

Congress shifted a big chunk of the Pentagon's fiscal 2023 budget to reflect lawmakers' priorities, sometimes with little oversight.

rollcall.com

 

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Japanese defense minister seeks deal to speed up Tomahawk buy from US - Breaking Defense

The new Japanese defense minister admitted he is a "little bit worried" about the new deal being approved by Congress, an ostensible reference to this week's chaos on the Hill.

breakingdefense.com

 

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Congressional inaction damages both Ukrainian and US militaries

"We have enough funding authorities to meet Ukraine’s battlefield needs for just a little bit longer, but we need Congress to act."

www.defensenews.com

 

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Army moves on arms sales reform amid growing interest from Ukraine war

The Army's equities in the Foreign Military Sales process have ballooned amid the Ukraine war, and it's looking to complete deals faster.

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Polish warplane appetite prompts jockeying by US, European vendors

The Eurofighter Typhoon and Boeing's F-15EX are seen as top contenders in Warsaw's quest for more fighters.

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French firms to triple 155mm ammo production, boost weapons output

French defense firms have reportedly boosted production of self-propelled guns, artillery shells, fighter jets and anti-air missiles.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Italy unveils weapons wish list, forecasts defense spending

Now on the list are 21 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems — U.S.-made rocket launchers that have seen success on the battlefield in Ukraine.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Behind paywall https://www.wsj.com/economy/global/as-u-s-debt-surges-europe-brings-its-own-under-control-2ea6e58b

Under Biden, federal spending as a percentage of GDP is at post-WWII highs (excluding one-time lockdown bailouts/stimulus of 2020-21), while defense spending (including on Ukraine) as a percentage of GDP is at or near post-WWII lows.
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Yet you still hear the call of “defense spending causes deficits”

 

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Pentagon's first industrial base strategy meant to 'catalyze generational change' - Breaking Defense

There are four key areas the strategy focuses on: having resilient supply chains, workforce readiness, flexible acquisitions and a focus on economic deterrence and economic security.

breakingdefense.com

 

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Serbia highlights importance of Chinese defence equipment

Chinese military equipment has strengthened the Serbian armed forces significantly, its deputy prime minister told Chinese state media, in particular an air-defence system and drones.

www.reuters.com

 

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More ‘Buy America’ provisions threaten our industrial base and national security

Instead of sticking it to our allies and partners, let’s focus on collaborative strategies to build the overall global industrial capacity we need to collectively address today’s profound national …

thehill.com

 

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Biden must stop using defense partnerships as an excuse to cut Pentagon spending

President Joe Biden welcomed Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the White House Wednesday for an official state visit. But amid China’s growing defense spending, US hard power remains in…

nypost.com

 

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Defense Innovation Board to study innovation barriers, data economy

The deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering commissioned the Defense Innovation Board to complete the studies by February.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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