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WASHINGTON — L3Harris opened a new maritime production facility in Providence, R.I., today to support the production of undersea training systems for the US Navy and allies, according to the firm.  The 50,000-square-foot facility at ProvPort is a $6 million investment that aims to leverage local partnership to provide “additional jobs” to those in the community, L3Harris said in a press release today.  “The demand for undersea training and readiness has never been greater, and this facility ensures we are positioned to meet that demand with the speed and scale our customers require,” Nino DiCosmo, president of Maritime, Space and…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Iran’s deliberate targeting of U.S. radar systems during Epic Fury shows that the military has to change the way it protects key space assets on the ground, U.S. Space Command’s leader said.Iranian drone and missile attacks after the initial U.S.-Israel joint strikes reportedly damaged multiple radar sites. One U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command soldier, Army Staff Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, was killed in the March 1 attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The loss of life and key technology in the war highlight the military’s need to improve the way it protects key…

Jihoon Yu, RealClearDefense Artificial intelligence may allow Indo-Pacific militaries to decide faster, but speed without reliability could make the region’s next crisis harder to… Source link

Lt. Gen. John Rafferty, commanding general of US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, speaks during the keynote address at the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 11. (Breaking Defense) Attendees listen during a keynote address at the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 11. (Breaking Defense) Golden Dome czar Gen. Mike Guetlein, left, speaks with retired Army Lt. Gen. Dan Karbler at the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Ala., on August 11, 2026. (Breaking Defense) Vera, made by Huntsville’s Browncoats robotics team, is a mechanical challenge robot that…

National Defense The Air Force recently established an organization to field new technologies that can provide positioning, navigation and timing alternatives to GPS Source link

TAMPA — The lowly software patch has become a big headache and growing operational problem for Pentagon and defense industry networks due to the explosion of cyberattacks driven by artificial intelligence, a topic that dominated the Defense Intelligence Agency’s DODIIS show this week.  Multiple speakers here noted that vulnerabilities are being discovered and exploited faster, vendors are issuing fixes at an unprecedented rate and government networks cannot simply be taken offline every time software needs to be updated. Roger Greenwell, CIO of the Defense Information Systems Agency, described a cycle that is putting a heavy burden on those responsible for…

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII—The Marine Corps’ “future lies in the Pacific,” Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said Tuesday as Lt. Gen. James Glynn transferred command of roughly two-thirds of the service to Lt. Gen. Roger Turner.Glynn is a “once-in-a-generation” talent whose “efforts under a constrained budget, doing things across the expanse of the Indo-Pacific” have been “truly Herculean,” Smith said at the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific change of command ceremony here. But Turner, who comes to the command from the Okinawa-based III Marine Expeditionary Force, also has “spectacular” leadership skills, technical ability, and interpersonal skills, Smith said.“We’re a Pacific-facing nation,…

James Graham Wilson, RealClearDefense The United States and Soviet Union were not on the brink of war eleven months later, when the two men faced off in Reykjavik for a “non-summit” that… Source link

HUNTSVILLE, Ala — An Army unit has been picked to begin training and testing out plans for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome air defense mission, according to a three-star general helping with plans.“It’s a battalion-size formation that will be the Army’s initial contribution to [Golden Dome], but there will be elements from other echelons that’ll have to play a role in that,” Lt. Gen. John Rafferty, who heads up Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) and Joint Task Force-Gold (JTF-Gold), told Breaking Defense today on the sidelines of the annual Army Space and Missile Defense Symposium.  While he didn’t disclose…

PASCAGOULA, Miss.—Thick puffs of clouds didn’t stop the sun from beating down on the shipyard. And only a strong morning breeze could cut that Gulf Coast heat. But prospective welders for HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding need not immediately contend with the elements to get a taste of the trade—thanks to the yard’s air-conditioned virtual-reality welding lab. “If you’ve never worked with your hands before, or used a welding torch, it can feel intimidating,” Brian Blanchette, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, told Defense One. “Starting in a virtual-reality setting provides a controlled, low‑pressure environment. It not only helps reduce that initial fear, but it…