APRIL 21, 2021 - Army researchers, as part of a national security team, are keeping a close eye on the evolution of new, low-cost threat emitters to improve the Army’s ability to represent the adversary’s equipment and actions accurately and dynamically. Threat emitters provide a current, simulated battlespace environment designed to train allied warfighters to identify and … [Read more...]
U.S. Plans to Keep Threats in Check Even After Afghanistan Withdrawal
APRIL 21, 2021 - By Sept. 11, 2021, all U.S. forces must be out of Afghanistan. But that doesn't mean that the U.S. will be at the mercy of groups like ISIS, al-Qaida or the Taliban if they want to create problems and threaten U.S. interests, the commander of the U.S. Central Command said. While the 3,500 troops currently in Afghanistan will leave that country by the end of … [Read more...]
U.S. Facing Increasing Nuclear, Space-Based Threats
APRIL 21, 2021 - Two Defense Department leaders discussed threats to the U.S. from China and Russia and the DOD's steps at providing a credible deterrent during a Senate Armed Services Committee budget hearing today. "For the first time in our history, the nation is facing two nuclear-capable strategic peer adversaries at the same time," Navy Adm. Charles A. Richard, … [Read more...]
Navy Advances New Technologies at NICE ANTX
APRIL 20, 2021 - Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic wrapped up a joint civilian-military exercise on April 14 at Camp Lejeune, N.C., where over 60 emerging technologies were evaluated by the Navy and Marine Corps for future warfighter application. NIWC Atlantic partnered with Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, Navy Warfare Development Command and Marine … [Read more...]
Project FoX Maximizes F-35’s Lethality
APRIL 20, 2021 - For the first time ever, Air Force personnel livestreamed F-35 Lightning II data directly from the aircraft’s mission systems computers to a connected computer tablet during a recent ground test at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The event was a milestone for the Fighter Optimization eXperiment, or FoX, a project that seeks to rapidly integrate advanced … [Read more...]