The history of the connected battlespace, part one: command, control, and conquer. (ArsTechnica) Recommended. “[C2] represents a top-down mentality applied in a rigid or mechanical (or electrical) way that ignores as well as stifles the implicit nature of human beings to deal with uncertainty, change, and stress,” Boyd noted.
Navy team floats idea for a ‘spacetime modification weapon’ more powerful than nukes. (Sandboxx) “Chief among these strange new inventions is a High Energy Electromagnetic Field Generator, which if functional, could produce massive amounts of power with far reaching military and commercial implications.” Since 2017, the Navy “poured” $466K into the program.
The next steps for the Pentagon’s AI hub. (Defense One) Outlines six efforts. One includes “… an entirely digital POM build would enable more rigorous and quick excursions, and streamline “what if” drills and responses to the White House and Congress.”
Air Force builds digital twin for weapons with ABMS. (Fed Scoop) “In the case of this project, called weaponONE, as data generated from weapons systems flows across ABMS’s architecture, it can feed those digital twin models, improving their accuracy and usefulness.”
More on that: WeaponOne demonstrates digital twin technologies that deliver software-defined capabilities. (AFRL) “This particular demonstration was based on a model of the 24-hour Air Tasking Order (ATO) cycle of a collaborative swarming weapons system prototype called “Gray Wolf.” The virtual demonstration integrated multiple aspects of the W1 portfolio, including the Digital Twin Lab, to rapidly enhance Gray Wolf’s capabilities.”
CMMC, industrial capital strategy could continue in Biden’s DoD. (FCW) “We are really hoping to diversify our defense industrial base to bring on a lot of non-traditional companies to work with us” … Lord said.
ABMS won’t replace BACN comms til 2026; Northrop wins support deal. (Breaking Defense) “While the Air Force is already moving to field new capabilities developed under the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) to replace BACN, the award suggests that this won’t be completed until 2027 at the earliest.”
Brain-to-brain communication demo receives DARPA funding. (EurekAlert!) $8 million in “… hopes to create a dual-function, wireless headset capable of both “reading” and “writing” brain activity to help restore lost sensory function, all without the need for surgery.”
Software factory. (Army Futures Command) Website for the Army’s first soldier-led software factory.
US Air Force pays $787M to end launch services agreements with Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin. (Via Satellite) “… $531.7 million to Northrop Grumman and $255.5 million to Blue Origin” for termination of Phase 2, in which “ULA is to receive 60% of the launch orders, and SpaceX will receive the remaining 40%.”
Air Force looking to open Platform One to commercial industry partnership. (FedScoop) “What do non-government entities stand to gain from such an agreement? They would have direct access to Air Force subject matter experts, the ability to “resell” Platform One products, and an influence on the future of the platform.”
China’s Digital Currency: Adding financial data to digital authoritarianism. (CNAS) “It is clear that, despite much initial PBOC discussion about distributed ledger infrastructure, DCEP will not use blockchain as part of its design… Although DCEP is not likely to displace the U.S. dollar as a global reserve currency, it may serve as a model and standard-bearer for other countries to emulate.”
Air Force acquisition chief concerned about mid-tier industrial base. (National Defense Mag) Roper’s concern over the decline in medium sized defense companies (not Middle-Tier of Acquisition), and how the digital century series’ intent is to create space for the medium sized companies. “As you build that generalization and the overhead required to mechanize it, you get the same inefficiency in companies that you see in the government.”
Space Acquisition office takes shape, but status remains unresolved. (Breaking Defense). ““We do not currently have authority or responsibility to oversee the acquisition programs,” Barnes said. “That remains with SAF AQ.”
Navy sticks with LCS despite engine troubles; Lockheed races to make fixes. (Breaking Defense) “In practical terms, [the delay] has almost zero impact because the LCS has, for the most part, not been deployed,” said Bryan Clark.
Navy to stand up DevSecOps task force. (FCW) “We’ve looked at how we’re going to do DevSecOps on ships, how we are going to deliver software in an agile, rapid manner [and] we’ve realized we’ve got two networks…do they both need to buy capability to get software brought on the ship and pay twice? Or could they work together…on one path and be able to share?”
Metal shark developing autonomous vessel for US marine corps. (Marine Link) The program is to build “… a network of unmanned vessels traveling autonomously for extended ranges and transporting loitering munitions to address targets at sea and on land.” Metal Shark is a company that has “designed, built, and delivered over 400 autonomous and remotely operated vessels.”
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