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Defense industry news, analysis and commentary. BEIRUT: Egypt’s latest agreement to buy 30 new Rafale jets will open prospects for other arms deals with France, experts tell Breaking Defense. OSHKOSH WINS $942M STRYKER UPGUN CONTRACT, UNSEATING GDLS Oshkosh Wins $942M Stryker Upgun Contract, Unseating GDLS. WASHINGTON: The Army decisively answered doubts that it could run a faircompetition to
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JOINT FORCE VS. CHINA: PROJECT CONVERGENCE 21 “This is a journey to see what's possible, what can we do with today's technologies, for a relatively minor cost,” Gen. John Murray told us. “Project Convergence ’20 cost us about the same USG SHOULD BEWARE EXAGGERATED THREAT TO GPS: RAND WASHINGTON: Reports citing dire threats to GPS resulting in severe economic loss should be considered with a large grain of salt, a newRAND study
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DOD BUDGET APPEARS TO CUT CYBER OFFENSE, BEEF UP DEFENSES The single biggest reduction in proposed year-over-year cyber funding appears to be in overseas "hunt-forward" cyber operations, with a $284.4 million cut to $147.2 million in 2022 versus a ABMS GROWS UP: AIR FORCE SHIFTS FOCUS TO DELIVERING KITAUTHOR: THERESAHITCHENS
A new pod-based comms system for the KC-46, enabling it to serve as a 'translator' for the incompatible radio systems of the F-22 and F-35, will be fielded in the last quarter of fiscal 2022. HYTEN: JOINT REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL DOMAIN OUT BY JUNE Hyten: Joint Requirements For All Domain Out By June. WASHINGTON: The Joint Requirements Oversight Council will give the services new marching orders by month’s end to THE NEW OVERMATCH: ALL DOMAIN OPERATIONS They are key elements of the military’s doctrine for all-domain operations, which requires quick creation and deployment of a new, open, and integrated ARTILLERY « BREAKING DEFENSE Longer-Range Missiles & More AI: Project Convergence 2021. Next fall, the Army aims to test a new artificial intelligence for artillery and fire the prototype PrSM missile to its full 300-plus ARMY FACES ‘ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES’: GEN. MURRAY Gen. Mike Murray. WASHINGTON: It’s crunch time for Army modernization, with almost two dozen high-priority programs scheduled to field tech to combat troops in the next four years. That means a OSHKOSH WINS $942M STRYKER UPGUN CONTRACT, UNSEATING GDLS Oshkosh Wins $942M Stryker Upgun Contract, Unseating GDLS. WASHINGTON: The Army decisively answered doubts that it could run a faircompetition to
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A new pod-based comms system for the KC-46, enabling it to serve as a 'translator' for the incompatible radio systems of the F-22 and F-35, will be fielded in the last quarter of fiscal 2022. HYTEN: JOINT REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL DOMAIN OUT BY JUNE Hyten: Joint Requirements For All Domain Out By June. WASHINGTON: The Joint Requirements Oversight Council will give the services new marching orders by month’s end to THE NEW OVERMATCH: ALL DOMAIN OPERATIONS They are key elements of the military’s doctrine for all-domain operations, which requires quick creation and deployment of a new, open, and integrated ARTILLERY « BREAKING DEFENSE Longer-Range Missiles & More AI: Project Convergence 2021. Next fall, the Army aims to test a new artificial intelligence for artillery and fire the prototype PrSM missile to its full 300-plus ARMY FACES ‘ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES’: GEN. MURRAY Gen. Mike Murray. WASHINGTON: It’s crunch time for Army modernization, with almost two dozen high-priority programs scheduled to field tech to combat troops in the next four years. That means aBREAKING DEFENSE
Defense industry news, analysis and commentary. BEIRUT: Egypt’s latest agreement to buy 30 new Rafale jets will open prospects for other arms deals with France, experts tell Breaking Defense. 'HACK THE ARMY' UNCOVERS 238 CYBER VULNERABILITIES WASHINGTON: The third annual Hack the Army event uncovered 238 security vulnerabilities — 102 rated “high” or “critical” — in Army tech. The bug bounty event, which began in January NORTHROP DELIVERS 1ST SEWIP BLOCK 3 JAMMER TO NAVY The long-awaited jammer, a key defense against anti-ship missiles, will now enter land-based testing at Wallops Island, Va. But the Navy must do more, argues EW expert Bryan Clark. LOCKHEED MARTIN TO BUILD UP TO 139 F-35S THIS YEAR Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office are expected to need a six-month stop-gap contract before inking a deal for sustainment through 2023, company officials say. SECDEF AUSTIN TAKES PERSONAL CHARGE OF DOD CHINA POLICY WASHINGTON: In a clear sign that China really is the Biden administration’s tracking threat against which much of its strategy, budget and policy will be forged, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin KEY SENATOR, CONGRESSMAN PRAISE BIDEN’S NAVY NOMINEE WASHINGTON: President Biden has announced his intent to nominate a Cuban-born Desert Storm veteran, Carlos del Toro, for Secretary of theNavy.
MACHINISTS UNION PRESSES F-35 JOBS CAMPAIGN ON CAPITOL “The F-35 program supports more than 250,000 direct and indirect jobs at nearly 2,000 suppliers nationwide. Continued investment in the F-35 program, and the Machinists Union families and AIR FORCE TO SET UP 3D PRINTED SUPPLY CHAIN AT TINKER AFB "The ability to additively manufacture an aircraft engine part and gain military airworthiness is a significant step forward in growing the adoption of additive manufacturing in the Air Force SEN. KING URGES ‘REIMAGINING CONFLICT’ ON EVE OF CYBER "Someone told me I was like Chicken Little, but I prefer Paul Revere," said Sen. King, who co-chaired the commission that recommended creating the national cyber director. US, FRANCE, ARAB ALLIES RUSH HELP TO FLOUNDERING LEBANESE While U.S. increases FMF to $120-million, France prepares international conference to assist the Lebanese Armed Forces whose budget was wiped out by collapse of country’s economy.BREAKING DEFENSE
Defense industry news, analysis and commentary. BEIRUT: Egypt’s latest agreement to buy 30 new Rafale jets will open prospects for other arms deals with France, experts tell Breaking Defense. OSHKOSH WINS $942M STRYKER UPGUN CONTRACT, UNSEATING GDLS Oshkosh Wins $942M Stryker Upgun Contract, Unseating GDLS. WASHINGTON: The Army decisively answered doubts that it could run a faircompetition to
KEY DEMS QUESTION BIDEN DEFENSE BUDGET; SHIP FIGHT LIKELY “The President’s Defense Budget Request is an outline and a starting point,” Reed said in a statement late Friday. “Of note, Fiscal Year 2022 is the first in many years that we will not be DOD BUDGET APPEARS TO CUT CYBER OFFENSE, BEEF UP DEFENSES The single biggest reduction in proposed year-over-year cyber funding appears to be in overseas "hunt-forward" cyber operations, with a $284.4 million cut to $147.2 million in 2022 versus a ARMY MODERNIZATION BUDGET DROPS $4.2B; BUDGET DROPS $3.6B In the first round of so-called “night court” cuts, Whitley explained, the Army moved $22.4 billion over the five-year budget plan (for 2020-2024), eliminating 93 programs and reducing 93 NAVY PLANS TO CUT SHIPS, BUT FLEET PLAN REMAINS MIA The plan submitted today would get the Navy to 296 ships by 2022, two more than it has today. Getting rid of 15 ships would produce about $1.2 billion in savings, but Gumbleton wasn’t able to ABMS GROWS UP: AIR FORCE SHIFTS FOCUS TO DELIVERING KIT A new pod-based comms system for the KC-46, enabling it to serve as a 'translator' for the incompatible radio systems of the F-22 and F-35, will be fielded in the last quarter of fiscal 2022. IVAS: MICROSOFT AWARD BY ARMY WORTH UP TO $21.9B IVAS: Microsoft Award By Army Worth Up To $21.9B. Soldiers test the latest, ruggedized version of the IVAS targeting goggles at Fort Picket in October 2020. UPDATE that contract is “IDIQ-like DON’T RUSH TO JADC2: ARMY GEN. MURRAY EXCLUSIVE « BREAKING Don’t Rush To JADC2: Army Gen. Murray EXCLUSIVE. WASHINGTON: The military must avoid getting swept away in a “rush to lockdown requirements” for the Joint All OMFV: WHY SMALL BIZ METTLEOPS HAS A SHOT « BREAKING Scribd. scribd.scribd. Mettle Ops OMFV Press Release: Mettle Ops, a woman-owned, service-disabled, veteran-owned, disadvantaged small business based out of Michigan, has taken the meaning of nonBREAKING DEFENSE
Defense industry news, analysis and commentary. BEIRUT: Egypt’s latest agreement to buy 30 new Rafale jets will open prospects for other arms deals with France, experts tell Breaking Defense. OSHKOSH WINS $942M STRYKER UPGUN CONTRACT, UNSEATING GDLS Oshkosh Wins $942M Stryker Upgun Contract, Unseating GDLS. WASHINGTON: The Army decisively answered doubts that it could run a faircompetition to
KEY DEMS QUESTION BIDEN DEFENSE BUDGET; SHIP FIGHT LIKELY “The President’s Defense Budget Request is an outline and a starting point,” Reed said in a statement late Friday. “Of note, Fiscal Year 2022 is the first in many years that we will not be DOD BUDGET APPEARS TO CUT CYBER OFFENSE, BEEF UP DEFENSES The single biggest reduction in proposed year-over-year cyber funding appears to be in overseas "hunt-forward" cyber operations, with a $284.4 million cut to $147.2 million in 2022 versus a ARMY MODERNIZATION BUDGET DROPS $4.2B; BUDGET DROPS $3.6B In the first round of so-called “night court” cuts, Whitley explained, the Army moved $22.4 billion over the five-year budget plan (for 2020-2024), eliminating 93 programs and reducing 93 NAVY PLANS TO CUT SHIPS, BUT FLEET PLAN REMAINS MIA The plan submitted today would get the Navy to 296 ships by 2022, two more than it has today. Getting rid of 15 ships would produce about $1.2 billion in savings, but Gumbleton wasn’t able to ABMS GROWS UP: AIR FORCE SHIFTS FOCUS TO DELIVERING KIT A new pod-based comms system for the KC-46, enabling it to serve as a 'translator' for the incompatible radio systems of the F-22 and F-35, will be fielded in the last quarter of fiscal 2022. IVAS: MICROSOFT AWARD BY ARMY WORTH UP TO $21.9B IVAS: Microsoft Award By Army Worth Up To $21.9B. Soldiers test the latest, ruggedized version of the IVAS targeting goggles at Fort Picket in October 2020. UPDATE that contract is “IDIQ-like DON’T RUSH TO JADC2: ARMY GEN. MURRAY EXCLUSIVE « BREAKING Don’t Rush To JADC2: Army Gen. Murray EXCLUSIVE. WASHINGTON: The military must avoid getting swept away in a “rush to lockdown requirements” for the Joint All OMFV: WHY SMALL BIZ METTLEOPS HAS A SHOT « BREAKING Scribd. scribd.scribd. Mettle Ops OMFV Press Release: Mettle Ops, a woman-owned, service-disabled, veteran-owned, disadvantaged small business based out of Michigan, has taken the meaning of non LOCKHEED MARTIN TO BUILD UP TO 139 F-35S THIS YEAR Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office are expected to need a six-month stop-gap contract before inking a deal for sustainment through 2023, company officials say. THE FIVE SURPRISES IN PENTAGON'S 2022 BUDGET Most observers had expected an increase in the Navy's shipbuilding accounts with this budget, especially after the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, said that, even as an MANUFACTURING TACTICAL VEHICLES ON A WORLD-CLASS LEVEL When the Army awarded the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) program to General Motors Defense (GM Defense) in mid-2020, it heralded thereincarnation of a
WHO'S WHO IN DEFENSE: GEN. CHARLES Q. BROWN JR., CHIEF OF Confirmed as Air Force Chief of Staff in August 2020, Brown is the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the training,equipping, and
THE NEW OVERMATCH: ALL DOMAIN OPERATIONS Todorov: We are defending against high-volume, multi-mode, multi-azimuth attacks and the need to be able to simultaneously strike multiple, time-sensitive targets. If we, heaven forbid, get into a CHINA BILL DOUBLES DARPA'S BUDGET, ADDS $52B FOR US CHIPS "This is a strong start," Sen. Sasse said of the 2,400-page, $250 billion legislation designed to bolster the US in its competition withChina.
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ARMY WILL SHARE OSHKOSH’S JLTV DESIGNS WITH COMPETITORS WHY WE NEED A NEW COLD WAR STRATEGIC APPROACH FLATLINE: SECDEF ESPER SAYS DOD BUDGETS MUST GROW 3-5% BALLISTIC MISSILE EXPLODES IN YEMEN; HOUTHIS & IRANIANS DEAD HUAWEI NOT OK FOR UK: INTELLIGENCE EXPERTS, CONGRESS WAR WITH IRAN COULD BE SHARP & SHORT WITH FIFTH GEN AIRCRAFT: DEPTULA IRAN LIKELY TO FIELD NUCLEAR BALLISTIC MISSILE IN 2 YEARS: ISRAELIINTELLIGENCE
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* Land Warfare , Threats ARMY WILL SHARE OSHKOSH’S JLTV DESIGNS WITH COMPETITORS THE JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BUILT BY OSHKOSH BUT THE ARMY IS SEEKING ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURERS, WHO WILL GET THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE REQUIRED TO BUILD IT. THE ARMY’S ALSO REVIEWING HOW MANY JLTVS IT REALLY NEEDS, SECRETARY RYANMCCARTHY SAYS.
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The four official JLTV variants. NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: The Army is about to blow the Joint LightTactical Vehicle
program wide open. In public remarks today by Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and a notice to industry quietly updated online, the service made clear it is reopening two multi-billion-dollar questions that were supposedly settled by the2015 award
of the hotly contested JLTV contract to Oshkosh: How many 4×4 offroad trucks does the Army really need, and who should build them? Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy Originally intended to replace the underarmored Humvee and the lumbering MRAP with a nimble and well-protected vehicle, the JLTV has suffered major cuts in the last two budgets. At the same time, each budget document also insists the Army hasn’t changed the total number it plans to buy. It’s just spreading that buy out over a longer term. But McCarthy made clear today the total number may change. “When you look at our vehicle portfolio, we’ve got about 48, 49 thousand Humvees; program of record for JLTV is about 49,000 JLTVs. And Infantry Vehicles,
we’re going to have about a thousand of those,” McCarthy said at a National Press Club luncheon. “That’s a breathtaking amount of vehicles, even for an organization as big as us. What we’ve asked for is a study of just how many do we need, and what is theappropriate mix?
“We treat taxpayer dollars like we treat our ammunition,” the secretary said. “Every bullet counts, and it’s aimed against atarget.”
Now the service has already said this, sort of. Last year, McCarthy – then the undersecretary – and the four-star chief of Army Futures Command, Gen. Mike Murray, acknowledged the total number of JLTVs procured was under review.
But this is the first I’ve heard of that review since then, and McCarthy’s language is much more definitive this time. That’s just part of the bad news for Oshkosh. While the company _currently_ has an exclusive contract to manufacture the JLTV, that contract also includes an option for the government to buy what’s called a Technical Data Package.Briefings
provided to industry say the program office exercised that option in2016.
“TDP covers all the specification and drawings necessary for a new contractor to build an identical truck,” one slide says. “TDP provides the Government the ability to conduct a full and open re-compete for follow-on production contract.” The 2021 budget request makes clear that the Army is now consideringconducting
such a competition, as we reported Tuesday. An online notice to industry – originally posted Jan. 31st but updated last week – makes clear the government is now actively convening interested companies 10 days from now and will provide them the Technical DataPackage next month.
“The Government will hold an Industry Day event on 24 and 25 February to provide an understanding of the JLTV design and provide early insight into the Government’s planned approach to awarding a best value contract for the Follow-On JLTV Family of Vehicles (FoV) production contract,” runs the notice on SAM.gov.
“After… the Government will make the current Technical Data Package (TDP) and the first DRAFT RFP available to interested prime contractors and subcontractors anticipated release date for these documents is March 2020.” The industry “day” – actually two days – will consist of government briefings for the assembled companies on Feb. 24th and then one-on-one meetings with individual companies on the 25th. Sometime afterwards, the military will publish a formal Request For Information (RFI) that will include a process for companies to lease JLTVs so they can examine and assess them. In the long term, the document stays, the Army-led Joint Program Office for JLTV “intends to competitively award the follow-on JLTV FoV Production contract as a single award five-year requirements contract, with five additional one-year options.”Recommended
WHY WE NEED A NEW COLD WAR STRATEGIC APPROACH If the United States cannot better align its actions, messaging, and strategy and do it in a unified fashion — as it did during the Cold War — it risks reductions to military readiness and our ability to effectively compete with adversaries. By William Mackenzie JLTV on the Oshkosh production line. OSHKOSH SAYS BRING IT ON What does Oshkosh say to all this? In a nutshell: Bring it on. “Oshkosh Defense is well positioned to continue being the preferred manufacturer for the JLTV platform,” VP George Mansfield said in a statement to _Breaking Defense_. “Oshkosh has spent over a decade working closely with the Joint Program Office to optimize the vehicle design, manufacturing process and supply chain to ensure the highest level of protection and off-road mobility for our Warfighter, and the lowest cost for the taxpayer. The program remains on time and on budget, with nearly 6,000 vehicles delivered to the US Army and Marine Corps customer. Oshkosh Defense is committed to building TWVs that can protect our Warfighters in both hostile insurgency and near peer threat environments, so that they may complete their missions and return them home safely.” Yes, Oshkosh acknowledges that the Army is now taking longer to buy the JLTV. “The changes extend JLTV Full Operational Capability from the mid 2030s to the early 2040s,” Mansfield’s statement ran. “While year-to-year funding instability hinders programs, the JLTV stands out as one of the relatively few major programs delivering on its promise. It is on schedule and under budget. The JLTV is also the only light tactical vehicle with the protection and extreme off-road mobility to maneuver with combat formations against great power adversaries.” In other words? Some military leaders – including former Army Secretary Mark Esper, now Secretary of Defense – have said the JLTV was designed for the last war,
optimized for surviving roadside bombs in a counterinsurgency campaign. But Oshkosh is arguing that you’ll need something equally survivable to deal with, say, Russian artillery-scattered minefields in a conventional war — and since you can’t put the entire force in heavily armored tracked vehicles, you’d better have some prettytough trucks.
“We take great pride in working with the US Army and Marines to give the warfighter a technological edge at the best price,” Mansfield said. “We never forget that our core purpose is enabling the brave men and women of the Armed Forces who rely on our products and services to perform their missions and return home safely — and that will never change.”79__Shares__
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