Author: Defenceline Webdesk

A low-cost uncrwed combat attack system launches from the flight deck of the combat ship USS Santa Barbara while operating in the Arabian Gulf. Credit: Army Spc. Kayla McGuire. The US Central Command (Centcom) has initiated the formation of Task Force Falcon Strike, the nation’s first multinational and multidomain attack drone unit.   According to Centcom, Task Force Falcon Strike will bring together one-way attack drones operated by US forces and partner nations, with uncrewed systems to be deployed from above, on, and below the sea.   Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals…

You probably have heard of Kashmir – the Muslim-majority region that India and Pakistan have fought three different wars over. But the Kashmir Valley isn’t the only contentious border dispute in South Asia, even if it’s the only one most people have heard of. Today, we’re going to talk about three other territorial disputes in the region – the sort of flashpoints that stay below the headlines until it’s too late. In fact, two of these disputes have seen shots fired in recent years – and it could happen again.  Stay tuned, because we’re ranking them in order: from the…

Marine Corps Compass Points How best to prepare commanders for war? Source link

WASHINGTON — L3Harris has removed Chris Kubasik from his role as chairman and chief executive after a company investigation found he had violated its code of conduct, L3Harris announced today.  Effective immediately, defense industry veteran Sam Mehta — who currently leads L3Harris’s space business — will step in as the company’s CEO, while Lewis Hay, its lead independent director, will become chairman of the board. The leadership change unnerved some investors, as L3Harris shares fell a modest 3 percent on Monday morning, though analysts don’t expect the leadership shuffle to have a lasting impact. L3Harris did not provide specifics on…

L3Harris Technologies’ board of directors has promoted Sam Mehta to chief executive from his former role as president of space and mission systems in an abrupt leadership change announced Monday.Chris Kubasik, L3Harris’ CEO since June 2021, stepped down from that position and his other roles as chairman and member of the board of directors effective immediately.L3Harris said the board determined to enter into a separation agreement with Kubasik after an investigation found conduct by him that was “not consistent with the values of the company as outlined in its code of conduct.” The company added the alleged conduct was not related…

Sean M. Wiswesser, U.S. Naval Institute Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War Source link

George Palmer, RCD If the Navy has guidance for cold, it needs it for heat. Source link

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ― The Space Force has announced awards to five companies, as part of a project to demonstrate that its emerging Space Data Network (SDN) will be able to establish connectivity to multiple commercial satellite networks. The award packages, which include fixed-price contracts and Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements, are worth $12 million each and are being managed by Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Space-Based Sensing and Targeting Portfolio Acquisition Executive office, according to a Thursday release from SSC. The five winners are Amazon LEO for Government, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab and York Space Systems. With the exception…

Lise Korson, RealClearDefense National security and domestic stability depend entirely on a sovereign state’s willingness to enforce a single, universal standard of law. Source link

Shaheer Ahmad, RealClearDefense . . . rigid bureaucratic culture and an infatuation with fighting industrial conflicts constitute the Achilles heel for the great powers. Source link